Almirón has almost everything ready to face Fluminense / Photo: Twitter.
Boca’s coach, Jorge Almirón, lined up this Tuesday morning in tactical work the team that is very likely to start against Fluminense next Saturday for the final of the Conmebol Libertadores Cup starting at 5 p.m. at the Maracaná stadium.
The alignment was with Sergio Romero; Luis Advíncula, Nicolás Figal, Nicolás Valentini and Frank Fabra; Cristian Medina, Guillermo “Pol” Fernández, Ezequiel “Equi” Fernández and Valentín Barco; Edinson Cavani and Miguel Merentiel.
Then Bruno Valdez entered for Figal and Facundo Roncaglia for Nicolas Valentini.
On the other side were Javier Garcia; Lucas Blondel, Marcelo Weigandt, Diego Gonzalez and Marcelo Saracchi; Vincent Taborda, Jorman Campuzano and Juan Ramirez; Luca Langoni, Lucas Janson and Norbert Briasco.
LThe other seven players who will travel (the entire squad goes, including the injured) with the delegation will be goalkeeper Leandro Brey, Marcos Rojo, Aaron Anselmino, Exequiel Zeballos, Ezequiel Bullaude, Jabes Saralegui and Darío Benedetto.
From the practice in the Ezeiza stadium it is deduced that Valentini, as expected, will occupy the position of captain Marcos Rojo, who is suspended after being sent off against Palmeiras of Brazil in the match that qualified for the final.
The 21-year-old defender, being left-footed, would be the natural replacement for the former Estudiantes de La Plata and Manchester United, who misses the most anticipated match in the entire “Boca world.”
Valentini received a strong blow from Colombian forward Roger Martínez, in last Tuesday’s defeat against Racing by 2 to 1, for the Professional Football League (LPF) Cup.
Valentini is better from his injury and has an advantage to be a starter / Photo: Maximiliano Luna
The medical report reported that it was a trauma to his left leg, but the footballer’s entourage indicated that he also had a muscle contracture in his right leg.
The possible and only variant would be to play Paraguayan Bruno Valdez for Valentini and pass Figal to the position of second central scorer.
The defender of the Guaraní national team, 31 years old, played the entire game on Saturday in the 0-0 draw against Estudiantes de La Plata and this Tuesday he came on for Figal and, in his favor, is the experience he has for these commitments.
That might be the only question, though. Valentini has some advantage for the coaching staff four days before the match.
The one who has not yet trained with the rest of his teammates is the striker Darío Benedetto, who left after 9 minutes a week ago against the “Academia” (he was replaced by Merentiel), due to a strain in his right adductor, which later The medical report stated that it was just a contracture.
It is then expected that “Pipa” will join training these days and be available to the coaching staff for Saturday.beyond the fact that his conditions are not optimal, since the forward does not want to be left out of such an important match.
Benedetto is doubtful and aspires to reach the bench / Photo: Twitter.
It is estimated that on Wednesday in the last practice in Argentina he can, although in a precautionary manner, join the group and that the coaching staff can take him little by little to be an option among the substitutes in Rio.
The work diagram of the Boca team indicates that this Wednesday they will train at the entity’s property in Ezeiza and after that practice, at 2:30 p.m., they will travel by charter flight to Brazil. By Conmebol regulations, the Argentine team has to be in Rio de Janeiro before 8 p.m.
The footballers will stay at the Hilton Barra hotel, located in the Tijuca area, one of the most residential places in the city of Rio de Janeiro and far from the Maracaná stadium.
On Thursday and Friday morning, Boca will train at the Moacyr Barbosa facility, Vasco da Gama, located 4 kilometers (five minutes by car from the hotel) from where the Argentine delegation will be. These practices will be open for 15 minutes for the press and photographers.
Vasco da Gama’s training facility, which was allocated by Conmebol for Boca, is not very large: it has two training fields and has all the necessary structure so that Almirón’s team can work without problems.
On Friday afternoon, around 6:00 p.m., the Boca team will recognize the Maracaná playing field, after which coach Jorge Almirón will speak with a soccer player at a press conference.
Boca and Fluminense will play the final of the Copa Libertadores de América next Saturday from 5 p.m. in the legendary Maracaná stadium in Rio de Janeiro, with the arbitration of the Colombian Wilmar Roldan, while the Chilean Juan Lara will be on the VAR.
2023-10-31 22:23:00
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