In Gago, Boca Juniors are not playing or winning

xeneizes still haven’t won since the new coach took over Fernando Gago and without giving convincing football answers. This time they fell as visitors 0-1 against a Lanus which has accumulated twelve games without a win and has just been eliminated from the Copa Sudamericana in its own stadium.

Fernando Gago has generated a lot of hope in Boca since his arrival as coach. However, match after match, these expectations suffer from shooting negative results and an evolution of football that is not followed. There are four chapters with no success and no sensation that allows him to dream. The latter, this Sunday, was a difficult 0-1 defeat against a Lanús that had gone twelve games without a win and for a week had been left out of the Copa Sudamericana at home. After all, there is no “Gago Effect” …

This time, Gago opted for a 3-4-3, with a midfield consisting of Luis Advíncula and Marcelo Saracchi on the wings and with Ignacio Miramón and Tomás Belmonte in the center, and with an attack featuring Brian Aguirre on the right, Edinson Cavani in the middle and Exequiel Zeballos on the left.

With an offensive idea but almost no interpreters suitable for elaboration, Boca starred in the first half, but generated very few goal situations. The most was the one that Cavani kicked in the body of goalkeeper Nahuel Losada.

Boca was certainly caught off guard in the second half. There, Lanús managed everything, with the help of Marcelino Moreno, who certainly helped Eduardo Salvio to finish calmly and make the final 1-0. Gago’s changes were unsuccessful. There is no construction or emotional reaction. And if Xeneizes did not lose by another goal, it was because of the good production of the young goalkeeper, Leandro Brey.

This hybrid image left by Boca has become consistent as a visitor. In that condition he accumulated 11 games without a win. And in 2024 they won just 5 of 25 games played away from home. In La Bombonera, although it is difficult to shine, it achieves another productivity and sends better sensations.

Now Boca has only 25 points in the league, the result of 6 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses. It is in the 17th position. And in the annual table, thinking about the cups, now they will qualify for the Sudamericana. The easiest way to reach the Libertadores is the Argentine Cup. He should be champion and he’s in the semis. But playing like this…

Boca closed matchday 20 of the League on Sunday with Racing beating Instituto 2-0 with a fine goal from Nazareno Colombo and another from Facundo Mura. The Academy played with substitutes as most of the starters qualified for Thursday’s Sudamericana final.

The LPF leader is Vélez with 39 points. Second is Huracán with 36. Then, with 33, Unión and Talleres. Then, Carrera with 31. While River and Atlético Tucumán have 30.