Leandro Paredes, the megastar, walks out with difficulty and with ice on his right ankle. Santiago Ascacibar, the top reinforcement in this transfer market, concludes by grabbing his left hamstring and grimacing in pain. Edinson Cavani, who had not played since November 30, 2025, left with a serious face after playing a few minutes in the second half. And in the epilogue, the always captivating music of the Bombonera this time becomes a questioning chorus of whistles against Mouth…
There is no case with the giants of Argentine football. It is not just River that is going through the Apertura Tournament from blow to blow. It also happens to this Boca de Claudio Ubeda, which now finished 0 to 0 with Platense in the Bombonera leaving terrible sensations. Neither results nor game. The fans’ concern has already turned into anger.
Lucas Janson (Boca) heads a ball that did not see the goal
Boca today is a predictable team, without a change of pace for its midfielders, without individual imbalance, without a goal. Platense resisted comfortably on a terrain that is usually hostile and in the first half he did not win the locker room because the post saved Agustín Marchesín and because he was not awarded a penalty after a handball by Juan Barinaga.
Boca, without a classic ‘9’, suffered from the inaccuracies of Miguel Merentiel. Angel Romero did not weigh. And Lucas Janson had the two clearest, but he was unable to define them. In the last 25 minutes, Cavani came on, but he didn’t weigh in and he missed a one-on-one with a terrible resolution, an action still canceled due to a minimal advanced position.
Paredes with a serious face, retired injured
Everything is symbolized by the very little that coach Claudio Ubeda was able to rescue when analyzing: “There are always positive things to highlight. At the beginning of the second half, we had two or three opportunities. The changes gave us a little freshness. It must be said that in the first half Platense ran a lot, pressed us high and forced us to divide. In the second, they got a little tired and there we had more spaces, but unfortunately we could not specify the situations.” And he remarked: “Our forwards are returning from injuries. Behind this, the goals have to return.”
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Leandro Paredes was more forceful in his self-criticism: “It hurts to play this type of game, to play the two away games that we played. We have to change and improve many things, to be self-critical. There is no choice but to keep working and try to improve for the next game.” And regarding the injury, he clarified that “I have been suffering from discomfort.”
The worst thing is that Boca does not excite. And the classic is coming with Racing in the Bombonera on the sixth day of the Apertura. If you don’t respond, it could be a match with severe consequences.
