Arruabarrena on win over Central Córdoba and São Paulo return | OneFootball

Rodolfo Arruabarrena's Boca wrapped up a perfect week. After the win over São Paulo in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals, they added this 3-1 victory over Central Córdoba, corresponding to the ninth round of the 2026 Torneo Clausura.

Both matches were played at La Bombonera, and that was the setting in which the Vasco spoke about the importance of picking up points again in the local competition, while also looking ahead to next Tuesday's second leg against the Brazilians at the Morumbí.

Ángel Romero scored against Central Córdoba. Photo: Gerónimo Marino/La Número 12.

Arruabarrena began by congratulating his players and stressed that "the three points are very important" and "very valuable" because of Boca's position in the fight to qualify for next year's Copa Libertadores and in the Torneo Clausura.

As for the course of the match, Vasco admitted he was happy with the commitment shown by the players who "don't get the minutes they want" and stated that "they've taken advantage of the opportunity" and "have shown me that they want to be here".

Arruabarrena is already thinking about São Paulo

"We know it's a tough match," Arruabarrena warned as soon as he was asked about the second leg at the Morumbí against São Paulo in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Copa Sudamericana.

That said, Vasco made it clear that "there will be moments to enjoy" and also "moments to suffer," because this is football and, at the level of a tie like the one Xeneize will have against the team from São Paulo, everything will be decided by the "small details." He also warned that "stupid mistakes can hurt you a lot."

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