Hugo Ibarra highlighted the performance of Boca Juniorsdespite the goalless draw against Defense and Justice in The Bombonera that prevented him from reaching San Lorenzo at the top, which with two more units now shares the point with El Halcón. The coach warned that the team had played during the week, in what was obtaining the Argentine Super Cup ante Patronage in Santiago del Esteroand that the team also did not suffer it.
“We could have taken the win for what was done in the end. Was intense party for both of them, with many goal situations. I think it was one of the best matches of the championship. Against a team that proposes and plays well, we had situations in which we were not fine. These are things that happen and you have to keep working,” analyzed El Negro at the press conference.
He xeneize He even played a few minutes in the final with four forwards, after the arrivals of Briasco, Vázquez and Merentiel (Villa, Benedetto and Langoni had started). However, the scoring could not be opened. “We have very important forwards. It is difficult to see the variants that Boca has in Argentine soccer. You look for everyone to have the best level and then put together the team. I am dosing the loads of minutes and games and they are very good, satisfied. They know perfectly well that the group is the most importantthat’s why they work consistently on that ”, valued the DT.
Ibarra acknowledged that it was a “very difficult” match and that although in the second half Boca “became more of an owner”, the game could have ended “3-3 or 4-4″. For this reason, he recognized that “We must continue on this path and improve things.” He also clarified: “We played against the leader of the championship and both parties could have goals. I think it was just the tie. We have to continue in this line, improving day by day”.
On whether he leaves with concerns for some defensive mismatchesa situation that elevated Chiquito Romero as the top figure, the coach was blunt: “No worries, we have to improve yes, Without a doubt, yes, but I’m happy with what the team did, what they played and what they did in the second half. I am not worried”.
“Row? Not at all. What had to be done was done and I lost count of team situations. We are creating situations, we are doing well and happy in that sense, ”he continued, while for the great level that their forwards haveacknowledged: “It’s not a problem, it’s a nice situation What happens to me when each one raises their level. It is what one looks for as DT. And have the answer of the substitutes, there is no problem, I’m happy about that.”
Lastly, while he was pleased with the return of Vázquez, the level of Langoni, Figal and Medina, Ibarra warned about the game: “There are moments in the game when you can play out, some teams allow you and we have to attempt. When you can, you have to try to play out, generate the game from behindand when you can’t look for a second ball”.
“I will see how everyone finished and there we will analyze how we work during the week. Without rushing and calmly”, the coach closed thinking about the next match against Banfield in the South, on Sunday, March 12, starting at 9:30 p.m., for the seventh date of the Professional League.
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