Cavani and the end of his magical streak after two brilliant months :: Olé

01/05/2024 10:34hs.

The magical streak was broken, the moment of grace of the nine goals in nine games that started on the night of Belgrano’s hat-trick and it ended, somehow, in the 2-1 they did against River in the quarterfinals of the League Cup. For Edinson Cavani it was a sour, gray night, with little flight.

To make matters worse, he had to miss the penalty, the first of the series, which undoubtedly conditioned what came next. In fact, when he shot it (somewhat weak, announced, not cornered at all) that Matías Mansilla covered, The Matador was left insulting (evidently to himself) walking around, flapping his hands out of pure frustration, because he knew the enormous meaning that that missed penalty had.

Cavani’s mistake, for being a leader and football reference, marked the pulse of the series. At least for Boca. Because when Chiquito blocked the first one (on Cetré, taking revenge for the 90’s penalty), Merentiel came behind and also failed (he hit it too hard and it went high).

Of course this was not the Matador’s fault, but if he had scored perhaps it would have changed the mood of a team that had been beaten since Lema’s expulsion. In his first penalty shootout since being in Boca, the Matador was left in debt.

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Estudiantes eliminated Boca on penalties

It was also a difficult night for Edi due to his performance. Although he did the dirty work, worked for the team and complemented himself well with Merentiel, he was not decisive in Boca’s dangerous actions and was far from generating danger and in the friction with the Estudiantes center backs he did not seem comfortable and almost I never win.

He had only one chance to scorein that shot by the Beast that hit the post, the rebound was left to the Matador, but he kicked with an opponent on top of him and they blocked it.

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The cross between Cavani and Zuqui

El Matador, the lighthouse of the project

Even so, he made a great effort, something for which Cavani is never indebted. But his little influence in such an important party was striking. In any case, a weak game cannot cover up the good that he did in the last games, in which he appeared with all his hierarchy and He made it clear that he is a player that Boca can rely on to project the future. It remains, of course, to define his continuity after December 31, when his contract expires.

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The penalty that Boca claimed for Enzo Pérez’s foul on Cristian Medina