Boca, in crisis: a bunch of bad decisions, a main manager and a manifesto that is starting to take off

Exequiel Zeballos he has the ball and opens his arms with an eloquent gesture. Could not find the passage. It doesn’t happen once. It happens two or three times. Jorman Campuzano feels the same feeling. Agustín Rossi speaks warmly Javier Garcia, his replacement, and Fernando Gayoso, the goalkeeper coach, at half-time. Own ape He covers his mouth with his hand to talk to Luis Advíncula. You don’t have to be a lip reader to know he’s worried. Hugo Ibarra has his hands in his pockets and Roberto Pompei, beside him, leans on the railing that supports the substitutes’ bench in La Paternal. The end comes with formal greetings and upside down. The farewell to the stadium that bears the name of Diego Armando Maradona, who has been able to give prestige to that same blue shirt worn today by players who are not up to par, is done in silence. Nobody talks. This is Bocca.

They are images of the sinking of a club, which crosses a deep crisis that has its origin in his own kidney and a main culprit: Juan Román Riquelme. He is the ultimate idol of xeneize, the hero of the happiest nights, but he became vice president and all-powerful had to put his feet in the mud. And he doesn’t stop being splashed. Although his soldiers Jorge Bermúdez, Raúl Cascini and Marcelo Delgado lead the battle front, especially in the media, fans start peeling off the poster. They understand that decisions pass purely and exclusively from the former hitch. And lately they are bad.

And in social networks, where the virtual platform writes hot, at the moment the hashtag is trendy “Bring a DT”. And he is aiming for the departure of Hugo Ibarra, who has barely led three games, with two away defeats (San Lorenzo and Argentinos Juniors) and a victory (Talleres) that has left many footballing questions.

After all, there are a lot of misconceptions in Boca del Black, who plays much worse than Sebastián Battaglia. Against San Lorenzo he ended up playing a 4-2-4, Zeballos starts as a midfielder on the right, there is no passing circuit and there is a detail that caught the attention of Argentinos’ second goal: the taller men stood at the barrier, Gabriel Carabajal was masterfully executed and Gastón Verón appeared free of his head. This lack of tactical control, added to the individual push-ups, makes Boca an anarchic team, without playing patterns, vulnerable and without strength.

The numbers of this second phase are alarming: he has lost 3 of the 4 games played as a guest, has fallen on 5 dates in the Professional League and is the most defeated fence in the league with 15 goals conceded. Not to mention the elimination of the Libertadores, which dealt a severe blow to the club’s economy due to the millionaire – and in dollars – losses from prizes to subscriptions.

And Riquelme …

Riquelme says “We’re fine, we’re having fun”. She did it via a WhatsApp message he sent to journalist Jorge Rial. It seems like his story, like so many that are heard in national politics at the moment. He boasts of having overturned the situation with River and the four championships won by the team under his management, the one shared with Daniel Angelici (Superliga 2019/2020), the Maradona Cup, the Argentine Cup and the League Cup. The speech that one Libertadores equals ten leagues remained electoral promises. Roman has understood that on this side of the counterpart it is not as easy as when he has subdued with his exquisite right hand as many rivals as he has met.

Will he be able to support Ibarra until the end of October? Boca have 18 dates left to play in the league, including Superclásico on 11 September. In addition, the Argentine Cup against Agropecuario and the Champions Trophy with the champion of this championship who is currently playing.

Why is Román betting on coaches with a past at the club, but without tours? Will you feel like you can have more influence on your decisions? “Look for handy trainers”She said Clarione a person who knows the club.

The view does not seem encouraging with Ibarra, another interim, on the bench. The coach who suspends press conferences every time he loses. The one who will make the changes again to face the Estudiantes, Sunday at the Bombonera. It doesn’t seem the right size for such a hot bench.

Ricardo Gareca played, whose passage from Boca to River that only the over 50s remember, seems an excuse. Financially, it would be unattainable. Sebastián Beccacece ends his bond in Defense and Justice in October and was another name that was offered on the property of Ezeiza, land of the Council. Gabriel Heinze directed Roman in Argentinos Juniors. However, the vice-president-idol wants a technician “Boster”. Will Martín Palermo be a good option? How much weight will the past that has had them as companions in glory, but also as antagonistic characters in an always hot locker room? Or will he break the mold with Gerardo Martino, who would leave Mexico after the World Cup in Qatar?