Central Córdoba of Santiago del Estero and Boca Juniors close the second date of the Professional League. In just two minutes, the first great controversy already originated. The local team claimed for a Marcos Rojo’s clear penalty on Juan Kaprof. However, Pablo Echavarría and the VAR under Mauro Vigliano, who did not correct it, made a mistake.
Why the contact from behind the xeneize defender exists, even though the local striker did not fall at the time. Red’s left leg touches Kaprof’s right and makes him lose his balance. The action should have been sanctioned with yellow, since it does not correspond to expulsion because it is not an obvious scoring opportunity.
Boca Juniors and Central Córdoba draw goalless at the Único-Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero, which has some 10,000 “neutral” fans.
The xeneize team led by Sebastián Battaglia has had a great semester in which they were crowned champions of the League Cup, advanced to the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores, to the same instance in the Copa Argentina and also began the domestic tournament with a victory last week over Arsenal (2-1).
Boca tries to add another three points to maintain the leading role in a tournament that is long and especially because it had to save players to dose the effort when they have the two hand in hand with Corinthians for the round of 16 of the Libertadores, on June 28 in San Pablo and on July 5 in La Bombonera.
Their rival, Central Córdoba, began their campaign with a draw as a visitor against Barracas Central (1-1) and has a team worked by DT Sergio Rondina, who knew how to complicate Boca a lot when they met in the last League Cup .
The record between the two in the first division is just five games, with three victories for Boca, one for Santiago and a draw. The last time Boca visited Santiago del Estero was on April 23 of this year for Zone B of the League Cup, which they later won, and won 2-1 with two goals scored by Eduardo Toto Salvio and an outstanding performance by goalkeeper Javier García, the star of the match.
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