2024-07-24 03:01:00
For Boca, there is no tomorrow. It is either win or be left out of the Copa Sudamericana. The revenge of This Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. against Independiente del Valle from Ecuador at the Bombonera for the round of 16 of the continental tournament offers a unique route for the team led by Diego Martínez, who, either in the ninety minutes or by means of penalty kicks if the tie persists, must emerge victorious in order to face Cruzeiro de Belo Horizonte in the round of 16. The match will be broadcast on DSports Premium.
A defeat at home and the consequent elimination would represent a hard blow for the Boca team, who are not doing so well in the local tournament either and, on top of that, They will have to play again without the four reinforcements (Gary Medel, Tomás Belmonte, Ezequiel Aguirre and Milton Giménez) who were not authorized by Conmebol due to the delay in their registration. Regarding the youth team that tied 0-0 last week in Quito, there will be news: Cristian Lema will reappear as the first central defender and the Uruguayan Edinson Cavani as a forward accompanying his compatriot Miguel Merentiel.
The Ecuadorians showed good ball handling but little offensive power and They decline noticeably when they descend below the altitude of Quito. That was the case when they lost 2-0 to San Lorenzo in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores. In any case, games are never won in the preliminary round. Back in 2016, Independiente del Valle made a strong impression on Boca, winning 3-2 and making it to that year’s Libertadores final. But that was a long time ago.
Now there will be other protagonists and a great responsibility for the young xeneizes who will have the support of the most experienced players like “Chiquito” Romero, Advíncula, Lema, Rojo and Cavani. Boca will be able to re-register its new signings if it makes it to the round of 16. But first they must win and then convince, two fronts on which the Xeneize has been in debt in recent times.