The DT of Boca Juniors, Jorge Almironhe took charge of the second defeat of his cycle, suffered at home against tonight students of La Plata (1-0) in the twelfth round of Lega Professionisti.
“I am the most responsible,” surmised the coach, whose team matched a streak of three consecutive falls at La Bombonera, in the same tournament, not recorded since the 1971 Metropolitan.
Once Pincha’s victory at Brandsen 805 was consummated, another information added disbelief in the world of Boca. It is the first time in the club’s history that a DT starts a cycle with two goalless defeats. The last to lose the first two was Roberto Saporiti, in 1987, but the defeats were 1-2 against Ferro and Estudiantes.
Amid widespread concern, Almirón looked to focus on boosting morale to play Colombia’s Deportivo Pereira at home again for Group F of the Libertadores Cup.
“We have to be united and think about Tuesday. It will be a great test and mood is important,” said Almirón, who made his debut in a 0-1 classic defeat against San Lorenzo last Wednesday.
Boca will attempt their first victory in the continental tournament after starting their participation with a goalless draw against Monagas in Venezuela.
On tonight’s match, Boca’s DT said that “it’s easy to blame”, so he preferred to “analyze more deeply” Boca’s operation.
“Publicly I won’t criticize any of my players. The team tried to play, but we need to be deeper. They didn’t kick us on goal, they scored a goal in another match,” he lamented.
The coach will lead the first training session this Sunday morning in view of the match with Pereira, which will be played this Tuesday from 21:00 with absences due to injury, including the one added this Saturday with midfielder Juan Ramírez.
Source: Clarin
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