Boca and Racing once again played the League Cup semi, as in 2021. (Marcelo Carroll)
Their quarrel Karera Y Mouth It will be a semi-final with all the elements of a grand final. The sentence is supported by the history of both clubs, the festive setting that the Lanús field will display and the uplifting gifts experienced by each of the teams. A) Yes, this Saturday from 5:00 pm the best of the semester will face off against the one with the highest hierarchy in its parts, now that the River has been cleared. The collective against the individual Stupid against Battaglia, the team that had an integrated idea before they came up with a tailwind and rising mentality. All this and much more in 90 minutes of football.
The numbers shown in the first round of the League Cup explain why Racing was the best of the semester. 5 wins (four for the local tournament and the rest for the Libertadores) in a row for Boca confirm that those led by Sebastián Battaglia arrived with confidence until the most transcendental part of the semester, where the fallen pays and is left with nothing.
Feeling racing is at this door of something big. And it’s good that that feeling is coming out because the team has proven to be serious as well as the best of the semester. This is done as the Academy progresses, although Fernando Gago’s idea is always hidden. The story of the whistles after the first day – draw against Gymnastics – is well known. That Race featured Piovi as a defender, Mauricio Martínez as a starting midfielder, Matías Rojas as an internal player and Edwin Cardona as a fake left winger. The race seeks to be offensive and persevering. But due to some bad performance and some damage, Insúa, Moreno, Alcaraz, Chancalay exploded and changed everything. Now the Avellaneda cast can bet on possession (62%) and be direct on their attacks as well. All the individual levels grew and the whispers were exchanged with cheers.
Gago will not leave his beliefs in the dressing room of the Lanús court: will attack Boca. It is necessary to see which sector of the field he decided to press. The possible presence of Sebastian Villa | works as an alert. That is why the coach doubts whether to keep Matías Rojas as right winger or include Fabricio Domínguez, who has the soul of a midfielder, to double the score of the controversial Colombian attacker.
Boca, has said so many times, it’s easier for him to win than to play well. For that reason Battaglia was questioned until a few weeks ago. The coach stood firm and, it must be said, response to him by soccer players inside the field. The criticism has been hopeful and now he is 90 minutes away from a new final, the second during DT.
Boca has national team players and that is why he has always been a candidate. Furthermore, he comes into the duel with 5 consecutive wins, with 9 goals for and only one against. Rossi knows how to summon Lionel Scaloni, as well as the entire defensive line -Advíncula, Zambrano, Rojo and Fabra- in their respective countries. Alan Varela has a youthful past, Oscar Romero is a fixture on each of the Paraguayan lists and Sebastián Villa is considered in Colombia. Pipe Benedict at Toto Salvio also passed the Argentine National Team. It’s clear: football players have their own weight and Boca, at times, is sufficient in some individual manifestations.
Gago and Battaglia
Statistics put Career as a candidate. Those led by Gago scored 30 goals and allowed 10, against 21 and 11, from Boca. The possession percentage was 62% for Avellaneda and 58 for rival. The Academy was valid 81% on the 508 passes he tried, while Xeneize’s count was 80% on 437.
In the defense sector, careers are also better: he kept his goal at zero 8 times, against 6 of Boca. More: the first allows 11.7 shots per duel and the second 12.2.
There is a recent conform as well. Racing won the semi-finals of the 2021 League Cup: they won the definition on penalties, 4-2, after a goalless draw in San Juan on May 31. Which interpreters can repeat? Gómez, Sigali, Miranda, Moreno, Copetti and Chancalay, at the Academy; Rossi, Zambrano, Fabra, Varela and Villa, in Boca.
For APreViDe it is a high risk game and the security operation will have more than a thousand troops. An important fact is that there are no physical tickets: access will only be done using the DNI. The best collectively ran Lanús against the most powerful individual. And the beauty: there’s room for just one final.
Source: Clarin
