Boca y Racing drew 0-0 at La Bombonera, for the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Libertadores Cup 2023. At the start of the second half, Valentine Boat he left the field injured, in tears, and the fans cheered him. El Colo was injured after a blow received by Tobias Rubio at the end of the first part and for which the defender of La Academia was reprimanded.
At three minutes of completion, Barco he threw himself on the grass of the court and raised the palms of his hands to his face, drawing the attention of those present. Immediately afterwards, the 19-year-old youth got up and left heartbroken towards the substitutes’ bench, while all of La Bombonera applauded him for his great present and what he had demonstrated up to that moment against La Academia.
Everything seems to indicate that the injury derived after a strong brush against the right side of Avellaneda’s team, who apparently grazed him on the right knee when Colo stepped on it between three on the left and long flanks, throwing the ball forward with a spout In his place he entered Miguel Merentiel to make an attack pair with his compatriot Edinson Cavani.
The two key plays of Valentín Barco vs Racing
At 3 minutes, a ball reacher placed a ball in the left corner while another went along the bottom line, Barco quickly took the corner kick and El Matador scored with a header at the near post. However, the Brazilian referee annulled the goal for not having given the order and sent off the youth with the bib, motivating a wave of protests.
10 minutes later, the youth that emerged from Xeneize received from the left in three quarters of the field and surprised with a mid-range shot that barely went over the crossbar from the left corner of the goal protected by Gabriel Arias.
