Comments on: Boca Juniors vs. River Plate: the teams http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/05/04/boca-juniors-vs-river-plate-the-teams/ More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at Sun, 27 May 2012 20:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: hastaelgolsiempre http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/05/04/boca-juniors-vs-river-plate-the-teams/#comment-1552 Sun, 04 May 2008 18:01:35 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1212#comment-1552 Johnny, in that case I’d suggest it’s wrong, which makes more sense. I’ve probably put Gerlo and Villagre the wrong way round for River as well – I tried as best I could to work it out from shirt numbers since Olé don’t put the exact formations (L-R) up, but only one of the full backs on show today will be wearing the ‘proper’ number under the Argentine system (Villagra in the 3).

]]> By: Johnny http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/05/04/boca-juniors-vs-river-plate-the-teams/#comment-1551 Sun, 04 May 2008 15:39:59 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1212#comment-1551 Let’s get ready to ruuuuummmmmble ! Sam, if your starting 11 for Boca is correct then this will be the first time in memory that Monzon is on that side of the field. I thought Ischia was going to play Morel along side Caceres, with Monzon in Morel’s usual position. We’ll see, either way it’s not Boca’s best defensive line up and Battaglia and Ledesma will have to have very good efforts. No Vargas hurts, though we won’t have to worry about him getting a red ! If Boca’s backline holds up and Palacio can have the kind of match he is capable of then it should be a very competitive match. If Datolo scores I will never say another bad thing about him.

]]> By: hastaelgolsiempre http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/05/04/boca-juniors-vs-river-plate-the-teams/#comment-1550 Sun, 04 May 2008 13:55:12 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1212#comment-1550 Interesting thoughts, Chris. To my mind, it’s more down to how well Claudio Morel Rodríguez and (ex-River player) Julio César Cáceres can deal with Diego Buonanotte, who’s been out of this world in recent matches. The battle between Falcao and his markers, and Palermo and his at the other end, will also be interesting.

Palacio’s finishing is hardly the best in the world and against Carrizo in goal, even the River-supporting part of me (which I’ll be trying to suppress as much as possible on the later coverage of the game) is struggling to get nervous about him. Dátolo, Riquelme and Palermo, on the other hand…

]]> By: Chris Leonard http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/05/04/boca-juniors-vs-river-plate-the-teams/#comment-1549 Sun, 04 May 2008 13:26:56 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=1212#comment-1549 Vamos Boca. The key will be the play of Palacio (Boca) and Sanchez (River).

If Palacio has a better game than Sanchez, then Boca wins.

If Sanchez has a better game than Palacio, then River wins.

Neither of these guys is consistent. All the other players on both teams will be playing (out of their minds) great.

ENJOY. Chris

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