Barracas Central – Boca, for the Professional League: Xeneize climbs the ladder, grows as a team and overcomes the least expected difficulties

Barracas Central – Boca, for the Professional League: Xeneize climbs the ladder, grows as a team and overcomes the least expected difficulties

The 3-1 victory over Barakas Central gave Batalia more positive signs that he was thinking about the Copa Libertadores.

Exekel Zebalos scored after a Sebastian Villa pass to Boca 3-1 at Barak's center.
Exekel Zebalos scored after a Sebastian Villa pass to Boca 3-1 at Barak’s center.

Boca knows that the Copa Libertadores will have different difficulties than what they have encountered so far in domestic competition. Who has just won (League Cup) and a professional league start. And so the match against Barracas Central, the ideal team for DT Sebastian Battle, Was a good test. Why? Beyond that Sympathetic He was not going to offer easy resistance to him, he also had to show Xenays that he could play well Smaller in size than you are used to and a bad playground, Hits on either side of the ball. It’s not that Corinthians were going to reflect on these issues for him (this is the first match on Tuesday, the 28th of this month, in Brazil), but These were issues that Boca had to learn in team building. In this context, the steps went up with a 3-1 victory, with a great collective game in the second half.

This situation happened to him at the moment Battalion found some stability in the scheme, names and a few returns, But the excursion added an extra rival to Xeneize in the All Boys field. But the plan has not changed. From the bottom of the game to the search for good midfielders (Paul Fernandez and Oscar Romero) or the wines (Exquisite Zebalos and Sebastian Villa), from short touches to long shots.

Paul Fernandez joins the celebration with hugs from Villa, Zebalos and Benedetto;  Boca won the All Boys well on the court
Paul Fernandez joins the celebration with hugs from Villa, Zebalos and Benedetto; Boca won the All Boys well on the court

But Boka started to feel awkward. And it seemed that by ten minutes he had already received two yellow cards. At first irritated by the loss of the ball, Benedetto struck Valenzuela hard; Then red, iron on the same player. Barracas Central did not put much pressure on them, preventing Iskierdoz and Rojo from advancing and starting to get closer to their midfield. Plays 4-5-1, Bert’s strategy was to double the marks on Zebalos and Villa, the most unbalanced players.

The intentions of the locals were not limited to defense, but when he recovered (even close to the goalkeeper) he tried to get out of the counterattack quickly: Muche was false 9, Valenzuela started as a right midfielder and Bandiera on the left (with inverted profiles), but in the role distribution they could: That someone always looked in those positions.

Battalion and another night with positive results for Boca's manager
Battalion and another night with positive results for Boca’s manager

Possession of the ball, with an impressive 81% possession of the ball, but Boca rarely managed to filter these passes to Fabra, Villa or Zebalos to attack the space.. 30 minutes into the match, the Colombian team climbed to the center of the field with Romero and Paz took the corner. And Zebalos had several individual attempts, which he solved well but was forced to do because of Barakas duplicates.

In the second half everything would change, But – paradoxically – before that Guapo had the clearest chances of overthrowing Candelara, who gave up on central defender Valensuela’s shot; And run the bandeau alone from the middle of the square, which was marked only by a touch in the corner.

The best of the match

He also felt awkward from the parked ball. Boca had 7 corners in the first stage, but could not generate danger from above. And the difference turned out to be another variable, which is usually applied in case of difficulties of teams in Boca situation: shots from outside the area: Villa picked up the ball from the left and scored a superb goal in the upper left corner of SarachoWith a shot that went 30 meters 95.4 km per hour. Rojo also demanded a goalkeeper in the second half.

But, as it would happen to him in Libertadores (as well), negligence can cost him dearly. That confirmed Neri Bandiera, After a very well executed corner by Tapia from the right with a solo header (he defeated Paul Fernandez on the mark).

Scene from the match between Barakas Central and Boca Juniors.
Scene from the match between Barakas Central and Boca Juniors.

In the second stage, everything was decided at Boca’s request, to find easy answers: first the left tandem with the public. Fabra-Villa-Fabra and the arrival center as Paul Fernandez 9 And after the counterattack, with Zebalos made the score 3-1 after the next transfer of Villa, Colombian ten numbers per semester. The expulsion of Glab between the feast and the celebration ended in favor of the process for Xenaiz.

After a while, Battalion found the team by name and scheme 4-1-4-1. He no longer changes so much and does not try situations that do not work for him. He relies on continuity and Boca players offer him solutions, even when the difficulties multiply or change form. Strikers Sebastian Villa, Dario Benedetto and Ezekiel Zebalos are forgotten; Midfield with Alan Varela 5, Paul Fernandez and Oscar Romero also in the interior. The Copa Libertadores requires another leap in quality, but, His team goes up the ladder while correcting flaws and strengthening virtues.

Source: La Nacion

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