Boca Juniors struck and beat River Plate at Monumental after five years. The match corresponding to the seventh date of the League Cup ended 1-0 for the Xeneizes, for Sebastián Villa after nine minutes of the match. The Colombian's goal came after a blooper between Leandro González Pirez and Franco Armani.
This situation caused a special reaction from Juan Martín del Potro and Sergio Aguero, who vibrated together with the Superclassic live on the former footballer's Twitch account. The former tennis player, a self-confessed fan of Boca Juniors, shouted it very loudly and even scared a little dog that accompanied them. For its part, the Kun was scored by the serious defensive error of River Plate that led to the visitor. “What did River's defense do? Look what he did. What a mistake was sent”, they said about it.
Of course, the video with the reactions of the former athletes went viral, as well as a detail on the wall that Sergio Agüero has in his room: Kun displayed two shirts from the Argentine team, one by Diego Maradona and the other by Lionel Messi, while the other is that of Barcelona, with the number 19 used by the former striker in his brief time in Spanish football.
The great figure of Boca, who wore the much talked about yellow shirt, was goalkeeper Agustín Rossi, who kept his fence at zero, when River sought a draw on all tracks. Xeneize reached the top of zone 2 with 14 points, along with Estudiantes de La Plata, who tied 1-1 with Gimnasia. While River, with 13 units, was two behind the Racing pointer (15).
The challenge of DT Sebastián Battaglia made River uncomfortable in some stages of the match because he took the ball away from him. Boca isolated Enzo Fernández from the game and River felt it. The visiting team, despite this virtue, did not have dangerous situations in the goal guarded by Armani and suffered when River came out quickly in the fight. Darío Benedetto did not reach the ball clean, but the “9″ looked very physically tied, afflicted by a muscle injury that put him in doubt for this match. In fact, he was replaced at the start of the second half.
River improved the associated game in the second half, especially when Enzo Fernández appeared, but his incidence lasted a few minutes and rounded out a weak classic. When River was better, González Pirez's blunder appeared. The central defender tried to take care of the position so that Armani would take the ball, but between the two they did not agree. The Colombian Villa and his speed to break the zero mattered little, with gambeta including the Casildense.
Boca then held up with Rossi's save. The goalkeeper from Boca covered a header from Diaz and then another heads-up against an erratic Julián Alvarez. Rossi also showed off when he deflected a free kick taken by Juan Fernando Quintero and deflected with just a header from Braian Romero. A shot by Enzo Fernández on the crossbar denied the draw for River and Armani avoided Boca's second to Ramirez. On the rebound, González Pirez rejected Paraguayan Oscar Romero's shot on the line.
River, who ended up without containment flyers, searched until the end, but without the lucidity of other nights. Boca played with the desperation of his eternal rival and obtained a great result that serves as a backup for a DT Battaglia, who will have no questions in the immediate. On the next date, River will visit Defensa y Justicia and Boca will be home to Arsenal.
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