2024-05-08 03:01:00
Boca will look to recover this Wednesday when they visit Sportivo Trinidense of Paraguaywithin the framework of the fourth date of the Group D from South American Cup.
Behind the leader Fortaleza (9), who visits the bottom team Nacional Potosí at 9 p.m., Xeneize is second in the area with four pointswhile the Guaraní team is third with three units.
The Boca squad trained this Tuesday at the Ezeiza facility and was scheduled to leave at 2 p.m. for Asunción, but a problem with the plane and inconveniences at the Silvio Pettirossi airport delayed logistics. President Juan Román Riquelme is with the delegation.
Diego Martínez’s team has just fallen on penalties against Estudiantes de La Plata last week in Córdoba and was eliminated in semi-finals of the League Cup, which he later consecrated to Pincha last Sunday in the final against Vélez Sarsfield.
Unlike the teams that stopped on these three dates of the continental competition, Martínez will do his best in Paraguaybut will have a significant loss: its captain Marcos Rojo will not be present due to overload in the hamstring and it will be replaced by Jorge Figal.
In the Boca delegation Darío Benedetto will not be there either, who is suffering from discomfort. For its part, among the newsthe list of those summoned had the inclusion of youngster Iker Zufiaurre -who debuted on the first date against Nacional Potosí and has been a figure in the reserve-, the return of Mauricio Benítez -who overcame a tear- and the appearance at the last minute from the also youthful Mateo Mendia.
As for the starting eleven, With the exception of Rojo, the Boca coach will repeat the same team that lost to Estudiantes de La Plata.
After the engagement, Boca will remain concentrated in Paraguay until Friday, since the strike announced by the CGT for Thursday it will complicate the return flight to Buenos Aires and the logistics of the campus, which will have to travel again because On Sunday he will debut in the Professional League against Atlético Tucumán at the José Fierro Monumental.
For its part, Sportivo Trinidense comes from a 0-0 draw with Tacuary for the sixteenth date of the Paraguay Apertura Tournament in which the team of José Arrúa It is second to last with eleven points, with eleven defeats, two draws and only three wins.
The coach of the Paraguayan team will bet on the same team that tied last Saturday as a visitor.
The match will take place from 9:30 p.m. (DirecTV Sports) in the General Pablo Rojas stadium, Assumption.
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On a crucial night In cordoba for their aspirations of moving to the second round at the end of the Copa Libertadores, Talleres receives from 7 p.m. (ESPN) to Barcelona SC from Ecuador at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium.
With the group stage approaching its end, T leads zone B with 7 pointswhile the “bullfighters”, with only 2 units in three games and under the direction of their new coach Ariel Holan, they are looking for a victory that keeps alive the hope of moving on from the phase.