Miguel Merentiel stole his first goal from Kevin Zenón at Boca: goalscoring license or lack of codes?

An axiom is often repeated in football, used above all by coaches. The phrase says that attackers must be selfish inside the area. And Miguel Merentiel seems to have reached his peak this Wednesday: he shamelessly stole Kevin Zenón’s first goal with the Boca shirt in the match against Central Córdoba at La Bombonera.

The sequence was fun. After a nice counterattack and a good pass from Ezequiel Bullaude, Zenón subtly defined against the departing Andrés Mehring. The ball ended up tamely in the empty net, which is why the former Unión player began his celebration a few seconds before the ball crossed the line. And at that moment, when Zenón was already looking at the stand, Miguel Merentiel touched it with the tip of his right boot to add him to the scorers’ ranking, in which he has accumulated 3 and is still far from the leader Miguel Borja, with 6.

All his teammates went to greet Zenón, who celebrated his supposed goal for a long time. But as they headed towards the center of the field, the Uruguayan (21 celebrations in 55 duels) told him what he had done. And the 22-year-old midfielder, far from being upset, had a knowing laugh alongside Guillermo Pol Fernández. Although inside he must have cursed, obviously.

Was it a lack of Merentiel codes? Or can scorers be granted such selfish licenses?