The night was long for the campus of Mouthwho had arrived in La Plata to play a decisive match in the fight for the championship and who left the Forest in the midst of the chaos generated by the brutal police repression that ended with the death of César Regueiro, a supporter of Gimnasia La Plata. Footballers, coaching staff and relatives, also affected by the enormous amount of tear gas that was launched, they returned to the concentration hotel, dined together, were released to see their families and went back to practice.
And although in this type of event the staking goes beyond the playing field, Ibarra and his team trained thinking about the weekend match against the Aldosivi without being sure yet of what the calendar will be, already set in advance, until the end of the competition. Jorge Ameal was also in La Plata with the squad and they didn’t even leave there for meetings with their La Plata club peers. In the midst of the chaos, the ball was left aside.
Marcos Rojo and Nicolas Figal, without a seat on the bench, they were the first to help their teammates because they had accompanied the delegation and remained up their sleeves to access the playing field adjacent to the dressing room. For this the central scorers brought water and towels to the players who were arriving in the locker room with complications, even if the most complicated were those who were on the bench and part of the coaching staff. Agustín Rossi also recounted his interview with the referee in private arrived at the assigned bow: the archer told him that he felt burning in his eyes due to the smoke. But he initially attributed it to the smoke that had been released from the rockets for the reception. Then everyone understood the reason for that complication.
It had already been difficult to get to La Plata for Boca, because they had to anticipate the departure of an hour and a half from the concentration due to the heavy traffic on the Buenos Aires – La Plata highway for the long weekend. This is why a long, tiring, tense day of preparation, but which only had 9 minutes of competition, ended.
Complications in sport also altered the end of the tournament. Is that despite the match being rescheduled (initially for 19, on a stage to be defined and in principle without an audience) now Boca will play every date with rival results but with one less date and with a calendar that will give you no respite. Is that, moreover, Ibarra’s team is in the semifinals of Argentine Cup (in principle it was supposed to be October 19, but now it will be rescheduled) and not only will he play the final of the tournament without respite: now he may also have to play a possible final with a few hours between one match and another. And not only that: the Champions Trophy that was dated November can be postponed, again, to 2023.
In sport, the match against Aldosivi will be played with some surnames that will return, such as Marcos Rojo, Nicolás Figal, and a special test will be held to see how it will be. Juan Ramirez, which brings physical discomfort. And for the next meeting it is believed that there may be news with Sebastiano Villawhich is in its last stage of healing after the meniscus operation on the left leg.
In the club, on the other hand, they try to send a message of calm for the members and the fans who will go to the Bombonera on Sunday, aware of the heated mood that is perceived today in the football public with the police authorities and the warning of the repression suffered by Boca fans in the last local matches by the Municipal Police. That said, once again a change will be made to the accesses and a special corridor will be created for the shareholders as well as hiring a private security company to record the operation that will be mounted nearby.
Source: Clarin
