Boca will once again be local in the Lega Professionisti: for the second appointment, they will receive on Sunday Central Cordoba of Santiago del Estero (19:15). Trainer Hugh Ibarra will have the opportunity to almost repeat the same team which won on the opening day, pending the development of the new reinforcement Michael Merentielthe Uruguayan striker who spoke this Friday and revealed his cross story with the vice president Juan Roman Riquelme.

For the idea of ​​’Black’ for this 2023 is good news. Why do you want in this start? ratify surnameslook for a better performance and for this reason it will only work a change in the defensive end.

With Sergio Romero recovered from cramp after his first in the arc of Boca, and with advincula, Valdez AND Figal available, the castling of the positions will be in the left sector of the last row. Why Frank Fabra returned from the Colombian national team and will be available in the post he will leave Agostino Sandez (Studies were done on his right knee but did not show any injuries). That said, and barring one addition on the close of the market, the DT will be putting together his ideal defense for this semester. a good try.

The midfield will find again Pol Fernández Already Juan Ramírez surrounding Alan Varellaeven if the coach (still undefeated since he took over from Bombonera) anticipated it Equi Fernández He can enter quickly as a variant if the second does not give him answers on the playing field. And again: the Paraguayan Oscar Romero He will return as a link after the good match against Atlético Tucumán, but he can also position himself in midfield if Boca need to add players up front.

Still Nicholas Orsini will be the attacker before the time-out Darius Benedict (he still has three penalty days remaining) and the injury of Luis Vazquez, but to his good movements from the first he must add the goal as soon as possible. That’s why DT will be adding to the concentrate list Michael Merentielnewcomer but physically in tune due to his preseason with palmeiras. He will be an extra card in an attack nourished by the strikers with Villa, Langoni and Zeballos but who can also have Gonzalo Morales at his side.

For now, if there is no imponderable, the eleven that will receive Central Córdoba will be: Rosemary; Advincula, Bruno Valdez, Figal, Fabra; Guillermo Fernandez, Alan Varela, Juan Ramirez; Oscar Romero; Villa and Orsini.

Juan Roman the dog

This Friday, Merentiel appeared at a press conference and left a funny story about the closure that also made him smile. “I had contact with Román, I spoke in Ezeiza’s property. The boys welcomed me very well. I have a dog named Juan Román because of the appreciation I’ve had for Riquelme since he was a child. He is four years old and we love him very much.”he trusted.

Furthermore, he left his promise to the Boca fans: “What they will see from me is the claw. At every game I will lay down my life for this institution and bring the team from where I played. It is a very large institution, I already had to be in a very large institution in Palmeiras, so I come to leave everything on the field. Delivery will not fail”.

He will be the Uruguayan number 51 wear the ‘Xeneize’ shirt. The first was Luis Cerez, who played the role of central scorer and, at the same time, was the second president of Boca. He played 68 games from 1905 to 1916. The last one? Luke Olazza.

There have been several Uruguayans who have left their mark. But the first big idol was Severino Varella. He scored five goals for River and the Xeneize faithful have adopted him. He won 3 titles in Boca: the 1943 and 1944 championships and the 1945 Brotherhood Cup.

Those who saw him play, as reconstructed by the Historia de Boca site, say that he was a formidable header despite his average height. He played with an unforgettable cap. In 1946, despite the popular outcry, he remained in Montevideo, where he had a state job. He could no longer come and go by boat to play the Argentine league every weekend.

Among Boca’s 51 Uruguayans, there are some who will be remembered by contemporaries of the 90s. For example, the incomparable Sergio Manteca Martinez. “Uruguay is small and this one has a very large dimension, for better or for worse,” she told him. Oscar Washington Tabárezhis compatriot who was coach of that team in 1992. His celebration hanging from the wire mesh of La Bombonera for a goal in a Superclásico will remain in the collective memory.

Ángel Romano, Máximo Gelmi, Juan Delgado, José Benincasa, Armando Artigas, Luis Solans, Zoilo Canaveri, General Viana, Domingo Gelpi, Enrique Castro, José Antonio Vázquez, Fausto Roselló, Javier Ambrois, Walter Davoine, José Sasía, Alcides Silveira, Rubén González, Raúl Cardozo Crespo, Milton Viera, Hugo Lacava Schell, Ariel Krasouski, Fernando Moreno, Julio César Balerio, Richard Tavares, Milton Sánchez, Julio Daniel Morales, Rubén Polilla Da Silva, Carlos Silva, Hugo Romeo Guerra, Gabriel Cedrés, Sergio Orteman , Carlos Bueno, Álvaro González, Sebastián Sosa, Santiago Silva, Emiliano Albín, Adrián Gunino, Ribair Rodríguez, Nicolás Lodeiro, Rodrigo Bentancur, Nahitan Nández and Lucas Olaza make up this list.

ship signed

After a month of twists and turns and a frustrated move to Spain’s Getafe, youthful left-back Valentín Barco – one of the club’s main draws – has stamped his contract extension until December 2024.

Barely 18, the seclusion of Barco – who on Thursday played for the second time as a starter in the reserve – will remain in 10 million dollars.