The face of Carlos Zambrano, the first sign that something had happened at half-time in the Boca match against Racing. Photo: Capture TV.
Boca’s match against Racing did not end in defeat thanks to Rossi’s saves and it could have been a xeneize victory if the referee Rapallini and the VAR had behaved better. But the duel at the Cilindro left a separate chapter: the pineapples between Darío Benedetto and Carlos Zambrano at the interval, on the way to the changing rooms.
The team led by Hugo Ibarra had a first half to forget and the attacker’s reproaches on the Peruvian ended in a fight that he was able to stop only thanks to the intervention of his teammates and the safety of the stadium.
Both footballers went out to play the second half with visibly punished faces, and the bad weather continued in the following hours, with Juan Román Riquelme visiting the concentration to challenge not only them but the rest of the players for the unfortunate image they have. given during a good part of the classic.
There was talk of a penalty from the club, and it came out this Tuesday, through a press release issued by the Ribera bodyin which he does not go into the details of the episode but recognizes that something has happened.
“The Club Atlético Boca Juniors, after the events that took place last Sunday, reports that the players Dario Benedetto and Carlos Zambrano They will not be part of the first team squad for the next two games “, reads the text.
Benedetto and Zambrano will thus miss the home game against Rosario Central, this Wednesday evening, and the visit to Defense and Justice, on Sunday, always at 21:30.
The declaration of Boca on the fight between Zambrano and Benedetto.
The match against the Central
Boca Juniors, immersed in a transition phase in which it depends almost exclusively on the inspiration of its individualities, will receive Rosario Central tomorrow for the 14th appointment of the Professional League, in a match that will have as a condiment the presence of the idol Carlos Tevez as DT of the club del Rosario.
The match will be played this Wednesday from 21:30 at La Bombonerait will be refereed by Pablo Echavarría and broadcast on television by the TNT Sports signal.
The “Xeneize” team have 19 points in the national tournament, nine less than the Atlético leader Tucumán (28) and although half of the league remains to be played, the club management has given clear signals that it is not the priority with decisions who conspired against the interests and functioning of the team.
In this sense, they added to the decision not to reinforce a squad that every tournament remains without at least one figure were the germ of the evils that Boca is going through.
The team won six games, lost six more, and on Sunday drew for the first time, in Avellaneda against Racing Club (0-0) a classic that in the first half was about to lose due to a landslide, but which in the second equalized and nearly lost, he wins in the end were it not for a blunt mistake by referee Fernando Rapallini, who decided to ignore a clear hand from Jonathan Gómez in the small area.
On the sidelines of the Avellaneda match, the “Mondo Boca” starred in another episode to fuel the confusion that reigns in the squad, with Darío Benedetto and Carlos Zambrano who hit each other in the tunnel at the interval of the classic, which resulted in both of them being separated from campus 24 hours later.
The fight between Benedetto and Zambrano downplayed how badly Boca played during the first half, which they did not lose because they had the huge figure of Agustín Rossi in goal, who is going through his final phase at the club after not agreeing to renew. his contract.
To receive Rosario, Ibarra will appeal to two variants, which will be the departure of the two involved in the fight, “Pipa” Benedetto and Zambrano, who will be replaced by Luis Vázquez and Facundo Roncaglia.
The functioning of the team will depend on what the individuals are able to do, in particular the Colombian Sebastián Villa to lose his balance in the opponent’s goal and Rossi to avoid goals on his own.
Boca, who were League Cup champions this year, are going through a reality that gives no illusions, and if there is a major change in the management of the club, the months to the end of the year will be decisive for some players. and also for the board of directors chaired by Jorge Amor Ameal.
His rival, Central, with 17 points, beat Barracas Central in their last presentation (3-1) and will arrive in La Boca on a mission to take advantage of his rival’s moment of confusion and deal another blow.
Undoubtedly the attraction of the game is increased by the presence of a prodigal son of Boca, the idol Carlos Tevez, who will enter the stadium that saw him shine for the first time with the colors of another club, in this case with the DT diver from Central.
Tevez, with 11 titles in Boca, including an Intercontinental Cup and a Libertadores, both trophies in 2003, and a total of 94 goals, will be hailed as the great idol he is by the parishioners of “Xeneize” who have coveted him since he was the last leader with important trajectory and weight in the locker room.
As for the team, midfielder Mateo Tanlongo, sent off against Barracas Central, will not play at Central and Francis Mac Allister will enter his place.
The record between the two is 156 games with an advantage for Boca, who have won 69 times against Central’s 49, and have also drawn 38 times.
Source: Clarin
