Comments on: Not the best preparation http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/05/01/not-the-best-preparation/ More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at Sun, 27 May 2012 20:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Johnny http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/05/01/not-the-best-preparation/#comment-1543 Thu, 01 May 2008 13:15:45 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1205#comment-1543 Same old story for Boca. Missed opportunities directly in front of the goal limit them to a narrow victory and make the return match more nervy than it needed to be. All in all, they played well, but…….It looks like Morel Rodriguez may be back soon which will help. Boca has had precious little offensive help from the wings lately though that was a nice set up from Gonzalez for Riquelme. And yes Seba, Gonzalez’s miss was a grade A choke job. Ouch ! If someone had told me a few months ago that Boca’s best finisher would be Datolo, I would have thought they were crazy. The good thing about Datolo is that he’s not smart enough to be anxious. Go get ‘em Jesus !

]]> By: justin http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/05/01/not-the-best-preparation/#comment-1541 Thu, 01 May 2008 06:22:28 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1205#comment-1541 I agree Seba, fantastic result for Flamengo. America have been dire in the Mexican Clausura so this isn’t such a big surprise. The manager resigning though, wow.

]]> By: Seba http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/05/01/not-the-best-preparation/#comment-1540 Thu, 01 May 2008 06:15:59 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1205#comment-1540 River and San Lorenzo played a typical Copa Libertadores tie. Dramatic stuff, bone-crushing tackles and disputes between players. With a lot of players having played at some point of their careers for the other team (Abreu and Tuzzio used to play for San Lorenzo, while D’Alessandro and Placente -along with manager Ramón Díaz- were at River), it was a very intense affair.

I think River settled for the draw and forgot to attack during the entire second half. They were better in the first half and they could have gone for that crucial 2nd away goal that would have killed San Lorenzo in this first leg. They paid the price and now they need to win. They only need a 1-0 to qualify but still…they need that win and it’s not going to be easy.

As for Boca…they looked to be on their way to win 3 or 4-0 but Palermo hit the post and Alvaro Gonzalez was just horrendous in the rebound -in front of an almost empty net-. Cruzeiro got lucky and they scored the away goal on a deflection.

Now a 1-0 at the Mineirão will see them through.

But you know what? Today it was all about FLAMENGO!!! hahaha! 4-2 AWAY at the Azteca! Now America (whose manager resigned after the match) will have to win by a 3-goal difference at the Maracanã!

]]> By: justin http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/05/01/not-the-best-preparation/#comment-1539 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:25:07 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1205#comment-1539 I’ll take that. 1-0 at home wins the tie. But it feels like a bit of a missed opportunity. San Lorenzo really appeared to be for the taking for large parts of that match.

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