Villa’s experience or Langoni’s explosion: the doubt that Ibarra debates for Boca’s visit to Banfield

The working week is long Mouth after 0 to 0 first Defense and Justice in which the sensation was ambiguous: on the one hand the figure of Sergio Romero he avoided a crash and the lack of effectiveness of his spikes left him without a win. Halfway. And that’s why the coach Hugh Ibarra now he has to ratify surnames, game plan or change it again to go after a win against Banfield in the South next Sunday from 21:30

The idea of ​​thinking about three games in seven days involved a change in the draw, with the three points once again taking center stage. Against Patronato – an inferior rival – he shone with Langoni, Villa and Benedetto (he scored three goals) even if with errors in the definition of the wings. One detail: every time the Colombian is on the field, he takes over on the left wing and Langoni positions himself, a little more static, on the right. Does this favor the minor league footballer?

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Sebastián Villa has already played 152 games for the club (has 7 titles and was recognized before the match with Defensa y Justicia) with 28 goals and more than 30 assists. The 3 expulsions in the last half have kept him under the magnifying glass, the drop in performance after returning to the field after meniscus surgery on his right leg is much worse.

The Luca Langoni thing was pure explosion. Precisely in that match against Atlético Tucumán in which Villa was injured, they split the field for the first two goals of the Boca Predio boy in the top category. They would only move back together on the last day of that professional championship, in the 2-2 draw against Independiente, with a goal included by the Colombian for the Olympic return.

The only two games played together from the start were the last ones, against Patronato and Defensa y Justicia, despite the fact that in the other groups they shared the pitch with games that had already started and in which Langoni stood out for a better present: 9 goals in 28 games in the top category. Another kind of resolution and smell within the area.

As Óscar Romero’s performance grows and the need to always have a center forward on the pitch (Benedetto, Merentiel or Vázquez), the equation for Ibarra is reduced to playing in midfield to support Langoni at Villa or do without him. The change of formation from 4-3-1-2 to 4-2-3-1 is due to the fact that they have found a place together from the beginning, also running the risk of depopulating the midfield. Defense and Justice made him feel that way, with a dynamic that highlighted Varela and Pol Fernández. Could the return of Ezequiel Fernández help unite the ranks?

The small (and inconstant) collaborations of Villa with Fabra and of Langoni with Merentiel seem like bets. And difficult to match, at least for now, from the start of a match. That’s why the debate will open to play for Florencio Sola: Langoni or Villa? Langoni and Villa?