Boca advanced to the Copa Libertadores: Alan Varela, from penalty to being the hero who caused the delirium in La Bombonera

From the penalty to the top prize. From the challenge in private and public to the offer of apology, to going to the Reserve, to continuing to work until after he has taken ownership. Alan Varela’s semester in Boca was a large roller coaster which ended in the best possible way, with the smile of the child delirious in most Bombonera.

It’s an electrocardiogram since he started in 2022 grumpy, annoying and even in youth tantrums for being the replacement for Jorman Campuzano, the central midfielder who chose DT as his five. And it brought him to Varela, one of the boys promoted from Boca last year and a half — there have been more than 15 and a half dozen who have gone through 30 appearances with the first team—.

The kid that Miguel Russo made in his debut had the wrong behavior that both Sebastián Battaglia and Darío Benedetto managed to expose so he could learn. The center steering wheel fulfills its part: he trained as beforethe week he won his spot in the starting eleven, the series referred to penalties against Racing in the League Cup semifinals.

And at La Bombonera, once Boca needed it, he scored a great goal from outside the area to qualify the team for round 16 of the Copa Libertadores, in a long -suffering but necessary victory for a team that don’t stop. playing finals every 72 hours and it reached all goals, which included an Olympic lap and a classic Monumental winner in his pocket.

It all exploded in Varela’s right hand, with his first goal in the top category — and the only second goal from a midfielder in the semester, a huge team deficit—, in a match he had never tried since the middle. It was that in the first half he had one shot at the post and another shot that the Colombian defenders got just enough.

But this was not the only success of Alan Varela. Because the boys from Boca Predio had to jump on the field to stand for the classification. Exequiel Zeballos replaced Villa and ended up in the tight. In the second half, which is all yet to be determined, Luis Vázquez came in for Benedetto and even Cristian Medina had to sweat his shirt in the hottest moment of the night, when all of Boca was defending himself a bit. wind. The insane graduation celebration, with all the people singing for the title on Sunday and for the kids, was a big prize for everyone. Especially with Varela.