Independiente defeats his last goal of the year – 27/11/2018

For forms. Because he played badly. Because the penultimate of the table, he nods to football and commitment. Because the leader of Racing had left points in the way. For all that, the defeat by 1-0 against Lanús in Buenos Aires south made a big noise at Independiente. But especially because this exit of the plans defeats the last objective which had imposed itself on Avellaneda after the elimination of Copa Libertadores. The goal of consolation is, because it still remains, to end the year at four points maximum.

It could have been five, but with two dates to come, the championship was eight. "We did not have the freshness of other games.I think we did not play well, but I do not think it was a question of attitude. We did not run well, I do not want to apologize, we do not play well, "said Ariel Holan, who travels in 2018 far from the success of 2017.

The title of Copa Sudamericana left the baguette high. And the Suruga Bank obtained in Japan was not enough to conform to the red world this year in which it suffered the eliminations of an accessible Argentine Cup and the Libertadores, the big dream. You only have to get as close to the tip as possible, even if you do not get regular, you find something complicated.

"Next weekend we will have a good game to play locally, we need to recap quickly," said Holan. This meeting will take place before Boca – who arrives convulsed by the frustrated Superfinale – to Libertadores de América. Independiente will be able to recover Maximiliano Meza (it filled the sanction) and Martín Benítez like holders. And he will close the first part of the Superliga against Godoy Cruz, in Mendoza.