Boca Juniors thrashed on Saturday night as a local to Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero, a little usual 8 to 1, in a match of the 25th and last date of the Professional Football League tournament.
Cristian Pavon twice, Eduardo Salvio, Exequiel Zeballos from penal, Diego González, Eros Mancuso, Luis Vázquez and Colombian Sebastián Villa they scored the goals of the “xeneize”. Milton Giménez discounted (it was 1-6).
Central Córdoba suffered the early expulsion of its captain, midfielder Cristian Vega, at 18 minutes into the first stage. There, with Boca already up 1-0 (Pavón, 15m), the game was over.
Sebastián Battaglia’s team assembled a big party in a packed Bombonera. On the one hand, due to the recent consecration in the Copa Argentina, last Wednesday, after beating Talleres de Córdoba in the final precisely in Santiago. On the other hand, regarding the Boca Fan Day, this Sunday 12 of 12.
To that was added the Superfinal that the women’s team won against San Lorenzo, 4-2 at Platense court. And if it was not enough, there was also the closure to all train that the champion Reserve made in the afternoon, 7 to 0 on the Santiago team.
Battaglia arranged a team with substitutes: some undisputed starters in other times and some others, promising youngsters. His method of permanent changes in the formation this time did not provoke criticism: it was a night to celebrate.
And it also turned out well: while those who were consecrated against Talleres were luxury observers from the relay bench, and despite the fact that the first risky arrival was from the visitor (a shot by Martínez that García took), on the green Boca grass He began to take a quick advantage, at 15m, with a Pavón header.
Three minutes later Vega was wrong, he hit Varela and saw the red one. There the fate of Central Córdoba was sealed and even more so at 22m, when Salvio put the 2-0 with a goal from a taco.
Afterwards, the “chopped” prison by Zeballos (and some complaint from the people of Santiago) and the header by “Pulpo” González before the break followed one another; And already in the complement the good definitions of Mancuso and again Pavón, the honor that Giménez did, the amazing efficiency of the kid Vázquez in which he had, the goal with which the Colombian Sebastián Villa closed the account.
When the game ended and the countdown to Sunday began, including fireworks, the celebration of the Boca Fan Day that is repeated since that first time in 2012, the party was already total both on the playing field and in the stands, filled with 50 thousand souls half blue half gold.
The next step of the Boca squad will be the Maradona Cup against Barcelona, on Wednesday at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), where he will travel tomorrow.
Upon return, the players will go on vacation until January 3, the scheduled date for the start of the preseason. At that point, it will be known whether or not Battaglia continues and perhaps the reinforcements have already arrived (they are interested in the Paraguayan Ángel Romero, the Peruvian Cristian Cueva, the forward of Colón Facundo Farías among others), always with the central objective of winning again the Liberators.
Synthesis
Boca Juniors: Javier García; Eros Mancuso, Lisandro López, Carlos Zambrano and Agustín Sandez; Diego González, Alan Varela and Aaron Molinas; Exequiel Zeballos, Eduardo Salvio and Cristian Pavón. DT: Sebastián Battaglia.
Central Córdoba: Cesar Taborda; Gonzalo Bettini, Alejandro Maciel, Franco Sbuttoni and Nahuel Banegas; Lucas Melano, Cristian Vega, Jesús Soraire and Alejandro Martínez; Milton Giménez and Sebastián Ribas. DT: Sergio Rondina.
Goals in the first half: 15m Cristian Pavón (BJ), 22m Eduardo Salvio (BJ), 28m Exequiel Zeballos (BJ) from penalty, 44m Diego González (BJ).
Goals in the second half: 14m Eros Mancuso (BJ), 18m Cristian Pavón (BJ), 32m Milton Giménez (CC), 36m Luis Vázquez (BJ), 45m Sebastián Villa (BJ).
Changes: in the first half, 24m Mateo Montenegro for Melano (CC); in the second half, before starting, Carlo Lattanzio for Ribas (CC) and Lucas Brochero for Martínez (CC); 7m Esteban Rolón for Varela (BJ); 27m Cristian Medina for González (BJ), Luis Vázquez for Salvio (BJ), Sebastián Villa for Zeballos (BJ) and Lautaro Torres for Soraire (CC); 36m Leonardo Sequeira for Giménez (CC); 41m Agustín Almendra for Pavón (BJ).
Incidence: In the first half, Vega (CC) was sent off 18m.
Court: Mouth.
Referee: Mauro Vigliano.
