VS Sunday October 30 18:10 (Hora Argentina) Stadium: Boca Juniors This should be a key game for Boca's title aspirations, as it faces it's closest follower, the surprising team from the small city in Santa Fe that just came up to first division this season. Atlético Rafaela is a relatively unknown club that is only in the top division for the second time in its history, and the first time lasted only one year. This year's edition was expected to fight relegation, but here they are shockingly in second place. They are an opportunistic team that has mostly kept their core from the team that played in thee B last season and they play a lot better than their roster would seem to indicate. Their defense looks vulnerable at times, but they've scored 19 goals so far -second in the league- and they seem to have the ability to always get goals right when they need them. Boca will need to play a strong defensive game to win this one. VAMOS BOCA!!!
Riquelme trained and looks like he will play.Tough on Chavez who was man of the match against Colon.Lets hope Pochi gets some game time and Boca can take another step toward the championship
The latest is that Riquelme will not play. He is still experiencing too much pain on his left foot, what they call "fascitis plantar". Cvitanich won't be ready either, so most likely we'll see the same starting lineup that played against Colón. Likely Lineup: [LINEUP-4-4-2]Blandi, Mouche, Erviti, Chavez, Somoza, Rivero, Clemente, Insaurralde, Schiavi, Roncaglia, Orión[/LINEUP-4-4-2]
Rafaela really played a good half, but Blandi is lethal. Is he the missing piece? Dare we say it? VAMOS BOCA A SALIR CAMPEONES!!!
Good first half, could easily be more than 2-0. Pochi is showing his worth again, maybe he could be the successor to roman. La bombonera looks strange with two 'la12's in the stadium)
He played a few minutes as a sub when Borghi was coach. This is his first match under Falcioni. But he's done really well at the youth level. He's only 17 years old.
Look at at the stand under the away fans, rafael di zeo returned to boca and so it seems we have 2 barras.
All of a sudden the future looks bright, look at all the good young players we have coming through and getting game time now.