“How can I think of Sunday night? Sure just like how you imagine Calicelebrating ”, confession Sebastian Predigerthe representative for tiger at the press conference before Sunday’s finals. the of Mouthmentioned by the midfielder of Bullfighter in response, Carlos Izquierdoz. “Are we favorites? That’s what you said, in front of us we have a rival with merits here ”, released the defender.

Far from the rhythm of those boxing previews where the show ends with weigh-in to increase expectations, this City meeting is crossed by friendship. The match was sold as a rematch of another final played by two teams at the same stage when First Division football was under the Superliga. In that case, the Matador won.

The story will be different on Sunday. Tigre arrived just six months after securing promotion to the First Division and Boca reached the opportunity after a difficult path, plagued by ups and downs and internal short circuits.

“If we are in the finals, we are in a good moment. It may go from less to more, with better matches than others, but being in this opportunity means the whole process is good. We eliminated strong rivals to reach the final. We were excited and we played on a team that did things very well: it was going to be a hard and close game. We will do everything to be crowned, ”Izquierdoz said.

“In the finals the head will play”

Preparing for the match is the most important part before the game. However, that preamble can be interrupted in a context like Sunday. “In the finals, beyond planning, the head is at play. We have a plan and we will try to implement it to win the battle ”, Prediger admitted.

In that sense, the soccer player prompted the match played against Boca on the final date of the group stage, when Tigre fell to 2-0. “I won’t tell you about the plan. it’s good that they defeated uswe made some mistakes and things didn’t go as we planned ”, he analyzed.

Prediger, who was present in the final, was also proud of his team’s journey to determine this cup hand-in-hand with Boca. “We overcame a very tough rival. At River, we played well. For me he is the top candidate, along with Boca. We came with the rival we had to come: the one who made the merits to be here, like us”, Compared to him.

“Three years ago we played another final and we were able to win, but we were very clear on what Boca was. We will compete as equally, but above all we will enjoying at the moment “, Prediger completes.

The fundamentals of Boca in the final

“We varied a lot with the particularity of the double competition that forced us to rotate, change … many injured. At first we spent a bit because of that. Mainly at home, we had games with an advantage that escaped us towards the end, with a few set pieces. But we fix everything. This is a group that wants to be a star. There are several tools and grounds we need to explain why we are finalists. We want to play a good game because we will need it to keep the title “, Izquierdoz said.

The defender didn’t play much in the tournament, sidelined by injury. “You see it from the outside, you live with more twitter. I tried to support at that stage that touched me from the outside. Always supporting and seeing how the team grew. With Marcos (Rojo) we played a lot. All the guys who came in were great.I think that’s about it all: being competitive at the club makes us better.Everyone has to feel a part of it, we’re 30 players and everyone has contributed of themselves ”, he distinguished.

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