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Thursday, November 02, 2006














RACING NEWS

THE GAME WAS PLAYED LIKE THE ONE OF THE CLASSIC MATCHES OF ARGENTINA'S FOOTBALL LIKE IT IS. IT WAS PLAYED WITH MORE CAUTION THAN OFFENSIVE ATTEMPTS. RACING DIDN'T SCORE ON THE OPPORTUNITIES IT HAS SO THE GAME WAS A TIE WITH BOCA. THE GAME WAS EVEN WITH IMPRECISIONS ON BOTH SIDES AND FEW SCORING OPPORTUNITIES. 17 DAYS HAD PAST SINCE LA ACADEMIA HAD PLAYED ITS LAST GAME AND WITHOUT MORALEZ, THE TEAMS MOST TALENTED PLAYER, THE TEAM STILL CREATED VERY GOOD CHANCES BUT WEREN'T ABLE TO SCORE ON ANY OF THEM. BERGESSIO WASTED A COUPLE OF CHANCES THAT HE HAD CREATED FOR HIMSELF. HE IS LIGHTNING QUICK, PASSES PLAYERS LIKE THEY WERE STANDING STILL BUT WHEN HE HAS TO STRIKE THE BALL TO GET IT IN THE GOAL HE IS NOT SERENE ENOUGH TO HIT THE BALL THE RIGHT WAY. RACING WAS PLAYING A COUNTER ATTACK GAME AND CREATED MANY MORE CHANCES THAN BOCA (4) WHO THE CURRENT CHAMPION BUT HAVE A DIFFERENT COACH (MORE ON HIM ON ANOTHER POST). TORRES, RACING'S MIDFIELDER IS THE MAN OF THE MATCH, HE HAD PERSONAL DEFENSE ON GAGO, BOCA MIDFIELDER. AND HE COMPLETELY SHUT HIM DOWN AND DID A GOOD JOB OF GOING TO ATTACK CREATING GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIS TEAMMATES AND FOR HIMSELF. RACING PLAYED THE RIGHT KIND OF GAME AGAINST BOCA, THE PLAYERS ARE NOT AS TALENTED AS THE OPPOSING TEAM. MERLO DOES WHAT HE CAN WITH WHAT HE HAS, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO BEAT BOCA, THE LEADER OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP. RACING PLAYED BETTER THAN BOCA BUT ALL THE EFFORT DID NOT EQUATE TO A WIN.




SAVA, SANCHEZ, BASTIA, GRIMI, CABRAL, CAMPAGNUOLO (BOTTOM) ESZQUIVEL, BERGESSIO, TORRES, PERALTA AND CABRAL

TORRES MAN OF THE MATCH

THE GAME WAS PLAYED HARD BUT CLEAN

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PLAYED ON A WEDNESDAY DURING WORKING HOURS RACING FANS CAME OUT IN HUGE NUMBERS

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