Xeneize failed to grab two advantages in the 90 minutes, but celebrated on penalties thanks to another heroic performance from Romero.
Mouth He hired Sergio Romero because he was looking for a goalkeeper with a career and personality for moments like tonight. Before Copa Libertadores, the big obsession, in La Bombonera and after wasting that he was ahead twice. And in the definition of penalties, like the one that knocked him out in the round of 16 a year ago, he dressed like a hero.
With Edinson Cavani present from the start, Xeneize was able to take the lead early on, when Barco put the ball in the right place for Advíncula to serve the goal to Merendiel. But the joy was short-lived as Nacional failed to acknowledge receipt of the blow and a few minutes later unleashed the deadly counter-attack for Trezza to post the equaliser.
With Barco and Medina acting as football generators in the middle, the game started to bog down and neither found a way to get there clearly, apart from the one-on-one that Zabala was unable to take advantage of. But already in the second part it was Fabra who reached the bottom and the central defender found Advíncula’s left foot, who shot accurately.
Again with an advantage, Cavani had a very clear chance that went out and Almirón chose to take care of the result, but the substitutions didn’t work as he let Bolso approach and from the right came the center Romero, in his eagerness to divert , showed him the ball to Colo Ramírez.
The last attempts were in vain and apart from a high header from Benedetto they could not get injured. And on penalties, Chiquito Romero went huge, saving shots from Ramírez and Bocanegra, while Xeneize converted four of five, as only Pol Fernández missed. The soft touch of Colo Barco, again a figure, closed the series with a subtle touch.
Boca continues in the race with more heart than football, but able to clear the ghosts of the previous elimination and also what happened to River. Now wait for the result between Atlético Nacional and Racing, with the illusion intact.
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BOCA JUNIORS – NATIONAL, MINUTE BY MINUTE
- The minute after minute between the Xeneize and the Bag.
- NATIONAL TARGET! Center of death, Romero deflecting it and Colo Ramírez finds it to level again
- MOUTH TARGET! Fabra reached the bottom and took the central defender Advíncula had left for the crossed left foot
- NATIONAL TARGET! Trezza anticipated Fabra and headed in the equalizer in La Bombonera
- MOUTH TARGET! At the start, Advíncula found Mrentiel in the area and the Beast opened the scoring
- With Cavani’s debut in Boca, the teams are proceeding as follows
- Good evening and welcome to another broadcast of GOAL. Boca Juniors will face Nacional in the second leg of the 2023 Copa Libertadores Round of 16 at Bombonera Stadium.
THE TARGET EXAMPLE
HOW TO WATCH LIVE ON TV AND STREAMING
The match between Xeneize and Bolso is broadcast Argentina and Chile on FOX Sports. In Colombia and Mexico will be live on ESPNMeanwhile in Argentina will also have the option of phone. For his part, Being into sports will be responsible for bringing the game to the United States.
In streaming it can be followed in Mexico and South America via Star+. In Argentina it is also free and free to see in the app of pluto.tv and on the channel Phone Twitch.
FORMATIONS
MOND JUNIORS
Sergio Romero; Luis Advincula, Nicolás Figal, Marcos Rojo and Frank Fabra; Cristian Medina, Pol Fernández, Alan Varela, Valentin Barco; Edinson Cavani, Miguel Merentiel. DT: Jorge Almiron.
NATIONAL
Salvador Ichazo; Leandro Lozano, Daniel Bocanegra, Diego Polenta, Gabriel Baez; Diego Rodriguez, Yonatan Rodriguez, Gonzalo Castro, Alfonso Trezza, Diego Zabala; Bruno Damiani. DT: Alvaro Gutierrez.
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