Boca-Vélez, for the Professional League: programme, preview, how to watch it and possible formations

Boca Juniorsthe current champion of Argentine soccer, will take on a commitment of difficulty when he visits this Saturday evening at Velez Sarsfield, in the first leg of the four that will give continuity to the fifth round of the Professional Football League (LPF). The match will be played starting at 21:30 at the José Amalfitani Stadium, will be refereed by Yael Falcón Pérez and broadcast by the ESPN Premium signal.

The group xeneize Has 7 points, seventh gear (7th) and it comes from overcoming Platense as local from 3-1. The victory over El Calamar brought some relief to the fans and players as it came after the tough defeat in Córdoba against Talleres (2-1) in which the team showed a lack of game generation.

DT Ibarra took note and made changes to the team that ended up giving him an improvement, especially in entry of Ezekiel It’s here Fernández in midfield (he replaced Ramírez) and the Uruguayan Michael Merentiel (replaced Orsini) together with the youngsters Luca Langoni (by Sebastián Villa) in offense.

Likewise, for this meeting Already available will be Villa, who only received a suspension date for seeing the red card in Córdoba, and Darío Benedetto, who owed a four-day penalty and has yet to debut in the national tournament. However, Ibarra seems to have both on the bench and will keep Langoni and Merentiel in attack, while the changes he will make will be two and for other reasons.

In this sense, Facundo Roncaglia he will replace the Paraguayan in defense Bruno Valdezwith muscle discomfort, e Martin Payero will replace Alan Varella in midfield, in this case for tactical reasons.

With a probable once similar and in the before the Super Cup against PatronageBoca will try to repeat what they did the previous week to Liniers and thus climb positions.

Boca and the Board of Trustees to define the Argentine Super Cup champion at the Madre de Ciudades stadium next Wednesdayin an important match as it will bring a new star to the winner.

On the other hand, Vélez is fourteenth (14th) with 5 drives after drawing in Tucumán (1-1) with local Atlético a game they had almost won, when they received the goal against in the final minutes.

Also in the Liniers box there is disagreement with the performance of the team led by Uruguayan Alexander Cacique Medina and the match on this date is considered a good opportunity to take off.

Due to failure to achieve good results, the Uruguayan coach has some doubts about the team’s planning and would make a couple of variations on the lineup he presented in previous meetings.

The variants thought would be of the Uruguayan defender Diego Godinwho did not finish the game well physically and would give way to Valentine Gomezwhile I enter Walter Bou Rather Santiago Castro or Abiel OsorioWhile Luke Pratto I would continue on the substitutes bench.

Similarly, Boca and Vélez are also far from the leader of the national tournament, woolwho has 12 points and has been campaigning flawlessly since winning all four games he has played.

The record between the two is a total of 175 matches, with 89 wins for Boca, 45 for “La V azulada” and 41 draws, being he last played Liniers on October 24, 2021 with a 2-0 home win with goals from Federico Mancuello and Cristian Tarragona, who are no longer at the club.

– Probable formations –

Velez Sarsfield: Leonardo Buriano; Tomás Guidara, Diego Godín or Valentín Gómez, Miguel Brizuela and Francisco Ortega; Elías Cabrera, Nicolás Garayalde and José Florentín; Walter Bou; Santiago Castro or Abiel Osorio and Lucas Janson. DT: Alexander Medina.

Boca Juniors: Sergio Romero; Luis Advíncula, Nicolás Figal, Facundo Roncaglia and Agustín Sandez; Martín Payero, Ezequiel Fernández, Guillermo “Pol” Fernández and Oscar Romero; Luca Langoni and Miguel Merentiel. DT: Hugo Ibarra.

Referee: Yael Falcon Perez.

VAR: George Balino.

Basketball court: José Amalfitani.

Start time: 9.30pm.

TV: ESPN Award.

Fountain: telam