A year has passed, barely. It looked like a century. Same case, same rivals. He was May 31, 2021. The The parallel dollar was trading at 157 pesos And the pandemic did not resist: they registered 638 killed and 28,175 new infections. In football, with abandoned stands, Racing defeated Boca 4-2 In the penalty shootout, a goalless draw and a place in the 2021 League Cup final at a match at the Bicentennial Stadium in San Juan.

Life, though it only lasted almost, almost a year. The race was driven Juan Antonio Pizzi, Even reading on his way. Boca was the director Miguel Angel Rousseau, Champion and always watching under a magnifying glass. Miguel was released on August 16, a week before Juan Antonio. And no one knew it, though many knew it by intuition: it was his last function Carlos Tevez, Before falling into the penalty area. Gray farewell to the colossal idol.

Mouth and race They meet this Saturday at 5pm at Lanus Square: the ambition is the same as to reach the final. Now, Fernando Gago Is a racing coach and Sebastian BattleBoca driver. “The challenge is to try to be a competitive team,” the former stylish No. 5 warned at a presentation at the Kilidro on October 21st. “My idea is to have a leading team. “This is what this club deserves,” the disciplined former No. 5 said at a presentation at the Bombonera on August 17.

Xeneizes characters, both close to the early end. They resisted, they reinvented themselves.

Racing just crushed Wales on penalties in the quarterfinals. Boca left River on the way In the same way. 0-0 is a reflection of the game they played: none of the ideas were discarded. The victory from 12 steps went to the academy, which later lost the final to Colon. Matthias Rojas, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Thomas Chankalai and Enzo Kopetti have all converted to Racing. Sebastian Villa (again in serious trouble today) and Christian Pavon (hanged today) scored Boca’s goals. Apache pole and … Diego Gonzalez stopped the shot Gaston Gomez. Here is quite a curiosity: he saved because Gabriel Arias suffered the Chilean team. In the mouth? Augustine Ross, another specialist. One of the coincidences from yesterday to today.

Boca starters were Ross; Zambrano, Lopez, Izquierdos, and Fabra; Capaldo, Campusano, Varela and Cardona; Tevez and Villa. The formation of Racing included Gomez; Pilud, Seagal, Dominguez, and Orb ;n; Miranda, Anibal Moreno, and Piatti; Kopet, Kvitanic and Chankalai.

A few curiosities: Lisandro Lopez asked to go, Capaldo also went and Cardona კები changed lanes, interrogated Ribery as well as Cylinder. Nacho Piati opened the farewell door and Tsvitanic announced his last farewell.

Those semi-final penalties

“It was a very tense match, there was no specification. The pitch was not good enough to play a great game. We tried our best, they’s theirs because both teams have a lot of dignity but the defense in the game outweighed the attacks. I think we deserved to get here, we put in a lot of effort. And you have to enjoy it, “said Pizzi, who preferred to avoid retaliation. “Football has already given me much more than any person can.. I am calm and happy. We had a very intense semester, with a very hard, short vacation. “

It was a time of conflict, as almost always. The change of dates caused the academy to lose Gabriel Arias and Eugenio Mena, Who was to be transferred to the Chilean national team. He insisted: “We need to be all together. The magician (Capria) showed confidence in me after he hired me. And he informed me of this in the later hours. Because we got a very heavy blow on them, which is not usual. The only solution is all together … I want a few words, in quotes, corporate or institutional …“. Shortly afterwards he went through the same door as Rousseau, who was politically correct in expressing himself.

“Elimination is painful because we do not like to lose. I think we got more merit in 90 minutes. But it’s true. I think Boca deserved it, deserved to win and it was not given, nothing more, every team comes with a lot of wear. Boca was one of those Most played and feel it.Don’t get tired, I say a lot of travel, a lot of things … It seems football lives outside of Covid and it does not. Football lives in Covid and it’s stressful. ”Rousseau reflected.

Tired of the environment: Four days later Apache hung the booty. Of course: when Gago took over Racing, he asked for respect: “I see Gago well in the race, But technicians in Argentina do not have time. Also, racing does not come from winning everything, it comes from bad play. Gago is looking for an idea and he does not come from one day to the next. And he has to play with already established teams. Gago needs time and at some point his idea will appear. It’s been a long time since something like this has been offered in Racing. “

At the same moment, the midfielder, who passed Real Madrid, assured: “I understand the rules of the game and I agree with the interrogation, but we will get the results. I believe in that. “

Time has proven that Tevez was right: Today Racing offers a show. Boca is growing steadily: Benedetto stands out with his last big idol in attack. Huge change of names, from one year to the next.