2024-09-19 20:23:31
Edinson Cavani and Kevin Zenón worked out alongside the Boca squad this Thursday and will be available for the superclásico this Saturday at 4pm at La BomboneraThe Uruguayan striker will return to the starting lineup after a month-long stoppage due to a tear in the soleus muscle of his left leg, while the Corrientes midfielder, after two separate matches, returned to training normally after having received a blow to his ankle in last Sunday’s classic against Racing.
Cavani played his last match in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana round of 16 against Cruzeiro of Brazil and did not participate in Boca’s last six matches.But having responded normally to the physical and footballing demands of training at the Ezeiza grounds, everything indicates that he will accompany his compatriot Miguel Merentiel in attack and relegate his replacement Milton Giménez to the bench.
Boca’s top scorer of the season with 17 goals, two more than Miguel Merentiel, Cavani’s numbers are boosted by the fact that he played only 25 gamescompared to the 40 that his compatriot played. Behind them is the other center attacker of the squad, Milton Giménez, who scored five since his arrival in the last winter transfer market. Cavani also scored in the classics against River, San Lorenzo and Racing and in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana against Cruzeiro. Of the 20 goals he has scored since his arrival at the club a year ago, He has scored 17 of them in the last 21 matches and against River he will want to continue his streak.
At this Thursday’s morning training session, Coach Diego Martínez did another test with the ball, but did not dispel doubts regarding the starting lineup he will have.. In the rest of the lines, Martínez mixed names, tried two systems with a line of four and five in the back and maintained the uncertainty.In addition to the confirmation of Cavani and Zenón, the coach would arrange for the return of the Peruvian Luis Advínculawho recovered from the discomfort in his Achilles tendon that took him out of the classic with Racing and Marcos Rojo, who overcame a muscular problem and would be the second central defender.
At the moment, Martínez has two options in mind: Aaron Anselmino to play with a line of five or a fourth midfielder, who could be Jabes Saralegui, Ignacio Miramón, Tomás Belmonte or Agustín Martegani to set up a traditional 4-4-2. Sergio Romero, Advíncula, Lema, Rojo y Blanco; Saralegui or Anselmino, Pol Fernández, Medina and Zenón; Miguel Merentiel and Edinson Cavani is the formation with the most chances of starting the superclásico. But it is not ruled out that the coach makes some surprising moves in the last practice before the superclásico.
On the other hand, in the morning of This Friday there will be a meeting to finalize the security operation that will be set up in La Bombonera and its surroundings. It was not determined in advance because the city government decided to reinforce the custody of squares and parks for the celebrations of the spring day and, Both River fans and some self-organized Boca groups plan to hold a flag-waving demonstration at the doors of the hotels where the teams will be staying..
Between one and the other there are 18 blocks and a dam in between, but the fear of crossing is always there and that is why a reinforced scheme is planned. that takes into account these two objectives and of course, the entry and exit of the crowd to the Bombonera.