Racing tried but did not find and Boca almost took him all the way with a controversial hand that the referee did not give

He didn’t win any, but in the Bien Cylinder there were some clenched fists on both sides. The point divided between Racing Y Mouth they could have been for those of Fernando Gagobut they’ve discarded a dozen possibilities for Agostino Rossi and lack of purpose. But those of the Black barwho in the last few minutes has had four clear occasions when he has appeared Gabriele Arias. And there was also a penalty for the visit for a clear hand that the referee Rapallini did not charge beyond what was seen by the VAR. A classic with no winners; with controversial complaints and even rumors of fighting between xeneizes players. Warm night in Avellaneda.

There was a very connected team and another in a completely disconnected version. The one who walked 220 from the first minute was Racing, who took his rival ahead with a power that played against him even at the time of definition. He overcame the revolutions when he had to think cold to put it in the arc that returned to Agustín Rossi’s hands.

Boca didn’t connect because Hugo Ibarra proposed a different plan. And he surprised with a very preventive approach. Darío Benedetto was the tip of the spear, behind him Oscar Romero acted as his bodyguard in a 4-4-1-1 that had a line of flyers with Sebastián Villa and Guillermo Fernández as outsiders who tried to unfold when the ball has been recovered and you go up fast.

Everything was blue and white. Even the two plays that the visit was dangerous were the responsibility of Racing due to major failures at the start. Two small gifts that Benedetto almost took advantage of first and Martín Payero then against Gabriel Arias, another who is back under the three sticks.

The whitish storm had arms that came off all over the place. Right with the rise of Facundo Mura and his centers falling like straight daggers into the heart of the area. And in the other sector with Eugenio Mena and Alcaraz, who understood each other perfectly when it came to alternating to overflow or throw diagonals. The situations were too many in the first half.

Alcaraz finished with a cross and Nicolás Figal deflected for a corner. From there came a header from Jonatan Galván that Frank Fabra took off the line. Matías Rojas wasted an unbeatable left in front of goal after a good succession of touches that led to a pass from the left. Alcaraz pulled it out of Enzo Copetti’s crop in the small area after a load – another one – of Mura along a right-hand alley where Fabra was definitively defeated. And Rossi showed off with a phenomenal save against a Leonel Miranda shot that went to the right post.

Villa was the only card that had a crouched Boca. Whenever he could have the ball, they threw it at the Colombian so that he ran to the right. After more than half an hour of failing with that idea, Villa crosses on the other wing, Pol Fernández closes and Payero opens on the left. Regardless, Boca’s stance invited a constant attack.

The image of the river bank went towards the abyss. Ibarra repositions the chips on the field and returns to 4-3-3 with Oscar Romero on the right and Villa on the left of the attacking trident. Likewise, Racing did not slacken and in the complementary minute Rossi covered a one-on-one against Alcaraz. The goalkeeper did the same against Matías Rojas. And he also deflected a shot of admitted Jonatan Gómez with one hand.

Eventually they put Arias to the test when Zambrano, returned from the locker room with a swollen cheekbone (did he fight with a team-mate in the interval?), hits Romero with a right right, making the Chilean national team save. From the posture, Boca wanted to move forward and Racing’s decline helped him in the final stretch. Arias replied three more times: he took a shot from Cristian Medina, a turn from Luis Vázquez and a point blank shot from Villa. Mura saved her down the line in the final game.

Before there was a hand of Gómez that Rapallini went to check the VAR. It was a penalty but the referee interpreted it was not intentional and ended a great match that had everything but goals.