Boca traveled to Brazil aware that they were facing the toughest rival in the Group and made the worst of mistakes: they came into play every half too distracted. For this reason, they were at a disadvantage almost from the beginning (Lucero’s goal). He managed to recover, tied it (Merentiel) and finished better than Fortaleza. However, at the beginning of the second half he gave himself again and in a burst of 12 minutes it was 1-4 (another from Lucero and two from Pikachu, the figure of the court). The match, vibrant, could have ended with a wider difference for the locals or even tighter, because Boca went all out in search of the discount (which they found thanks to Zenón), but gave too many advantages at the back. The 4-2 defeat leaves Fortaleza as the comfortable leader of Group D with an ideal score (9 out of 9), followed by Xeneize (4), Sportivo Trinidense (3) and Nacional Potosí (1).
Sergio Romero, who had a poor performance and alternated good saves at 1-4 with bad starts in three of the four rival goals, summarized: “We knew that the first 15 of each half were going to be complicated, playing as visitors has that , and we quickly found ourselves at a disadvantage. In the first half we deserved more, but hey, this is football and these things can happen.” In relation to how complicated it would seem to be to qualify directly for the round of 16, Chiquito said: “It is not impossible to finish first because we already play at the height, we only need to go to Paraguay and we will define twice at home. We have to focus on winning the 9 points we lack.”
The meeting ends. Boca lost 4 to 2 against Fortaleza in Brazil and complicated their future in the Copa Sudamericana.
With self-love, Boca ends up cornering Fortaleza, looking for the discount that will help them achieve the goal difference.
Good play by Boca. Briasco sends the center from the left and Medina, first, fails to connect it well and kicks very wide.
Zenón’s deployment has a reward. Good shot from outside the exUnión area that violates the goalkeeper’s resistance and is Boca’s discount.
Equi Fernández kicks from afar and the ball hits the crossbar and goes to the side. Boca had it.
Kevin Zenón tried a free kick and his shot went very close to the left corner. Fortress was saved.
Pochettino, at full speed, faced Romero’s goal in search of Fortaleza’s fifth. Lema cut it.
While Zenón tries to provide clarity and goal situations, each Fortaleza counter is a dagger for the Xeneize defense.
Coach Diego Martínez ordered the entry of Advíncula, Zenón and Briasco, in search of the reaction.
Pikachu pushes her on the line after a cross in which Romero was left halfway. Fortaleza beats Boca 4 to 1.
Pikachu takes advantage of another defensive inattention from Boca and extends Fortaleza’s advantage with the departure of Romero.
Argentine connection for the second local goal. Center from Pochettino and great header from Lucero to put Fortaleza up 2 to 1 over Boca.
Great shot by Zé Welison and Romero deflects a very difficult ball.
The second half started.
The curtain comes down for the first part. With goals from Lucero and Merentiel, Fortaleza and Boca equal 1 to 1 in Brazil.
Medina starts the counter and plays with Fabra, who returns to him. The young Boca midfielder’s shot goes very high.
Fortaleza gave the ball away, but when it arrives it creates danger. Once again Pikachu had a chance for the second, but his shot went too high.
Boca is better off and is associated on the right with the departure of Di Lollo, the clarity of Saralegui and the explosion of Langoni.
Pikachu had Fortaleza’s second in a one-on-one with Romero that Chiquito won. In the next one, Saracchi overflowed and Langoni could not connect the catcher’s center. Anyway, the Uruguayan was ahead.
Frank Fabra faced from the left and hit the goal from a difficult angle. The ball came very close.
The match between Fortaleza and Boca is very entertaining, and although there are no clear plays in the areas, both are at risk for the goal.
Good play between Langoni, who quickly took the corner from the corner to Saralegui, who waited and sent the quick center to the heart of Fortaleza’s small area, where Merentiel inflated the net and declared the tie.
After the impact of the goal received, Boca settles on the field and begins to reach Fortaleza. First Saralegui from outside the area and then Merentiel, with a free kick, searched for the rival goal without success.
The state of the playing field is very bad and that makes it difficult for the players to stand up and control the ball with precision.
After two defensive errors, Fortaleza took advantage of the third error from Boca’s last line and Juan Martín Lucero scores 1 to 0, confirmed by the VAR.
The first half began in Brazil.
The 11 from Fortaleza and Boca are already on the playing field. The start of the match is imminent.
After the Fortaleza and Boca players have warmed up, it is the turn of the grass to be watered prior to the start of the match.
The following are the 11 Boca starters that coach Diego Martínez arranged to visit Fortaleza.
The following are the 11 Fluminense starters that coach Juan Carlos Vojvoda had to receive Boca.
Boca should beat Fortaleza to surpass them in the standings and face the last three days of the group stage with the serenity of depending on themselves to advance to the round of 16. If they fail to add three, a draw would not be a bad result. A defeat would leave them five points from the top, with 9 to be played and they should now focus on adding as much as possible to at least enter second place and play the playoffs with those who are in third place in the Cup groups. Liberators.
The Fortaleza team is already at the Gobernador Aderaldo Plácido Castelo stadium.
