Goodbye 2014

Boca Juniors lost 2-0 against Gimnasia La Plata at the Bombonera, in the last match of the Torneo de Transición. Despite the defeat against River in the Copa Sudamericana, the fans backed the players. The most applauded was Emmanuel Gigliotti, who missed the penalty in the last Superclásico. However, the performance of the team was not up to the level of the crowd. In the first action from Boca, Fuenzalida’s kick was deflected by Fernando Monetti. One minute later, the response of Gimnasia was fatal; Jorge Rojas found a rebound into the area an executed a powerful shot to beat Agustín Orion. Before the end of the first half, Gigliotti had a chance with a volley, though Monetti saved perfectly. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHA5FGstS60[/youtube] Only 29 seconds after the beginning of the second half, the away team scored the second. Pablo Vegetti, the top scorer of their team, headed to the middle of the goal. It was a bucket of cold water. Gimnasia knocked at the right times and Boca did not react. Then, the “Xeneize” tried with several longshots and centres, but there were not accurate. The best was a header of Calleri, which finished near the left goalpost. To make matters worse, the referee did not see a penalty in favour of Boca. No ideas, no football. The only thing to highlight was the encouragement of the fans, with illumination flares, beyond the defeat. Bye, bye, 2014. MATCH RECORD: Boca Juniors (0): Agustín Orion; Leandro Marín, Juan Forlín, Daniel Díaz, Nicolás Colazo; José Fuenzalida (Franco Cristaldo 53), Andrés Cubas (Gonzalo Castellani 53), Cristian Erbes, Federico Carrizo (Luciano Acosta 61); Jonathan Calleri, Emmanuel Gigliotti. Coach: Rodolfo Arruabarrena. Gimnasia (2): Fernando Monetti; Facundo Oreja, Osvaldo Barsottini, Maximiliano Coronel, Lucas Licht; Jorge Rojas (Juan Quiroga 86), Omar Pouso (Dardo Miloc 14), Álvaro Fernández, Javier Mendoza; Maximiliano Meza (Ignacio Fernández 81), Pablo Vegetti. Coach: Pedro Troglio. Goals: 10’ Jorge Rojas (G), 46’ Pablo Vegetti (G). Yellow cards: 47’ Jonathan Calleri (B), 74’ Lucas Licht (G). Referee: Diego Abal. Stadium: La Bombonera (Boca’s stadium).]]>