Borja, the scorer of a hot Superclásico: “I knew what he was playing for me”

It wasn’t easy. In his hands he had the hottest ball. But Miguel Borgia took a few seconds to fix his gaze on the bow of Sergio Romero and take a breath There he defined where he would take the penalty two minutes from the end of a Superclásico destined for a draw. The Colombian defined towards the left post of the Boca goalkeeper, who launched himself on the other side. And he unleashed the madness of the over 80,000 souls who filled the Monument.

“Thank God for the victory. I knew what was playing for me, what I was involved in. I tried to take a deep breath, it was clear to me that I would define there,” said Borja, who went to celebrate after the conversion in a corner and put on a T-shirt with writing on it “Glory belongs to God”.

Did you feel nervous before kicking? “It’s normal to feel some pressure. I kicked several times in difficult moments. I took a deep breath, which is what I always do and managed to score for the glory of God,” replied the Hummingbird, who took a long time to realize all the mess he had gotten himself into caused behind his back between companions and rivals. “I don’t know what happened because I was celebrating,” he explained.

And on the match, Borja comments: “They didn’t arrive in the first half and in the second half they had few clear balls. We put them on the field and we are winners”.

Emanuel Mammana analyzed along the same lines: “We came from a tough defeat and we knew we were going forward. It was noticed that we were always looking for it and they came far behind. We showed that we wanted to win and we looked for it until the last moment “. And he added: “We always have faith that one of us will stay and that those at the top will come in. We will go for everything that is at stake. There is still a long way to go and we have to go match by match.”

For his part, Nicolás de la Cruz spoke about the feeling of winning a classic again: “It was a nice feeling of relief after so much work that we have done with this coaching staff. We trusted in the character of this team. We have had with what and we know how to support each other, that was the basis for achieving this result”.