Boca Juniors Defeats Independiente with Heroic Penalty Save: A Tumultuous Match

Those led by Jorge Almirón won 2-0 and Chiquito Romero saved a penalty that could have been the partial draw. The ‘Red’ fans erupted in insults and closely watch the fight for permanence.

It all happened in three minutes. And suddenly, that classic that offered little, delivered emotion, uncertainty and the explosion of the grandstands. From having his rival against the ropes, Independiente not only lost; he missed a penalty, conceded the second goal and the encouragement turned into insults. And Boca, who resisted with order, won it with a genius from Frank Fabra, the hands of Sergio Romero and a stopped ball.

After all, Boca showed a higher hierarchy than Independiente. The distance between one and the other on the table is not accidental. While Jorge Almirón’s team was reinforced with Edinson Cavani to fight for the Copa Libertadores, eliminated Barracas Central from the Argentine Cup and added 16 of the last 18 points in the League, Ricardo Zielinski’s team lost two dates in a row and trembles with the decline.

The intensity of Independiente and the heat of Boca dominated the first half. With a common denominator: the lack of creativity. So, that traditional duel that from the outline was intuited exciting due to the full stands and the color with which the game opened, ended up being a concert of inaccuracies. There was a lot of set pieces, few elaborate plays, too many long passes and unforced errors.

Photo: Fernando de la Orden – Clarín

In this context, Independiente generated more danger in the area of Tiny Rosemary. On board the 4-1-4-1 chosen by the russian Zielinski, the search was focused on the gangs. He took more advantage of Braian Martínez than Santiago Salle or Baltasar Barcia. For the sector that Marcelo Weigandt defended, the red took advantage because Cristian Medina did little to help in the setback.

Martínez, it is said, generated the clearest situations of Independiente. There were three, with two saves by Romero. The first, when the game had just started. From a long pass Martin Cauteruccio, He arrived well outlined in the area, but the visiting goalkeeper dwarfed very well at the door of the area. The other, from another past center of the Uruguayan that Nicolás Valentini did not manage to cut. The man from Chaco attacked, but found a great response from the number one missionary. And there was also a cross shot, with a thread, that passed very close to the left post.

Photo: Marcelo Carroll – Clarín

Boca held possession (66% after the first half), but it was bland. He had no dynamics, he accumulated passes and with the exception of some irruption by Valentín Barco –solid in the crosses- or Norberto Briasco on the left, he hardly disturbed Rodrigo Rey. He lacked Medina’s major influence. He had drive, but he wasn’t aggressive. Darío Benedetto left the area a lot and did not connect well. El Pipa was only once one-on-one after a filtered pass from Weigandt, but Rey arrived before. Miguel Merentiel, the other “9”, did not weigh.

Was ordinary the first time in Avellaneda. And he seemed to have the same tenor that second stage. With Independiente launched, pressing from the middle of the field with his flyers, he locked up Boca. Sergio Ortiz’s mid-distance shot that Romero grabbed without rebounding was a free sample of what both players gave. The youth for his dynamics and good location. The goalkeeper, for that category that he knew how to take him to the National Team.

Almirón made a key change. With Briasco entering, Barco had not been able to weigh up. And he sent Fabra to the field to release the youth. Later, Esteban Rolón and Exequiel Zeballos entered. The Colombian and the Changuito ended up being important.

After half an hour, when Independiente demanded, but it was not clear, Valentini went long, Fabra chipped, put a hat on Javier Báez and left Zeballos facing the goal. Not a minute passed and Dario Benedetto swept down to cut off a shot from Ayrton Costa and reached in. Nicolás Ramírez did not hesitate. Cauteruccio stood in front of the ball and Romero became a hero like in the 2014 World Cup. It had been a decade since the Uruguayan had not missed a penalty in Argentina, precisely against Boca.

And immediately came Zeballos’ corner, Valentini’s pumped header and the end. Because the second cry for Independiente was a blow, which is drowning in its football miseries. mouth enjoys his fourth straight win and a cupbearer horizon that excites.

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2023-07-30 00:14:53
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