Boca player ratings after defeat to Racing

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La Número 12

·8 December 2025

Boca player ratings after defeat to Racing

The analysis of individual performance and player ratings for Boca in the 1-0 defeat against Racing at La Bombonera, for the semifinals of the Torneo Clausura of the Professional Football League.

The dream is over. Xeneize did not play a good match and the coach’s changes created the conditions for La Academia to take the ticket to the final by the narrowest margin.

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Agustín Marchesín (5)

He didn’t have too many interventions against an opponent that didn’t generate much danger beyond the goal. He was not at fault for the visitors’ goal.

Juan Barinaga (5)

A match full of battles against Vergara and Rojas on the right side. He had some recoveries and successful advances.

Lautaro Di Lollo (6)

He struggled a bit more with marking compared to his teammate but didn’t have a bad game. He won several duels, although he was somewhat imprecise with the ball.

Ayrton Costa (7)

Aside from the lost duel against Maravilla that ended in a goal, he once again closed out a good match with several important tackles and offensive transitions from the back that were key to getting out from defense.

Lautaro Blanco (4)

He struggled a lot in this match. Defensively, he suffered from Solari’s advances and offensively found it difficult to get past Mura, failing to deliver any successful crosses.

Leandro Paredes (5)

He managed the tempo of the match, but couldn’t make a difference. In the second half, he delivered a spectacular pass to Merentiel, but beyond that, he couldn’t generate much more danger.

Xeneize finishes its third consecutive year without titles. Photo: Gerónimo Marino/La Número 12.

Milton Delgado (5)

He helped Paredes in midfield with recoveries, build-up play, and defensive support, but struggled quite a bit against the opposing midfielders.

Carlos Palacios (5)

He didn’t stand out, but completed another match without making much of a difference on the field. He helped with tracking back, but offensively couldn’t contribute much.

Exequiel Zeballos (6)

He was the most dangerous player Úbeda had on the field. The only one in attack whose speed troubled the opposing defenders and generated offensive chances. His substitution was incomprehensible, considering the poor performance of the other forwards.

Miguel Merentiel (3)

Disconnected from the attack, he had a couple of combinations with Zeballos but couldn’t get into the game at all.

Milton Giménez (1)

Once again finished a dreadful match, with unbelievable turnovers, poor decisions in attack, and unbearable apathy moving around the pitch. He played the entire match, despite contributing absolutely nothing.

Alan Velasco and Rodrigo Battaglia (-)

They came on in the second half and didn’t contribute much. The forward played longer, had some runs down the wing but none reached the box. The midfielder only came on to head down a cross minutes before the end.

Claudio Úbeda (1)

Incomprehensible and absurd reading of the match. He kept the starting eleven, even with Giménez performing at a very low level, took off the best player of the match, and made no further changes despite several players being exhausted. Lost the chance to become champion of Argentine football due to his mistakes.