Lo dijo Nicolás Burdisso y los resultados, los de mayor diferencia en las series disputadas, así lo confirman. Pero, ¿qué dicen las estadísticas?
Las estadísticas en el fútbol difieren de otros deportes. Mientras algunas disciplinas pueden aplicarlas para realizar una explicación causal de lo sucedido, el fútbol obliga a la interpretación. "A" no siempre es causa de "B": puede que no gane el que más veces patee al arco, el que más situaciones genere, el que más tenga la pelota... Hay un grado de imprevisibilidad.
Boca superó los octavos y los cuartos de final de la Libertadores imponiéndose por 3-0 en ambas series. Ninguna otra llave tuvo una diferencia tan grande (NdeR: Internacional eliminó a Nacional con el mismo marcador global). Además, si se toma toda la competencia, es el conjunto más goleador de los cuatro clasificados a semifinales con 17 tantos a favor y solo seis en contra. Apoyado en esos datos es que Nicolás Burdisso respondió a las críticas que le llueven al conjunto de Gustavo Alfaro luego del defensivo planteo en el Superclásico. "Somos los más ofensivos de la copa", expresó.
Es cierto que el Xeneize se llevó un 3-0 incontrastable de la altura de Quito. Que, antes, le ganó en Brasil al campeón de la Copa Sudamericana y que lo borró de la cancha en La Bombonera. Pero además, es el segundo equipo que más remata y que más chances de peligro crea de los cuatro que siguen en el certamen. El déficit, claro, lo tiene en la posesión: es el que menos porcentaje de tenencia tiene y el que menos pases realiza en el último tercio del campo. Según los datos de Opta:
Interpretación, entonces:
River es el que mejor maneja la pelota, no solo por el porcentaje de posesión, sino también por la cantidad de pases que realiza y la efectividad de lo mismos. Como contrapunto, Boca deja de lado esta faceta de juego.
Boca, en cambio, es uno de los que mejor aprovecha las chances que tiene: de las 22 situaciones claras que tuvo, 17 terminaron en gol. Además, la relación entre la cantidad de tiros que ejecuta y lo que convierte es la mejor. River, por su parte, lucha con la efectividad, algo en lo que Marcelo Gallardo viene haciendo hincapié en las últimas semanas.
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