Boca was able to win it because they had some good chances in the first half and because they dominated the game for a large part of its development. And he could also lose it in the second half in the penalty kick executed by Facundo Castelli and saved by Sergio Romero who ended up becoming the figure of his team because in addition to the penalty he had other good interventions and in a special way a shot by Marcelo Benítez in the first half. half.
The best play of the game came in a succession of precise touches and speed that reminded us of Di María’s goal against the French, but in this case it ended badly because Nicolás Orsini could not lift the ball over Marcos Ledesma’s body who prevented the fall of his fence. It was one of the few times that Ibarra’s team managed to find space for the counter and took advantage of it with a good association. There were other arrivals from Boca that Sebastián Villa missed in the final stitches. The Colombian is very quick to win the backs of his markers and to stop suddenly when he speeds up in the area, but he blinds himself near the area and solves poorly. He had two good chances, but on both occasions he did not see Orsini coming up the middle and preferred to shoot on goal from very close angles.
The penalty play was born in one of the distractions from the bottom of the Ibarra team. Paraguayan Bruno Valdez went after a player who was paired up by Jorge Figal and left Castelli alone who wanted to avoid Romero but the goalkeeper went through his body in a clear penalty that Andrés Merlos took without a doubt. Castelli himself kicked and Romero saved; the eleventh penalty saved in the 31 that they kicked him-
Ibarra’s changes in the last stretch of the game were not very well understood: he put in Merentiel, Ezequiel Zeballos and Ezequiel Fernández and took out all the midfielders. He put together a 4-2-4 that facilitated the task of the line of five that the Santiago team had set up. Just towards the end, a cross from Zeballos created a bit of concern in the visiting team, but nothing happened.
The generals of the law fit Boca in a championship start that shows irregularities from almost everyone. He was coming off a victory against Atlético Tucumán and supposed that he could achieve another victory, but he had little offensive weight and made some childish mistakes in defense.
The people of Santiago, who are arming themselves with many incorporations, received this zero to zero like. A little dot in the Bombonera always helps.