The beginning of the new season shows
Boca
as a continuity of what was the end of
2022
that had him as a two-time champion of Argentine soccer but showing a lack of associated play, speed and certainties from midfield.
However, that team that ended up winning the
Professional League
over Racing showed a plus:
its efficiency
.
They even went on to win 9 games 1-0 in that incredible stretch towards the Olympic return.
But this beginning of the year does not find it that way.
In the 5 games he played (two were friendlies) he barely scored 2 goals.
And none of his offensive pieces.
They were Roncaglia in the match against Racing in Abu Dhabi and Óscar Romero against Atlético Tucumán.
The rest?
Null contributions
.
Neither the striker on duty (
Nicolás Orsini
) nor the original substitute for Benedetto (Luis Vázquez) but neither were his wingers, fast and decisive in 2022 but with wet gunpowder at this start:
Villa, Langoni, Zeballos and Briasco played.
Nobody scored.
Is it a supply problem?
It is, of course.
Because Boca generates few chances for its points
, but also a lack of individual resolution in the last meters.
If even
Miguel Merentiel
, who arrived, trained once and jumped onto the Bombonera playing field, he barely touched a couple of balls in the time he had against
Central Córdoba from Santiago del Estero
.
The last goal by a striker was from Norberto Briasco, against Racing, in the final of the Champions Trophy in San Luis.
The previous one was by Sebastián Villa (on the last date against Independiente) with a free kick, in addition to the goalscoring contribution of Luca Langoni in the final stretch.
And when was the last goal scored by a Boca center forward?
On October 9, with a conquest by Darío Benedetto against Aldosivi.
11 games have already passed.
The absence of
Darío Benedetto
(he still has three sanction dates left after his expulsion against Racing in the Champions Trophy) is not easy to replace, despite the fact that the striker did not have such an effective 2022 either.
And the arrival of Merentiel speaks of a competition that is sought to raise the weight in the area that
Nicolás Orsini
does not contribute for now and that
Luis Vázquez
(recovering from a tear) did not provide due to physical deficiencies.
And the boy
Gonzalo Morales
?
Today he lost ground, but the idea of the coaching staff is to alternate him with the Reserve so that he does not lose minutes of competition.
"We are looking for Merentiel to move as a double 9 next to Nicolás (Orsini) because the rival had closed behind," said Ibarra in relation to what his idea was against Central Córdoba.
Will he repeat it but from the beginning against Talleres?
With Villa as the immovable starting piece, that idea seems to need another type of work.
In a team with so many wingers, there seems to be only one place for the center forward.
look too
Chiquito Romero, the best news from Boca: he makes Agustín Rossi forget with the same formula of 'savior'
Boca could not with Central Córdoba and was saved because 'Chiquito' Romero saved a penalty to blow up the Bombonera
