It is really surprising and shocking as the coach Claudio Ubeda He is finding a direction in Boca. A way of playing and a horizon you want to aim for. Be competitive in all the tournaments that you will play in the season with the Copa Libertadores as a priority. For this reason, it seeks to maintain a winning formula that served it at the end of the Closing Tournament. However, there is still a doubt in the starting 11 to debut against Deportivo Riestra for the first date of the 2026 Apertura Tournament.
The start of the championship is just around the corner, Boca is fully preparing to face Deportivo Riestra at home in La Bombonera in Zone A on date 1 and the start of the competition. Boca wants to be the protagonist and start in the best way on the right foot.
To achieve this, they want to maintain the base of the starting 11 that ended last season with seven consecutive victories before losing to Racing in the semifinals of the Clausura Tournament. On this occasion, Augusto César confirmed that “Although, there is still a friendly and practically a full week of pre-competitive training left. Everything points to Claudio Úbeda stopping a starting 11 with only one doubt.”
Úbeda’s doubt that will remain until the last moment
Although, before Deportivo Riestra there is Sunday’s duel in San Nicolás against Olimpia of Paraguay in the last preseason match before the start of the Apertura Tournament. The team is shaping up to be the same one that played the Miguel Ángel Russo Cup against Millonarios in a 0-0 tie.
In this way, Claudio Úbeda stopped formal soccer practice this Friday on the same 11 with the base in the background of Marchesín, Barinaga, Di Lollo, Costa and Blanco that comes from memory. More of an exciting trident with Ander Herrera, Leandro Paredes and Milton Delgado. Meanwhile, above is the lead enjoyed by the Boca fan with Exequiel Zeballos and Miguel Merentiel.
However, journalist Augusto César indicated that “Claudio Úbeda will maintain until the last moment the doubt in the 11 between Brian Aguirre and Kevin Zenón. Both are competing for a permanent place on the team while Carlos Palacios recovers physically.”
Consequently, against Olimpia it is a new litmus test that Brian Aguirre must overcome to start against Riestra.
