Zeballos: double in his fifth game in a row

El Chango started again against Tigre and is the one who played the most in Boca this time. He responded with two goals to the Matador. Look.

Deportivo Cali. Arsenal. Iron. Central Cordoba. And now Tiger. Since Sebastián Battaglia began to give continuity to Exequiel Zeballos, added to the injury of Eduardo Salvio, he did not remove him from the starting lineup. In his case, he put aside the idea of ​​rotating and always opted for the Changuito, regardless of who is with him. The kid continues without rest and against the Matador he played his fifth game in a row and responded with a double. 

The man from Santiago returned the coach’s confidence with a celebration at the Bombonera: in the ST, with the game still tied 1-1, the youth player unlocked the match with a goal with his seal. At eight minutes, he received from Aaron Molinas near the penalty spot, stopped and hit the ball with his right foot, and shot Marinelli with a strong left foot.

But that’s not all that El Changuito did in the second half… In a play that started at Rossi’s feet, the kid faced at full speed dragged the mark and defined a cross to make it 4-2. In addition, after a while, he had a run-in with Diego Sosa. Zeballos went to the floor to look for the ball, the defender reacted badly and they went head to head, although the Boca footballer did not enter into the provocation. In any case, Baliño admonished both.

In addition, along with Marcelo Weigandt, they are the only two players who will repeat in all four games since the return of the mini-vacation that the squad had. But Chango also had to play before the stoppage, against Deportivo Cali, for the last match of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, which gave Boca the classification to the eighth. Thus, before the match against Matador,  Zeballos totaled 332 minutes of the last 360 played by Boca. Tremendous.

Against Tigre, Battaglia’s team played their fourth game in just 10 days. In that sense, what Weigandt played is even greater, because he completed more minutes (277 of 280 minutes) than Chango, although he did not play against Cali. So Chelo will just add his fourth game in a row, while the striker would already reach the fifth.

With all this bustle on top, the one born in Santiago del Estero may rest for the next game, when he will have to face Barracas, for the fourth date of the Professional Soccer League, although that will be decided by the DT, of course. If Battaglia did not give him rest on Sunday either, the match against Guapo would be the fifth in a row in less than 14 days

Battaglia’s rotations

Battaglia never fully liked the rotation mechanism, except when his position was in doubt and he had to leave several players on the field for six straight games because if he did not win, his job could be at risk.

Now, with a broader back for the last title won, the classification in the Cup, and the ten games without losing that he had until Sunday, the DT was able to give himself the pleasure of putting on and taking off, with the idea that everyone reaches full for the eighths of the Libertadores.

He used 20 different players in the last three games, but even so, Changuito is the one who played the most…