It’s a convenience. Not just to shout the goal of Alan Varelawhen he jumped and repeated his fists in the air, but also after the last whistle on Bombonera that sealed the qualification for the next round of the Copa Libertadores: Sebastián Battaglia, who was at stake a month ago, he ended up flipping his suit jacket to the beat of Xeneizes fans ’songs.

And, at a press conference, 41-year-old DT shun his detractors. “I didn’t look at anything, I don’t know who’s up against Boca. I know a lot of critics, but I don’t know what to tell them. We worked to meet the objectives, we did it this semester and we have to keep working.”he said.

“The reality is that now that the goals have been fulfilled, one feels comforted in half of this year. We worked to do it in the best way, we thought of it that way, we had to work hard to get there. here., but always convinced that this is the form. We know how we are as a group and I congratulate the players on achieving the goals “finished about the semester.

And, in reviewing the semester, Battaglia – who gave Boca two titles including the Argentine Cup and the recent Professional League Cup – said: “We knew we had to improve and change things, we were in the process of building a group and a team, which took time. We were able to return the results, work, recover the suspended players, the injured. players, so now we are very happy to have achieved the goals “.