A few minutes before the end of extra time, Almirón surprised with the entry of the Paraguayan, who admitted that he himself had asked to enter.
One of the big surprises of the final of the Libertadores CupAs the second extra time came to an end and Boca were desperate to draw against Fluminense, it was the change that Jorge Almirón made in the 113th minute, when Bruno Valdez came on for Nicolás Figalone of Xeneize’s best and until then responsible for leading the attacks, who came out angrily and made gestures towards the substitutes bench.
As for the striking variant, the defender’s reaction was no less remarkable. In statements to Versus Radio, from Paraguay, he claimed that “The teacher looked back on the past minutes. We no longer had any attackers on the bench and I had a huge desire to be able to train”.
He then stated that “I asked the teacher if I could participate because I felt very confident. But unfortunately I had nothing left”.
And in the final balance of the match, after regretting the defeat and the mobilization of the fans, he noted that “I had the opportunity to go into the last 10 minutes to look for the equalizer and look for the penalties that we had confidence in.”.
Source: Goal