Boca dominated Belgrano, won it in a flurry and recovered after the crash in the Superclásico

Leave the Superclásico and start over. Put together a party in the stands, resume the path of evolution that was interrupted in the Monumental and win. Boca put the defeat against River behind them and as if nothing had happened, faced the match with Belgrano focused on their two priority tournaments: the championship and the Libertadores, above all. The Triumph, therefore, has many repairs. And it also leaves good signals. Absences did not shine, the substitute responded and Darío Benedetto found himself on goal after his injury. It was a round night. He screamed twice in five minutes when the second half started, and the result was even stopped.

He had a poor rival up front. The Cordovans were overly cautious. They played so close to Nahuel Losada that they couldn’t even fight back. And they ended up opening the door for Boca to win with two unforced errors: first, a false start by Erick Godoy; then, with a weak answer from the goalkeeper. The second had a great intervention by Marcelo Weigandt and Luis Advíncula; in addition, the collaboration of Fernando Espinoza and the VAR. Because Martín Payero tried to push her in front of Benedict. It was offside, of course. The concept does not change. Belgrano has never been close to breaking even. He didn’t even finish the goal Lowercase Rosemary.

Jorge Almirón needed the reconfiguration of the team in order not to generate a drop in performance. Núñez’s five victims (Nicolás Valentini, Miguel Merentiel, Equi and Pol Fernández plus Alan Varela) presented him with a challenge. And just as he chose to place Advíncula in the wing position, a position the Peruvian experimented with at Sporting Cristal, he improvised with Cristian Medina in the role of central midfielder. And the boy became the owner of the midfield. In that 4-3-3 he also saved the recently relegated Oscar Romero. And the returns of Benedetto, Payero and Fabra have given him an edge.

However, in the first half it depended too much on a player who was always fundamental. Especially in the cycles of Sebastián Battaglia and Hugo Ibarra. This is Sebastian Villa. When the operation doesn’t flow, the Colombian loses his balance. And Boca’s plan, which has accumulated many passes but did not have as much dynamism in the initial phase, had a lot to do with the overflow of the striker born in Bello, municipality of Antioquia.

On the left, Villa was influential. Also, Benedict whenever he left the area to connect. One of the clearest plays of the first half occurred with the match between the Colombian and the center forward. The center arrives, Pipa heads and the ball gets lost over the crossbar. The other that could have been a goal was diluted at the feet of Martín Payero. Villa’s assist also arrived. The midfielder arrived well trampled in the box and set tall with his bow at his mercy.

Belgrano arrived at the Bombonera aboard a 4-4-2 in which he tried to recover and go wide for Pablo Vegetti or Franco Jara, who jumped on the flanks, mainly on the right. A header from the Cordoba captain was the most dangerous hypothesis. Later he devoted himself to defense. He gave the initiative to Boca, who managed to complete a 75% ball possession in those initial forty-five minutes.

However, he lacked more depth, despite Villa beating Juan Barinaga one-on-one several times and Fabra making a forward run once. In fewer numbers, however, Advíncula arrived or Marcelo Weigandt tried the middle distance. There was only a weak shot from Romero on goal that Nahuel Losada controlled.

Boca had no volume of play, but dominated Belgrano. But in the second half he started furiously with goals from Payero and Benedetto. And he’s grown into the game ever since. The arrival of Esteban Rolón has given more balance to midfield. Medina played for a while in his natural place as an intern and after a while Norberto Briasco came on. Advíncula was closed, very participatory outside and inside. The Peruvian had two clear ones. In the first he lacked greater aim. In the second half Losada blocks well.

Belgrano has just broken free with some individual maneuvers from Ulises Sánchez. He produced two free kicks near the box and finished them over the bar. Nothing worked in Guillermo Farré’s strategy.

Almirón, on the other hand, took the opportunity to concede minutes to Octopus González brings Agustín Sandez back into the field after last week’s penalty and bets on the goal that makes Luis Vázquez want to. And if Villa had been finer in the definition, the victory would not have been out of context.