Patronato beat an unanswered Boca in Paraná. Photo: Juan José Garcia
Boca Juniors not having his best days. This is clear. The last 3-0 defeat against the Patronato has further sunk the spirits of a depressed team with no orientation that needs to regain victory. This fall represents the team’s sixth league defeat Professional football championship in eleven matches. A) Yes, the Xeneize got the worst start in history in the past 35 years.
Argentine football is as dizzying as few others. Just 72 days ago, the blue gold team were Argentine football champions after beating Tigre 3-0 with Sebastián Battaglia on the bench. But even Boca seems to generate his problems.
The elimination against Corinthians in the second round of Libertadores and the premature expulsion of Sebastián Battaglia in a service station. The sale of Carlos Izquierdoz a few days after posing smiling in a photo with lad Serna after a wage improvement. The provocative embrace of Marcos Rojo al Cali after the goal against San Lorenzo. Benedict’s “harangue” in the Bombonera tunnel. And the subsequent hiring of another interim manager with no First Division experience. This time, Hugo Ibarra.
Hugo Ibarra, without finding the return to the team, continues to add black numbers in Boca. Photo: Juano Tesone.
All of this meant a raid of situations that resulted in a worn and lackluster team that just picked up, prior to the Templatehis sixth defeat in 11 dates. There were 3 under the command of Sebastián Battaglia and 3 others with the Black as a coach. The last time Xeneize got off to a bad start in a tournament was in the 1987-1988 first division championship which saw José Yudica’s Newell crowned.
That team lost seven games in the first eleven days: against Estudiantes de La Plata, Ferro, Racing, Banfield, San Lorenzo, Platense and Newell’s. The first three crashes were with Roberto Saporiti as coach and the other four with Juan Carlos the totò Lawrence. Also, the blue and gold box could only get two wins and the same number of draws.
To crown the black numbers of the current campaign, it is worth clarifying it Boca Juniors is the team with the most goals of the tournament: 19 goals conceded. Only Aldosivi, third from bottom of the tournament, comes close with 18 goals against him.
Darío Benedetto and Marcos Rojo, the references of Boca out due to injury. Photo: Juano Tesone
Returning to the past, in the aforementioned 1987-1988 season, in addition to the 7 falls, Boca recorded 22 goals conceded. There was only one tournament blacker than that: 25 goals conceded, in 11 dates, in the 1949 season.
The numbers speak for themselves. On social media, fans explode with fury and anger is noticed: #TraiganUnDT is a trend every time you play Xeneize. Hugo Ibarra recorded three defeats (San Lorenzo, Argentinos and Patronato) and two victories (Talleres and Estudiantes) as coach of the Ribera team. A start with ups and downs in his first experience at the command of a First Team.
Boca Juniors recorded 7 defeats in 11 games in the 1987/1988 season
Boca’s other defeats in this tournament have been against Central Córdoba, Unión and Banfield. Another fact that highlights the irregularity of the team: the Xeneize is the only one of the 28 teams that did not draw in the tournament.
Without the cup competition involved and already qualified for the next Libertadores, will Boca find enough motivation to straighten the course in the national tournament? Will there be vestiges of that team that was crowned champion of Argentine football just two months and eight days ago?
The other Boca campaigns with 6 or more defeats in 11 dates
- 1949 (W2, D3, L6)
- 1950 (4 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats)
- 1980 (W3, D2 and L6)
- 1987/1988 (2 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats)
- 2022 (5 wins and 6 losses)
Source: Clarin