Frank Fabra will start again tonight in Boca after two months. The Colombian full-back played for the last time since the start at the beginning of February, when Xeneize tied with Sarmiento for matchday 2 of the League Cup. However, in this case he will not occupy his usual position but will do so in midfield. Fabra will replace Kevin Zenón, who will have a rest after the Superclásico.
Boca is the Argentine club that has won the most times on Brazilian soil, with 10 wins. The following is the detail:
The Boca squad is already at the Gobernador Aderaldo Plácido Castelo stadium.
Boca has just eliminated River in the League Cup, with a resounding 3-2 victory in Córdoba in the quarterfinals. That victory over the usual rival confirmed all the good intentions that Diego Martínez’s cycle had been exhibiting.
Boca will not have its great figure, Edinson Cavani, who was not part of the delegation that traveled to northern Brazil for this match. The Uruguayan striker, fundamental in recent times with 9 goals in 9 games, was preserved so that he arrives in optimal condition for the League Cup semifinal against Estudiantes, scheduled for next Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Córdoba.
Fortress: Joao Ricardo; Tinga, Emmanuel Britez, Titi, Bruno Pacheco; Hercules, Jose Welison, Thomas Pochettino; Yago Pikachu, John Martin Star and Moses. DT: John Paul Vojvoda.
Mouth: Sergio Rosemary; Lautaro Di Lollo, Nicolas Figal, Christian Lema, Marcelo Saracchi; Jabes Saralegui, Ezekiel Fernandez, Christian Medina, Frank Fabra; Luca Langoni and Michael Merentiel. DT: Diego Martinez
Have a very good afternoon. Welcome to the minute by minute of the match between Fortaleza and Boca, valid for the third date of Group D of the Copa Sudamericana. The match will begin at 9 p.m., and will be refereed by Colombian Wilmar Roldán.
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EPAGeert Wilders at CPAC
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PVV leader Wilders expects that European parties similar to the PVV will achieve the same victory as his own party in the recent House of Representatives elections. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Hungary, he said voters have had enough of “the politics of open borders and mass immigration”.
Wilders’ speech was awaited with interest by many people. Would Wilders go too far with his texts for his political partners in the cabinet formation or not? Wilders put an end to all doubt right at the beginning of his story.
“I am addressing the Dutch journalists,” he said. “They think that I will endanger the negotiations with statements. But I will not do that. Being a major party entails great responsibility.” He said he hopes that the negotiations with VVD, NSC and BBB will succeed.
In the remainder of his speech, he warned about future immigration from African countries, wokism and cultural relativism. Influences that he believes are a danger to the “Judeo-Christian” cultures and societies of European countries. He advised the politicians in the room to also choose this agenda and say “stop” to it. “Then voters will automatically find the conservative parties.”
Trump and Orbán
CPAC is a gathering of ultra-conservative politicians from around the world, modeled on CPAC in the United States. Former President Trump addressed his political friends in Hungary via a video message. Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán hosted the event.
The conference received a lot of media attention in advance. Certain journalists were refused because, according to the organization, they were “too woke”. The NOS was also not welcome inside. The speeches at the conference could be followed via a livestream.
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M1A1 Abrams tanks in action. — © REUTERS
After months of pleas, the first American Abrams finally arrived in Ukraine in September of last year. It now appears that Kiev has already had to withdraw the coveted combat vehicles from the front, because they are too vulnerable to Russian drone attacks.
“The mere presence of Abrams tanks will provide a powerful deterrent,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted upon the arrival of the American tanks at the end of September. His American counterpart Joe Biden called the tanks “the most capable in the world”. In total, Ukraine received 31 units of the M1A1 variant of the armored vehicle, while part of the Ukrainian troops in Bavaria, Germany, received three months of training to learn how to operate the tanks.
But when the Americans approved the deployment of the Abrams in January 2023, the battlefield looked completely different. Ukraine was then preparing a spring offensive, and the Abrams, with a price tag of $10 million each, would be vital in breaking through Russian lines. But the tanks ultimately arrived too late to play a role in that spring offensive.
Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, the commander of the Ukrainian military intelligence service GUR, was clear from the start that the Abrams tanks are used in a “tailored manner in very specific, deliberate operations.” Otherwise, he believes, there would soon be few deployable Abrams left. “If they are simply used at the front and only deployed in a regular manner, they will not survive long on the battlefield. They should therefore be used in breakthrough operations, but after extensive preparation.”
Five tanks already destroyed
In late February, Russia claimed for the first time to have destroyed one of the Abrams tanks on the frontline near Avdijivka, the hotly contested city in eastern Donetsk Oblast that had fallen into Russian hands earlier that month. Last week, The New York Times reported that five of the 31 Abrams tanks have been destroyed in the past two months, while three others were “moderately damaged.” It even led to the question of whether tanks still have a place in modern warfare. The ubiquity of Russian drones on the Ukrainian battlefield means that there is “no open terrain where you can just drive without fear of being detected,” an anonymous senior US defense source told AP.
According to US Admiral Christopher Grady, tanks are still an important part of the war machine, but they are at risk in an environment where “unmanned aerial systems (or drones, ed.) are ubiquitous”. And so the tanks have been removed from the front for the time being. According to AP, Ukraine and the United States are discussing how the vehicles can be optimally deployed.
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