In Boca everything is match to match. And after Brazil’s defeat against the Corinthians for the Copa Libertadores, Sebastián Battaglia’s resumption is back on the agenda. The technician is again in the middle of the storm. It was that his team could not find the course. And looking at the table of group E positions, the fall in San Pablo only raises concerns. Because the Xeneize team is late, according to goal difference, below Deportivo Cali and Always Ready.

Then turn on the alarms again. The victory against Central Córdoba was just a palliative after a week of much turmoil in which Battaglia’s permanence as Boca’s DT once again hung in a thread. In Santiago del Estero he escaped by taking a victory after playing a poor game.

And that victory allows him to not only stay in the top four in his place in the Professional League Cup, but also to start qualifying for the playoffs. But if Battaglia persisted, it was largely because he resisted. “I will continue strong,” he said before training on Thursday, after the tie with Godoy Cruz in Bombonera. And after the internal meetings, it took place that there would be a ceasefire based on an agreement. And that the next two games will be important.

Lots more tonight, of course. Because it’s about the Copa Libertadores, the craze that has always been hidden in Boca. And the team is once again far from the level intended to have serious ambition. More: the story can start to get complicated. Because next week he has to play at the top in Bolivia against Always Ready. And even though it’s not a team to fear, it’s stronger at home. In fact, he defeated the Corinthians.

“We never talked about leaving the coach,” said Jorge Bermúdez, a member of the Football Council. Will that speech be held in public today?

“The loss came to us very quickly and we dropped everything we had in mind,” Battaglia summed up at a press conference.

“The disadvantage led us to go out looking for a tie. In the second half they gave us prominence, but we couldn’t get to the tie with a clear situation”, Sebastian acknowledged.

“We knew that it was an even group, we have to continue. We have to go up to La Paz, we will keep an idea and try to win, no matter what rival you get”, closed the DT.