Boca Juniors suffered a tough 2-0 defeat against River Plate in the Superclásico held at La Bombonera. Although the coach Jorge Almiron He saved some players for the Copa Libertadores semi-finals, fans were not happy with the performance against their eternal rivals and many questioned the strategist for leaving Peruvian Luis Advíncula on the substitutes’ bench.
Even though the Millionaires took the lead in the first half, the coach opted for other players such as Exequiel Zeballos in the second half and did not allow “Bolt” any added minutes.
Boca Juniors and River Plate faced each other in La Bombonera.
“Boca, a big team that Almirón cannot have as a coach in any way. It makes everything wrong: he’s not a strategist, he’s not a leader, he doesn’t know how to plan games, and for a change today against.” River excludes Advíncula. That’s pure ignorance of football, that’s why he loses. Déjà vu from Gago?”, “For me it was Pol or Advíncula who won in the middle”, “And so they curse Advíncula and Fabra”, “Someone “Explain to me what Zeballos does that he doesn’t do, Advíncula “, were some comments on social networks.
Why was Luis Advíncula substituted in the Superclásico against River Plate?
According to ESPN reports, Jorge Almirón has decided not to include players such as Luis Advíncula, Valentín Barco and Edinson Cavani in the squad ahead of the second leg against Palmeiras for a ticket to the Copa Libertadores final.
Next Boca Juniors game
Boca Juniors will next face Palmeiras Thursday, October 5th for the second leg semi-final of the Conmebol Libertadores. The match will be played at Allianz Parque from 7:30 p.m. (Peruvian time) and 9:30 p.m. (Argentina and Brazil time).