Boca and the fatal play in the 90th minute against Fortaleza in the Sudamericana, is it the fault of Lema and the defense or all of coach Diego Martínez?

Football and its imponderables? Boca won comfortably against Fortaleza in the candy box and took a key step in the Copa Sudamericana but the 1-0 score was too short. And this is how Xeneize paid for it: they did not finish it off and the Brazilian team tied the game in the last minute of the game, with a counterattack after a corner.

With this result, Boca is unlikely to be first in its group, and finishing second will force it to play an uncomfortable playoff bracket. against whoever is third in the Copa Libertadores to access the round of 16. And all because of a fatal play in which a thousand errors were combined, in attack and defense. Whose fault was it?

“It was a perfect match, the one one dreams of. I am the main person responsible for losing the two points. I have to give the boys more tools. The Fortaleza modifications did not affect us. I have to give something more so that they do not suffer,” said the DT Diego Martinezexposing his anger and his shortcomings but also the bench to his players, something key for managing groups.

The football debate wonders if it was the responsibility of the former Tigre and Huracán for how unprotected the xeneize fund was left in the rise of Marine and the goal of Kervin Andradeor if in those moments of the game it is the players who must show the lucidity to take care of the result and not be naive.

In another sign of leadership and good coexistence, Sergio Romero He took the coach’s words and included the players among those guilty of the tie.

“The coach is not the only one responsible, we have people with experience. We had to read the game, we have great people, with a voice of command. The game should have ended on the last play, it should not have ended in our goal,” Chiquito stated, still angry. Aside from the stupid tactics of the entire team, it seemed that the goalkeeper could have done something more after Marinho’s pass.

What happened to Boca in that fatal minute? Having a corner in their favor ended up dooming the team’s aspirations. Those from La Ribera went with six players to the Fortaleza area, with three defenders: Cristian Lema, Luis Advíncula and the youth Lautaro Di Lollo20 years old.

Two other players were left for the rebound, Equi Fernandez (21 years old) and Milton Delgado, another 18 year old kid. Next to them, close (or not so close) to Marinho, Lautaro Blanco. They were the three direct witnesses of the Fortaleza run and the goal that changed everything.

Of all of them, due to seniority and experience, the first two that remain marked are Lema and Advíncula, who went up to look for the corner without thinking about how or who was left in the background. In the instant before the corner kick there is an image that shows how the xeneize defense took the action, with the former Lanús smiling at the Peruvian.

Some responsibility can also be attributed to Kevin Zenon, the great figure of the game until that moment, but who took the corner into the area when everything was resolved with a touch for a teammate who approached the corner. It is worth remembering that the former Unión is 22 years old and has only played 31 games with the Boca shirt. It could be Edinson Cavani the man with enough lucidity to ask for that pass?

Boca suffered the sum of all the errors, and it is worth highlighting one more name in the combo: Guillermo Pol Fernández, who had left a while before, victim of fatigue. At 32 years old, the one from Granadero Baigorria does not look like but he plays like a veteran, and very possibly he would have been in charge of avoiding Fortaleza’s goal with a couple of shouts, a timely closing or a kick. That’s why Juan Román Riquelme stands out so much.