2024-07-29 01:54:03
Instituto and Boca tied without goals in a low-profile match with few emotions and a lot of parity and intensity, as is characteristic in these times of declining local football. In the last play the Cordobans were close to taking the three points in A very curious play that ended with a rejection by Milton Giménez, the rebound off Chiquito Romero on the line, the ball in the net and the referee with his hand raised for Gregorio Rodríguez being offside. Boca escaped, but the reality is that neither team had done enough to earn the victory.
In the first half Boca had the ball, but in the end, boring with horizontal passes, waiting for a gap to open up to create some play, but the Cordoba team, which waited in an orderly fashion further back than half of the field, easily recovered the ball when long, frontal passes arrived.
Institute He did not polish his game, although from time to time he managed to combine four or five passes and at least it gave the impression that it was potentially much more.
Boca’s only chance in those initial 45 minutes was a shot that Lautaro Blanco crossed. The best of the Cordobans was a powerful header from Fernando Alarcon in a set piece action that was frustrated in Romero’s hands.
In the second period there was some interesting passages with both teams arriving in the open field in very threatening plays that did not materialize.
Boca improved a little with the entry of Saralegui and superficially washed away the pale image of the first half.
The home crowd was left with the feeling that their team had been more. Boca fans continue to suffer from a bitter taste of little.