2023-09-13 23:03:56
Jorge Almirón, coach of Boca Juniors, stopped this Wednesday a team with the return of Valentín Barco and Cristian Medina, with the absences due to physical precautions of Guillermo “Pol” Fernández and Edinson Cavani, ahead of next Friday’s match against Defensa y Justicia for the fourth date of Zone B of the Professional League Cup.
The team that the coach stopped at the Ezeiza property this morning was formed by Javier García; Marcelo Weigandt, Nicolás Figal, Marcos Rojo and Frank Fabra; Ezequiel Bullaude, Ezequiel “Equi” Fernández and Cristian Medina; Luis Advíncula, Darío Benedetto (Miguel Merentiel) and Valentín Barco.
The great news for Almirón and Boca
The physical recovery of two important players for the tactical scheme used by the Boca coaching staff, such as Barco and Medina, are the most important news while awaiting the clashes against Palmeiras in the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores, which will be played on Thursday 28 September, and next October 5.
In today’s practice, Edinson Cavani and Guillermo “Pol” Fernández worked separately, with muscle discomfort, who will surely not be called up to be in Florencia Varela on Friday against “Halcón”, due to the string of matches that are coming up for the “ “Xeneize”.
The absence of the Uruguayan “Matador” is due to a discomfort he has in his left calf, so the idea is not to risk it.
Pol’s case is similar: he has an overload in the calf of his right leg and – with the Copa Libertadores semi-final just 15 days away – there is no room to risk it.
As for the presence of Javier García for “Chiquito” Romero, it is to give minutes to the substitute goalkeeper, who was already against Platense (3-1 victory) and against Sarmiento in Junín (1-0 defeat).
How Boca’s preparation continues
If he repeats this in practice this Thursday, the doubt will be in the center of the attack, where “Pipa” Benedetto first played and then the Uruguayan Merentiel entered.
Benedetto had a good performance when he came on against Almagro and Merentiel, on the other hand, made a mistake at the start that caused the rival to discount and then go 2 to 2. And then, in the penalty shootout, he crashed his shot into the crossbar.
In the team that Almirón fielded, Ezequiel Bullaude appears again, the last reinforcement to debut, who began to gain ground after his good performance in the Argentine Cup against José Ingenieros’ team, which plays in the Primera Nacional.
In that match, in addition to scoring a goal with a precise header, he broke lines, always generated and at times led the team in the absence of Medina.
The team will train this Thursday from 9 a.m. in Ezeiza and at night they will be concentrated in a hotel in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Monserrat.
Boca will visit Defensa y Justicia on Friday from 6:45 p.m. for the fourth round of the League Cup, with the refereeing of Andrés Merlos.
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