We Are The Youth Gone WILD: Boca 3 – Huracan 0

By: Dave Martinez | September 2nd, 2008

NOTE: I FINALLY SAW THE GAME. HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Playing their youngins’, with a game in hand, Boca dominates Huracan en route to a 3 nil victory that launches the Bosteros right where they belong – first place. And talk about omens – Huracan should have called it a day when they realized the game would be played en El Estadio Diego Armando Maradona. Seriously.

A depleted Boca side relied heavily on its youth players, as Palacio, Riquelme and and Palermo were all out for this one. 6th minute, Lucas Viatri, Palermo’s heir apparant, found a bouncing pass land perfectly at his feet, and he flicked a toe curler towards the net, that bounced into the right area. 1 – 0 Boca.

Noir threatened in the 27th with an excellent header that nearly caught the crossbar. Noir took part in another near miss, as he left a pass in the middle of Huracans box that was headed in Viatri and Datolo’s direction. Viatri elected to play the ball from a tougher angle instead of dropping the pass to the positioned Datolo. That error cost the team a goal, as a rushed shot was sent far left.

Boca’s unexpected press continued for the rest of the 1st half. Huracan pressured Boca heavily to begin the second half, and were it not for Caranta standing on his head for the first 20 minutes of the 2nd, this game would have been of the tied variety. Chance after chance either missed or was turned away by the alert keeper. It took till nearly the 60th minute for Boca to manage a counter attack successfully!

But then came Gaitan, in for a largely quiet Gracian this game. And his impact was felt minutes in as he struck home a wonderfully serviced cross to the back of the net for the two goal advantage. As if that wasn’t enough, the spark plug found himself sprung on a breakaway, only to beat the Huracan keeper short side for the third, nail in the coffin goal.

Boca’s relatively slow defenders were able to make lots of ground by keeping their position sound, and of course, relying heavily on Caranta to hold them up. And the sudden unexpected offensive explosion certainly didnt hurt their efforts either.

Boca is #1, River sigue siendo un equipo sin identidad (I’ve always said it – without Ortega, River is DONE) and Los Xeneixes continue to dominate. Life is good!

JUGADOR DEL PARTIDO

Vamos pues – it has to be the 20 year old Gaitan and his two sealer goals! His infusion to the starting roster spelled immediate hope in a half that was going severly south.

“QUE ESTABAS PENSANDO!” MOMENTO DEL PARTIDO

I am having a problem finding one defining moment in the game, but a period of time did enter into my mind. The 45th minute to the 58th minute, Boca looked like a bunch of whipped school boys. Huracan came out so aggresively, I really was wondering “what is Boca thinking coming out so slow in a game that their youth players are finding a way to seal?” Had it not been for some vital 2nd half changes, this game would have been a very disappointing draw. Kudos to Ischia for taking a gamble or two that paid off.

“QUE BOLUDO!” JUGADOR DEL PARTIDO

Since there really wasn’t anyone in a BOCA jersey who looked bad (overall) in this encounter, I think we will just give this weeks “Que Boludo” title to River for letting Ortega go. As a matter of fact, I think they win the “Que Boludo” Award for the entire Apertura. Way to go Gallinas!

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