Tiki-Tiki, Toca-Toca…

By: Brett | October 30th, 2009

Boca 3-0 Chacarita Juniors

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All three goals looked as if they were straight out of the training ground play-book. We were that clean. That crisp. That quick. That clinical.

Not only that, it almost felt to me as if Chaca were in on it. Like they had been informed of their part in proceedings beforehand. As if Basile had interrupted their pre-game chat and set about informing them of exactly how the match was going to play out.

If it had gone down that way, I can only imagine it went a little something like this –

Afternoon chaps (yes, in my mind, Alfio Basile talks like he’s from 19th century England), lovely day isn’t it? Just thought I’d pop over and give you the skinny on today’s match. Don’t worry, I bought my tactics board, so I can illustrate for you exactly how this is all gonna play out.

The words I want you to remember today are – Tiki-tiki, toca-toca. We are going to put on a display of quite wonderful crisp, clean one-touch passing with plenty of one-two’s, the likes of which you may never experience again.

Ready? Bueno. We’ll play the ball around for the first 15 or so minutes, for two reasons. To give you guys a chance to enjoy playing in La Bombonera – afterall, for you it won’t get much better than this – and because, being a Thursday afternoon, some of the fans may be a little late. We’ll both go close to scoring, but neither of us will.

Around 16 minutes we’re going to go one up. Now, pay attention to the board and I’ll show you how it’s gonna work. First, we’ll take possession in midfield. Gaitan to Insua, Insua to Roman. Tiki-tiki toca-toca. You know what I mean, right? Roman is the going to play a 1-2 with Battaglia. DId you get that? A 1-2. Grand.

Seba will then lay a wonderful ball with his left into the path of the marauding Gary Medel. He’s going to outpace your leftback, whoever you are, cut back inside and play a neat ball into the box where Insua will be waiting. Yes, the man who started the move is going to finish it. Insua will take possession, not a defender in sight, take a touch onto his left, and finish. Simple as that, lads.

Goal number two will come just before the half, around 40 minutes. Again, there will be more tiki-tiki, toca-toca. Seba will win the ball for us in midfield. Then, Rosada will play a delightful one-two with Insua. It will be very pretty, let me tell you. Rosada will the spread it wide to Chavez – Chavez will come on for Roman just before the goal (crazy how Basile could foresee Roman’s injuys, eh?) – and he’ll cut inside and play it to Gaitan.

Nico and Insua will then engage in yet another one-two on the edge of the box. Nico will then finish with clinical fashion over your onrushing keeper. Did you get that keeper? You have to come of you’re line, ok?

It will be three-zip ten or so minutes into the second half. This will be the best goal of the lot. I know that’s saying a lot considering the first two, but it will be. We’re going to play the ball around for the fans, with pretty much the whole team having a touch or two. The midfield will win it and play it around and then back to the defenders. The ball will find it’s way to Morel Rodriguez and he will fire a precise long ball to Nico. Nico will touch it back to Rosada, who will play a tiki-tiki one-two with Palermo, and cross to a completely unmarked Battaglia. He will be a monster today and deserves a goal for his efforts.

Did you get all that? Good. Questions? No, you won’t score. No, you won’t actually have a shot on target. Today is about us finding regaining our confidence and spark as we steady ourselves for an assault on the championship. Sorry you are our sacrificial lambs, so to speak, but it must be this way.

It was truly spectacularly dominant display from Los Xenienes. One the fans have absolutely been waiting for. Credit to Chaca too – they played their part perfectly.

We now sit in ninth on 18 points, five from top.

Bring on the charity-haters, I say…