Slowly, the two giants of Argentine football begin to assert themselves in the League Cup. They do so supported by the individual hierarchy. What was suspected begins to be confirmed on the third date. River and Mouth They win again and emit powerful signals, although the millionaires work more than the xeneizes.
Juan Román Riquelme raised his arms and applauded, while filling his mouth with the goal shout. He isn’t usually as demonstrative as the VP every time his Boca converts. But this time he was. And he understands. Frank Fabra, the Colombian left-back, had knocked down a wall, had faced the rival area with the usual conviction, had eluded an opponent with brutal subtlety and had resolved with the outer face of the left boot.
That great goal that Riquelme shouted ended up meaning Boca’s 2-1 victory against Central, at the Vélez stadium, where the xeneizes are now local until they recover the land of the Bombonera, damaged by drainage tasks. Carlos Izquierdoz had scored the first header. And Luca Martínez Dupuy discounted for Rosario four minutes from the end.
It was especially hard for Boca in the first half, in a stage with controversial refereeing decisions. With VAR (will it start to be used from matchday 8?), the xeneize would have suffered two expulsions for punches that Darío Benedetto and Diego González applied in different actions with stopped ball. In addition, Boca’s goalkeeper, Agustín Rossi, saved a highly discussed penalty against Emiliano Vecchio when they were tied without goals.
Boca improved in the final phase, when Juan Ramírez replaced Eduardo Salvio and the tactical drawing went from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2. Anyway, in the end, after the Central discount, the xeneizes ended up suffering.
River eroded Newell’s in Rosario. It was difficult for him to break the team that Lionel Messi loves, but in the final stretch he managed to draw a deserved 2-0. The millionaires were always more, although the lepers tried to balance with intensity and cutting the game. While Marcelo Gallardo moved the bench of substitutes and included different footballers such as Juanfer Quintero, Rosario’s coach Javier Sanguinetti exhausted variants to replace reprimanded or tired players.
Juan Manuel García (Newell’s) and David Martínez (River), dispute a ball
After having hit a couple of shots at the posts, River defined it in the last 20 minutes, taking advantage of two errors by Mauricio Arboleda. Newell’s Colombian goalkeeper first came out of the area and cleared imperfectly with his foot. The ball went straight to Juanfer Quintero, who did not hesitate to open his left foot to hit the empty goal first from about forty meters. Three minutes later, Arboleda failed again: this time he mishandled a shot from Robert Rojas that went to his body and the ball went into him.
Now Boca and River have chained two consecutive victories and are beginning to cause fear in the League Cup. The millionaires add 6 points and escort the surprising Platense, who has 7 and for now is the exclusive leader of Group A. The xeneizes accumulate 7 units and are second in Group B, behind the perfect leader, Estudiantes, who have 9.
The third day will finish playing between today and tomorrow. This Monday, in Group A, San Lorenzo-Defense and Justice and Banfield-Gimnasia will play. For Group B, it will be Barracas Central-Tigre and Godoy Cruz-Aldosivi.
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