Hugo Ibarra distributes his chips between the championship and the final with the Board of Trustees: what is the bet of the DT del Boca

Aware that Saturday’s match against Vélez is relevant but not decisive (it will only be the 5th day of a large professional league) and that the most important match will be Wednesday 1 March, against Patronato, in Santiago del Estero, to look for another title and set the start of 2023 on track, Hugh Ibarra split the team and distributed chips that will be absent from Liniers but could be at the start of the final. Which complete bet?

In defence, Sandez will once again start on the left wing. Although in the event of being fully booked, Fabra could play against Patronato in northern Argentina to try and add another Olympic round. In another edit, Roncaglia will enter for Bruno Valdez (brings muscle overload and won’t be risky) in the central back with Figal. And since Weigandt still lacks the competitive pace, Advíncula will continue from the beginning.

Boca’s great mutation took place in the middle of the field. From Pol Fernández, Varela and Ramírez at the start of the tournament, now only Pol remains as a starter, with movement around him. Equi Fernández it will be from the beginning and this time will be the opportunity to do it Martin Payero. Cristian Medina awaits his opportunity behind him.

The eleven that the coach fielded in training in Ezeiza this Thursday trained with Sergio Romero; Luis Advíncula, Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Figal and Agustín Sandez; Guillermo Pol Fernandez, Ezequiel Equi Fernandez and Martin Payero; Oscar Romero; Luca Langoni and Miguel Merentiel.

Then there would be two changes compared to the team that beat Platense 3-1 last Sunday: the entry of Roncaglia for the injured Paraguayan defender Bruno Valdez, and the other that of Payero for Varela.

Valdez was replaced by Roncaglia in the 35th minute of the second half against Platense at the Bombonera and trained separately for the whole week due to a problem with his left hamstring.

Undoubtedly Varela’s farewell is the most significant: the coach had expressed in the press conference after the victory against Squid that “I eliminated Varela in the first minutes of the second half because he was booked (Cristiano Medina enters) and for no other reason. And as for the Fernández family, they complement each other very well in midfield: Ezequiel is a very interesting player and Guillermo is a versatile midfielder who can perform various functions” Ibarra said.

Apart from the explanation he gave about Varela’s substitution against Platense, he had also replaced him in the 2-1 defeat in Córdoba against Talleres, everything indicates that the coach already had in mind to place the Fernández duo in midfield.

Payero’s entry is so that the 5th of the team is “Equi” Fernández, the other boy trained in Boca’s youth football who returned from his loan at Tigre and who was gradually gaining ground in Ibarra’s consideration .

Equi entered the first three league games, then started against Platense and always performed well, even if against Talleres he lost a ball and in the same game – with an unfortunate maneuver – he scored a goal against .

However, in the “Boca world” the question is why “Equi” cannot team up with Varela, another of those pampered by the fans, and yes with “Pol” Fernández, who is not having his best moment.

In fact, against Platense, when the two juniors played together, they settled in the same position and the team acquired another dynamic with the entry of Medina through Varela, already with “Equi” as the classic central midfielder.

We will have to see if the departure of Varela Is it a test also thinking about the final against the Board of Directors for the Argentina Super Cup or is it an alternative that can come to stay if Saturday’s performance complies with the coaching staff.

As for the permanence of the offensive duo of Langoni Merentiela good job against those led by Martín Palermo, this would think of the final against “El Patrón” at the Madre de Ciudades stadium, in Santiago del Estero.

The coaching staff is thinking of the two starters next Wednesday against the team from Entre Ríos, champions of the Argentine Cup.

As for Darío Benedetto and Sebastian Villawho have already served the penalties for the expulsion, both played football on Tuesday under the eyes of the media in training open to the press, where Villa had Luis Vázquez as teammate, while in the other team “Pipa” Benedetto formed the attack with Norberto Briasco.

The team will return to work tomorrow at the Casa Amarilla facility, to then concentrate in a hotel in the Buenos Aires district of Monserrat awaiting the match against Vélez in Liniers.

Beyond these two important commitments, the Boquense management is already thinking about the possible date to play the 2020 Champions Trophy final against River, postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The idea is to propose to play the match in the month of May, given that there are two Wednesdays in which there will be no Copa Libertadores date, and that the stadium is the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in the city of Córdoba.

As the Superclásico will be held at the Monumental on May 7 for the Professional League, Wednesday the 17th is considered an alternative.

Boca will visit Vélez on Saturday from 21:30 for the fifth round of the Professional Football League (LPF), with the refereeing of Yael Falcón Pérez.