Boca calmed the storm of casualties with a draw

Boca Juniors On Wednesday, he calmed the storm caused by many casualties in his squad with a laborious 0-0 draw in his visit to the Ecuadorian Free Valleyin the round of 16 tie of South American Cup. With a mixture of starters, substitutes and youth players, the Xeneixe team has shown its greatness in international tournaments, standing firm in defense and even creating match-winning chances, so in Wednesday’s next rematch they will be hoping for a wink.

At the beginning of the match, Independiente del Valle managed to overcome the defense system of the Argentine team, and at one point goalkeeper Sergio Romero blocked a fierce shot by Renato Ibarra. The local team continued to look for the opposing goal, but they gradually diluted their game, both because of the anxiety to open the scoreboard and because of the defensive order proposed by Boca.

The Xeneixe team found spaces to continue the attack and created a danger to the goal of Moisés Ramírez with a free kick shot by Julián Ceballos, greatly denied by the goalkeeper; and in another attack, the local goalkeeper anticipated the visitors’ chance of a shot.

Miguel Merentiel could not get the ball into the Ecuadorian goal, he caught the ball and turned to the left, when he was alone in front of the goalkeeper he shot to the side, after a great run with the ball led by the Peruvian Luis Advíncula when the first half ended.

Boca came back in the second half poised to score the lead they almost took on a quick counterattack orchestrated by Merentiel, but Ramírez deflected the trajectory of Zeballos’ shot on goal.

Independiente responded with a cross in the form of a shot that Romero was able to deny at the back of the field. Substitute Jeison Medina received an accurate cross from Ibarra, but his header went wide. Ramírez again beat Merentiel one-on-one, when he denied the Uruguayan attacker’s shot with his legs.

DATA SHEET

0 – Independent of the Valley: Moisés Ramírez; Matías Fernández, Richard Schunke, Mateo Carabajal, Beder Caicedo; Joao Ortiz, Cristian Zabala (m.82, Patrick Mercado), Keny Arroyo (m.57, Jeison Medina); Kendry Páez (m.71, Justin Lerma), Renato Ibarra (m.82, Michael Hoyos) and Renzo López (m.82, Romario Ibarra)
0 – Boca Juniors: Sergio Romero; Luis Advíncula, Lautaro Di Lollo, Marcos Rojo, Lautaro Blanco; Jabes Saralegui (m.86, Santiago Dalmasso), Milton Delgado, Mauricio Benítez (m.72, Exequiel Zeballos), Lucas Janson (m.62, Mateo Mendía); Julián Ceballos (m.62, Juan Ramírez) and Miguel Merentiel (m.86, Luca Langoni)
Referee: Advíncula, Ibarra, Juan Ramírez advised by Felipe González, from Chile
Incidents: First leg of the qualifiers for the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana, played at the ‘Banco Guayaquil’ stadium, owned by Independiente del Valle.