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It was not to be
Boca was defeated 2-1 (an aggregate of 4-1) by Brazil’s Internacional in the second leg of its quarterfinal bracket within the South American Cup competition. This defeat signalled the end of an undefeated streak of 29 international games played in the Bombonera.
Our team grabbed the initiative from kickoff and created the clearest scoring opportunities.
The first one came about at minute 8 when captain Gracián fired a rightfooter from the edge of the area and the shot went just wide.
At 25' Gaitán showed up on the left, reached the endline of the field, but his shot went high and crossed the whole rival area.
During the middle part of the first half the home team brought about three clear scoring chances, within what gave the impression of a short whirlwind: in the first one Figueroa failed to connect with a header a cross from the right sent in by Mouche. Later Alvaro González fired a medium distance shot which visiting goalie Lauro deflected across the field’s endline for a cornershot. And in the last one, Figueroa (nicknamed Lucho) outjumped his markers in the area but his header went out near the left goalpost.
At 45’ of the first half junior defender Muñoz, coming in towards the far post, connected a header which the goalie deflected with his foot.
At 5’ of the second half it was again Mouche who broke through on the right and sent a splendid cross which neither Viatri nor Figueroa were able to connect.
At 12’ Dátolo came forward on the left, entered the area and was fouled in the box. Riquelme –who had just come onto the field – fired from the penalty spot a strong, angled and low leftfooter that made goalie Lauro powerless, although he managed to dive to the correct side. Impossible to stop.
Later Lauro won a face to face duel with Calvo by parrying the ball and Figueroa lacked precision as he picked up the loose ball and tried to score.
But now the priority will be to try to win the Apertura tournament, in which Boca is one of the three leaders when there are six rounds to go.
Boca lost by 2-1 (an aggregate of 4-1) against Internacional in the Bombonera and was relegated from the South American Cup in its quarterfinal bracket. Boca dominated the game during its first half, but was unable to work up an edge in its favor. In the second half Riquelme scored the interim equalizer by firing from the penalty spot. Now the team’s objective will be the title of the Apertura tournament.
Boca was defeated 2 - 1 by Brazil’s Internacional in the second leg of its quarterfinal bracket within the South American Cup competition. This defeat signalled the end of an undefeated streak of 29 international games played in the Bombonera.
Our team grabbed the initiative from kickoff and created the clearest scoring opportunities.
The first one came about at minute 8 when captain Gracián fired a rightfooter from the edge of the area and the shot went just wide.
At 25' Gaitán showed up on the left, reached the endline of the field, but his shot went high and crossed the whole rival area.
During the middle part of the first half the home team brought about three clear scoring chances, within what gave the impression of a short whirlwind: in the first one Figueroa failed to connect with a header a cross from the right sent in by Mouche.
Later Alvaro González fired a medium distance shot which visiting goalie Lauro deflected across the field’s endline for a cornershot. And in the last one, Figueroa (nicknamed Lucho) outjumped his markers in the area but his header went out near the left goalpost.
At 45’ of the first half junior defender Muñoz, coming in towards the far post, connected a header which the goalie deflected with his foot.
At 5’ of the second half it was again Mouche who broke through on the right and sent a splendid cross which neither Viatri nor Figueroa were able to connect.
At 12’ Dátolo came forward on the left, entered the area and was fouled in the box. Riquelme –who had just come onto the field – fired from the penalty spot a strong, angled and low leftfooter that made goalie Lauro powerless, although he managed to dive to the correct side. Impossible to stop.
Later Lauro won a face to face duel with Calvo by parrying the ball and Figueroa lacked precision as he picked up the loose ball and tried to score.
But now the priority will be to try to win the Apertura tournament, in which Boca is one of the three leaders when there are six rounds to go.-
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