08/17/2021 9:59 AM
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Updated 08/17/2021 9:59 AM
They send and
kill
the results.
Miguel Angel Russo will no longer be Boca's coach.
The elimination of the Copa Libertadores - sacred to Boca - against Atlético Mineiro still hurts.
But it also hurts the fan and the Football Council.
In some way or in any way the following happens: Juan Román Riquelme, the man who brought him convinced, is now the one who heads this party.
They are decisions
.
There is no coincidence in the decision.
Not a surprise either.
The detail serves: Jorge Bermúdez, one of the Council's regular spokesmen, always maintained that the technician depended on results.
And in this case it is corroborated.
But it is also true: there was a lack of play.
Now what's next in this indecipherable Boca?
On Saturday the Board of Trustees
will
come and
Sebastián Battaglia
(the soccer player with the most titles in the history of the institution)
will direct
, who is in the Reserve and was in the matches against Banfield and against San Lorenzo with several boys;
since the establishment was isolated after the trip to Brazil.
Pandemic issues.
Miguel's second cycle is over.
The first, back in 2007, will be marked by the Copa Libertadores title
with Roman superstar.
The same Riquelme who now from the Football Council
was decisive for his departure
.
The last eleven: the team that Miguel stopped in front of Estudiantes.
The lack of response was decisive.
Now, what are the coach's numbers in this second stage, which started on January 27, 2020 with a 0-0 draw against Independiente?
60 games have passed, Boca won 30
if the penalties
that it beat River, 18 draws and 12 defeats,
are considered as victories
. He obtained two titles: the Professional League,
won in a great outcome of six consecutive victories
, with a victory against Maradona's Gymnastics, 1 to 0 with a goal by Tevez, and the Maradona Cup, for the victory on penalties against Banfield in San Juan .
"
The people needed to win and we were the first heads up that we played and we won it,
" said Riquelme after eliminating River in the penalty shootout of the Professional Soccer League Cup. "In the end, you remember who happens and it
is the first time that some boys in our club can say that we eliminated them
. Today they took off the backpack they had and from today they will compete better and better," continued JR. And less than two weeks ago, Boca eliminated River again. This time, from the Argentine Cup, although Russo's team passed without kicking the goal, until the definition from eleven steps.
Of course, the present played against him:
ten games without winning for the local tournament, with the clarification that there were two that Battaglia directed, the 0-0 draw against Taladro and the 2-0 defeat against San Lorenzo
.
The last: Sunday's 1-0 defeat against Estudiantes.
The leadership understood that there was no time for resurrections beyond the circumstances: Boca continues with chances in the Argentine Cup (it will meet Patronato in the quarterfinals).
Little for a club that generates so much expectation.
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