2-3: Boca dies and Riquelme leaves the box before the end

One day Hugo Ibarra was hospitalized as a precaution for a week, after suffering from headaches, dizziness and nosebleeds. If the technician needs reassurance after that episode, his Mouth it doesn’t help him. It is that he suffered a very difficult defeat, the second in a row and he has three without winning. There were whistles for everyone and even Vice President Juan Román Riquelme he left the box before finishing.

Boca dropped to 2-3 against the recently promoted Institute in an electrifying game, hot at the end, there is also controversy. The people from Cordoba, recently promoted, bet on playing with their unknown footballers and present an interesting proposal. This is how they complicated the xeneizes, which suffered again in a fragile midfield and was reduced by the chosen tactical drawing: 4-3-3.

Furthermore, Boca chained individual and collective mistakes. This time Sergio Romero did not respond properly to the first and third goals. Chiquito committed himself to the header before the definition of Joaquín Varela and gave the near post to Santiago Rodríguez. And in Adrián Martínez’s second there was a collection of defensive inconsistencies.

Boca trailed 0-2, but broke even before the end of the first half with a fine free kick from Martín Payero. Of course, he wasted that blow before the break as he gave away the third just as the second half began. Then it can be thrashed, but also in the end it is close to equality. Miguel Merentiel scored and had another chance. In the end they claimed a non-existent penalty from goalkeeper Jorge Carranza against Merentiel himself. In addition, Boca complained about a goal disallowed for a more than fine off side in the first period.

The xeneizes came from drawing with Defensa y Justicia and defeating Banfield. Ibarra is increasingly being questioned, as are some players who are being whistled at, such as Sebastián Villa. Even Pipa Benedetto was annoyed when they changed it. The future is unknown. Perhaps for that reason Riquelme left his box before the epilogue.

The ‘millionaires’ of Demichelis, released

The reverse path passes this River by Martín Demichelis. It grows and grows. Today he beat Sarmiento 2-0 in Junín. He quickly opened it with a penalty goal scored by Lucas Beltrán and defined it in the second half with a shot from the outside by Agustín Palavecino. Of course, this is not an easy development. At the back he was less stable and Sarmiento generated some arrivals, but some he wasted due to his own shortcomings (such as Javier Toledo’s one-on-one) and others due to the virtues of Franco Armani.

River has won four straight without conceding goals and is the leader, at least until San Lorenzo play today in Rosario, who visit Newell’s. If the people of Boedo win, they will be the sole leader again. If they tie or lose, that site will remain River’s sole property.