Frank Fabra’s Absence Explained: Baby Shower Causes Preseason Delay

Frank Fabra had an absence with warning at the start of the preseason

This Tuesday, Boca Juniors began their preseason at the beginning of Diego Martínez’s era as coach. One of the questions was the absence of Frank Fabra, which sparked a wave of rumors about the loss of the Colombian on a day as important as the beginning of activity for the national and international competition that will have the Xeneize team in 2024 without Libertadores Cup.

Fabra’s absence drew attention because he has accumulated several records in his career related to lack of discipline. Like his expulsion in the second leg of the 2020 Copa Libertadores semifinal against Santos in Vila Belmiro (3-0 loss and elimination) and another red card he received in the recent final of the same tournament against Fluminense, which left him with ten players to their team in extra time.

After several hours of uncertainty and without official information from the club except that his absence was with notice, it was learned that it was due to having his future son’s baby shower. He asked for permission and it was granted to him to attend the preseason this Wednesday, according to the journalist and reporter of the Boca Juniors campaign, Julio Pavoni.

In this way, the left back is expected to appear this Wednesday and begin his physical work with the rest of his teammates. The coffee grower is usually the owner. His hallmark in each game is his projection by the band and the great tandem he forms with Valentín Barco, who usually plays as a winger in that sector.

Fabra is 32 years old and is a reference for the squad and one of those with the longest tenure, since he arrived at the club in 2016 and won nine national titles with Boca Juniors. In his overall statistics he has 224 games, 14 goals and 29 assists, which demonstrates his arrival in the rival area and participation in his team’s dangerous plays. His contract will expire in December 2025.

While the brand new strategist Diego Martínez, who signed at Xeneize until December 2025, will be accompanied by his assistants Cristian Bardaro, Adrián González, Gustavo Rodríguez, the physical trainers Juan Manuel Conte and Leandro Mazziotti, the goalkeeping coach Pablo Campodónico ( Fernando Gayoso will work alongside him and will be the general coordinator of goalkeepers), the video analyst Omar Mateo and the coach Patricio Ciavarella.

This Tuesday about 20 players worked and some names such as Arturo Vidal, Kevin Zenón, Rubén Botta, Matías Rojas and Alan Franco are still on the radar, the two reinforcements who are about to fall are Éver Banega (he said goodbye to Al-Shabab in Saudi Arabia) and Cristian Lema (Lanús).

After the first days of practice there will be two friendly matches in Córdoba against Talleres and Instituto. The League Cup will make its debut on January 28, against Platense in Vicente López. This year Boca Juniors will once again play in the Copa Sudamericana, which it won in 2004 and 2005. Although other objectives will be to win a title locally and return to the Copa Libertadores in 2025.

2024-01-03 01:39:00
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