Athletico de Dorival loses Boca Juniors second friendly 2020 - Mauro Zárate and Reynoso score Boca's goals; Nikão cashes for Athletico. Dorival Júnior takes the opportunity to make several observations and sees the team fail to defend

Summary

Athletico lost to Boca Juniors in the second friendly match for 2020. The game, valid for the Summer Tournament in Argentina, ended with a xeneize victory by 3 to 1. Forward Mauro Zárate and midfielder Reynoso scored Boca's goals. Attacking midfielder Nikão, assisted by Fernando Canesin, scored the only red-black goal. Hurricane, who had already faced Racing in his debut, closes his participation in the friendly tournament with a draw and a defeat.

Analyze

Athletico's defense - which had already failed against Racing - again made mistakes in the defeat against Boca Juniors. On the other hand, attacking midfielder Fernando Canesin shone. He assisted, served his teammates and commanded the midfield - see the match analysis and Hurricane lineups during the game.

Athletico de Dorival loses Boca Juniors second friendly 2020

First time

Athletico took the initiative and prowled the area at the beginning. Boca Juniors looked harmless, but as a cupbearer like few, the club needs few opportunities to swing the nets. In the first chance, Zárate took advantage of the back of the defense and hit hard to make 1 to 0. Then, Léo Pereira pulled a counter-attack, Fernando Canesin played with category, and Nikão hit the goalkeeper to leave everything the same. The red-black defense, however, failed again. Zárate received the penalty spot, chose the corner and hit hard to make it 2 to 1.

Second time

Coach Dorival Júnior started making changes already on the return for the second half. He put names like Matheus Rossetto, Matheus Anjos and Marquinhos Gabriel. Then he also put Jonathan and Lucas Halter. With so many changes, Athletico dropped the pace - just like Boca on the other side. However, before the end, Reynoso scored the third goal after a beautiful play by Sálvio and Tévez. Reynoso himself almost scored the fourth goal in a row. A 3 to 1 that shows what Dorival needs to fix for a victorious 2020.

Calendar

With the end of the tournament in Argentina, Athletico resumes the pre-season - there are still no new friendly matches scheduled. The official debut of Dorival Júnior's team in 2020 will be against Flamengo, on February 16, a Sunday, at 11am, at Mané Garrincha, for the Super Cup.

Meanwhile...

While the starters perform the pre-season, the aspirants play the Campeonato Paranaense. After the 3-1 over União Beltrão away, Eduardo Barros's men face PSTC at Arena da Baixada - the second round will be played on Wednesday at 8pm.

 Fluminense admits project to have Fred, but requires departure from Cruzeiro

Tricolor asks player to disconnect from the celestial club

Fluminense does not hide the desire to have striker Fred back to Laranjeiras. But, for that to happen, the player needs to disconnect from Cruzeiro, his current team. The warning was given by the president of the Rio club, Mário Bittencourt.

"We didn't start any conversation with Fred, he has a relationship with Cruzeiro. Our idea is that, if there is a break there and that break is official, we can start talking to him. To make it clear, there was no previous conversation with him or with his representatives ", said the leader.

"Everyone knows that it is a desire of our fans and ours also to repatriate, our idol. But we are working this year with our feet on the ground, doing things within the possibilities. What I can make clear is that we will do everything that is within Fluminense's possibilities, in case he ends up with Cruzeiro. "

At the end of the match against Cabofriense, on Sunday night, tricolor fans shouted the name of Fred, 36, who played for Fluminense between 2009 and 2016, with 288 games and 172 goals. This Monday, the player met with the board of Cruzeiro to try to terminate his contract that runs until December.

"It would be disrespectful to open any kind of conversation in this sense with him being linked to another club. Even more so in the situation where Cruzeiro finds itself, very difficult, trying to find his way after relegation. We are very calm about that, "said Bittencourt, who always made clear his intention to bring back the top scorer, Brazilian champion of 2010 and 2012.

"There is a project in my head since the day he left Fluminense, in 2016. I was a candidate in 2016, I didn’t win the election, in 2019 we won, and everyone knows that I’m interested in bringing him back to Fluminense, but under the conditions that we can do. Because we are working with our feet on the ground, we are restructuring a club. Our payroll at this time is still a little lower than last year, even with the signings arrived, "said the tricolor president.