“They’re not doing what I told them to do”: Almirón’s statement to the Boca players at the half-time of the Superclásico

the defeat of Mouth against River last weekend is still a matter of debate. Like everything Super classic, its repercussions last for weeks and months. Beyond the controversy over the penalty and the tumult among the players, there is a lot of talk about the tactical approach he proposes Jorge Almironthe Xeneize DT.

In the first half, Boca was unable to escape the suffocating pressure of Martín Demichelis’ team, never controlled the ball and went off the break without having kicked the goal covered by Franco Armani. Thus, it is assumed that the intermission interview was intense, given the small improvement that the visit showed in the supplement.

A few days later the penalty was converted Miguel Borgia, on ESPN they were talking about that tense moment of the Superclásico and he was the reporter Roberto Letocovering the campaign of Boca, who gave his version of what happened in the locker room in those moments.

It all started with a comment from the presenter of the cycle, Sebastián Vignolo, who defended the Boca manager, noting that he didn’t go to defend himself at the Monumental: “Look, Almirón didn’t tell the players ‘Guys, back and take care of ourselves‘. He didn’t tell her,” El Pollo stressed.

Immediately, Leto added: “Do you know what he said to the players at half-time? He told them: ‘They are not doing what I told them. They are all closed and fearful. They have to play differently, it wasn’t what we had thought. They have to go out and play. So let go, let the sides loosen up more.”

Vignolo added another contribution in this sense, always speaking through Almirón: “I came to Boca to be a protagonist. We are not a team to speculate. What’s wrong with them? Did you realize that you are playing a classic?“.

And he added: “Almirón was upset and that’s why Boca relaxed more in the second half.”

the journalist Morena BeltranFor her part, she was less reflective of the coach: “Almirón cannot be exempt from responsibility when the first half is so weak. The players have the responsibility, but it is shared.” And she continued: “You have to explain why he put up a line of five. If it later turned out that the team was 20 meters back because River led him to that or because the team wasn’t clear, but explain why.” .

“Do you know why he put the 5 line?” Leto intervened, by way of presentation: “I was convinced that River would play with two strikers”.

Eventually, Borja came on in the second half and ended up being the afternoon hangman by replacing Lucas Beltrán and scoring the winning penalty.