Boca Juniors’ Historic Winless Streak Extended With Goal From Usmnt’s Matko Miljevic

Boca Juniors endured their worst-ever tally of shape arsenic they extended their winless streak to 11 games crossed each competitions aft a 1-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Huracan connected Sunday, courtesy of Matko Miljevic’s second-half goal.

Miljevic, who played for nan US successful January’s friendlies, struck brilliantly from extracurricular nan container to punishment Boca, 1 of nan giants of Argentine soccer.

Boca grounded to retrieve from their disappointing Copa Argentina Round of 32 exit earlier this week and now beryllium 13th successful Group B of nan Clausura, having managed conscionable 2 draws earlier nan nonaccomplishment to Huracán.

Miguel Angel Russo’s squad erstwhile again produced a lackluster performance, pinch goalkeeper Agustín Marchesín emerging arsenic their standout player.

“We are very angry astir nan team’s existent situation, but we cognize we person to move this around,” Marchesín told TNT Sports.

“We person awesome players. There is simply a batch of sadness wrong nan squad. We person to activity harder than ever to support improving.“

The hosts dominated nan early proceedings, pinch Rodrigo Cabral coming adjacent to breaking nan deadlock erstwhile his deflected effort rattled nan crossbar.

Moments later, Marchesín produced a stunning reflex save, utilizing his feet to sphere nan stalemate earlier making different important artifact successful a one-on-one business seconds earlier half-time.

Yet nan Argentine keeper was yet beaten successful nan 65th infinitesimal erstwhile Miljevic fired a superb onslaught into nan apical area to manus nan Apertura runners-up Huracán their first triumph successful nan tournament.

“I deliberation we are deserved winners,” Huracan midfielder Leonardo Gil said. “We had a batch of chances to score. They only had a mates of shots connected goal.“

Boca adjacent big Racing Club connected 9 August.

“The tourney has conscionable started, we person to move nan page,” Marchesín added. “We are very sad, but we person to beryllium successful nan champion imaginable style astatine home.”