It is a pivotal match. Claudio Ubeda knows it. Their future is at stake and the margin has been reduced to the limit. In Boca there is no longer much credit and Friday’s match against Racing appears as a determining test. After practice this Thursday, Sifón announced the squad list with some important confirmations in the middle of the field.
The absence of Leandro Paredes was not surprising: during the week it was already known that he was not going to arrive. What was missing was official confirmation, and it arrived. The world champion decided to listen to the doctors and stop to avoid further compromising his ankle.
The recommendation was forceful: nothing more than infiltrations and a stoppage of at least ten days. His discomfort was affecting his performance and against Platense it was clear that he needed rest.
On the other hand, there is positive news: Santiago Ascacibar is in the call. The Russian had set off alarms due to a discomfort in his hamstring, but in the end it was just a cramp and he will be available in a match where his recovery capacity and pressure can be decisive.
The replacement in the middle
Without Paredes, the main candidate to get into number 11 is Milton Delgado. He was the one who entered when the captain left before the Squid. Ubeda analyzes changing the scheme, but with a more combative midfield, where Ascacibar forms the double five with Milton.
Milton enters the 11th to replace Paredes. (Moca Press)In that sense, Ubeda has not yet finished defining the 11. The coach did a tactical test this Thursday, but maintains some doubts, such as the entry or not of Edinson Cavani, who started for the substitutes but then replaced Ángel Romero. For now, everything indicates that Chelo Weigandt will beat Barinaga.
The probable 11? Agustín Marchesin; Marcelo Weigandt, Lautaro Di Lollo, Ayrton Costa, Lautaro Costa; Gonzalo Gelini or Tomás Belmonte, Santiago Ascacibar, Milton Delgado, Williams Alarcón; Miguel Merentiel and Ángel Romero or Edinson Cavani.
