In a match full of situations for both and with goalkeepers as figures, Xeneize was unable to take the lead and the Falcon overtook the Cyclone.
The 0-0 is the “perfect game”, declared an old tradition based on the fact that neither team made mistakes that cost them goals. Others prefer to use it simply as an adjective to describe a match without emotions. And indeed, La Bombonera lacked the goals, the holy cries, but Boca and Defensa y Justicia put on an exciting show.
From the first play of the match, in which the Falcon dropped back badly and worse defined Pol Fernández, as he did not know how to use the time to settle in, it was seen that the midfields would be conspicuous by their absence. With different football positions, the vertical and direct Xeneize, while the Falcon patiently searched for spaces, everything was transitions and the visit was what turned Chiquito Romero into a figure, denying the party first to Alanís and then to Uvita Fernández, while Kevin Gutiérrez headed his header over the crossbar.
Unlike previous games, Boca suffered horrors in Defence, attacking with intensity and arriving easily. And the scheme with two wingers and Benedetto as a tip, which brought in so much revenue in the Argentine Super Cup, didn’t work this time. Only in the second half, with Romero’s shot hitting the post, did Ibarra’s team begin to appear and move forward with the support of the fans, but once again Romero had to come to the rescue with more saves.
In total, the combined shots on goal for both teams came close to 50. The goal failed and the goalkeepers showed off, the reasons for a 0-0 draw that could be broken at the end, when Defensa y Justicia went from a free kick into the advantage of a miraculous save from Soto as Vázquez served Merendiel’s goal. The draw does not allow Boca to take the lead and Defensa do not allow to overcome San Lorenzo, but both showed that the 0-0 was not worth it.
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BOCA JUNIORS- DEFENSE AND JUSTICE, MINUTE BY MINUTE
- The minute after minute between the Xeneize and the Falcon.
- Romero tried from the outside and blew up Unsain’s stick
- Once again Chiquito, the great figure of the night, covers his left foot against Uvita Fernández
- Doubly covered by Romero to Alanís to evade the Falcon’s target
- Villa passed him, Benedetto let him pass and Pol had time to define but they took him off the line
- While the Argentine Super Cup was waiting on the field of play, Boca came out and La Bombonera exploded
- And with the return of Chiquito Romero, so is the Xeneize
- From the beginning everything was confirmed by Julio Vaccari
- Good afternoon and welcome to another broadcast of GOAL. Boca Juniors will face Defensa y Justicia on date 6 of the Binance 2023 tournament at Bombonera Stadium.
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HOW TO WATCH LIVE ON TV AND STREAMING
The match between Xeneize and Halcón will be broadcast in Argentina by TNT Sportssignal available only to those who have contracted the football package with their cable television companies.
TNT SPORTS
FORMATIONS
MOND JUNIORS
Sergio Romero; Luis Advincula, Bruno Valdez, Nicolas Figal, Frank Fabra; Pol Fernandez, Alan Varela, Oscar Romero; Luca Langoni, Sebastian Villa and Dario Benedetto. DT: Hugo Ibarra.
DEFENSE AND JUSTICE
Ezequiel Unsain; Agustín Sant’Anna, Nazareno Colombo, Tomas Cardona, Alexis Soto; Lautaro Escalante, Kevin Gutierrez, David Barbona, Gabriel Alanis, Santiago Solari; Nicholas Fernandez. DT: Julio Vaccari.
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