Boca Juniors won 2-0 against Tigre at the Bombonera. Gigliotti scored for the “Xeneize”. After qualifying for the semi-finals of the Copa Sudamericana, the “Xeneize” should have revalidated the achievements in the Torneo de Transición. Although Boca’s performance was not good, it was up to the level to beat a poor version of Tigre. The away team had the first opportunity of the match, though Sebastián Rincón missed the goal, with a wide cross shot. Then, Boca responded twice. Firstly, José Fuenzalida’s longshot was near the right goalpost; secondly, Javier García saved a headed of Emmanuel Gigliotti. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4YXOXG__-U[/youtube] In the second half, Rodolfo Arruabarrena made two successful substitutions (Andrés Chávez and Leonardo Suárez replaced Federico Carrizo and José Fuenzalida) so the team’s performance improved. On the 70th minute, Chávez was fouled into the area and Germán Delfino blew for a penalty. Gigliotti’s kick was deflected, though the forward scored on the rebound. Boca repeated the formula to seal the result; after a great counterattack led by Chávez, Gigliotti beat García. Despite not having ideas, Tigre had the chance to score two times in the same action, but Andrés Cubas and Claudio Pérez saved the ball over the line. The next match of the Xeneize will be on Sunday at 9:30 p.m. (Argentina time), against Arsenal, for the sixteenth match of the Torneo de Transición. MATCH RECORD: Boca Juniors (2): Agustín Orion; Leandro Marín, Claudio Pérez, Mariano Echeverría, Emanuel Insúa; Marcelo Meli (Federico Bravo 86), Andrés Cubas, Nicolás Colazo; José Pedro Fuenzalida (Leonardo Suárez 57), Emmanuel Gigliotti, Federico Carrizo (Andrés Chávez 57). Coach: Rodolfo Arruabarrena. Tigre (0): Javier García; Erik Godoy, Ignacio Canuto, Juan Carlos Blengio, Pablo Cáceres; Martín Galmarini (Kevin Itabel 77), Walter Acevedo, Joaquín Arzura, Facundo Bertoglio (Lucas Wilches 64); Carlos Luna, Sebastián Rincón (Leandro Garate 55). Coach: Gustavo Alfaro. Goals: 70′ Emmanuel Gigliotti (BJ), 83′ Emmanuel Gigliotti (BJ). Yellow cards: 38’ Walter Acevedo (T), 52’ Claudio Pérez (BJ), 52’ Carlos Luna (T), 56’ Pablo Cáceres (T), 56’ José Fuenzalida (BJ), 61’ Joaquín Arzura (T), 75’ Marcelo Meli (BJ), 90+1’ Andrés Chávez (BJ). Referee: Germán Delfino. Stadium: The Bombonera (Boca’s stadium).]]>