Boca Juniorsin a strange context, with an interim DT like Mariano Herrón, although with the conviction of always being the protagonist, will begin his journey in the Libertadores Cup today as a visitor of Monagas Sports Clubin Venezuela, in a Group F match.
The match will be played from 21:00 in the city of Maturín, located 500 kilometers from Caracas, will be refereed by the Brazilian Wilton Sampaio and broadcast by Fox Sports.
Group F kicked off last night in Colombia with a 1-1 draw between local Deportivo Pereira and Chilean side Colo Colo.
Boca have been crowned six times Libertadores champions and will start the tournament which unveils it with a complicated gift. A week ago Hugo Ibarra was fired from the technical direction, and was replaced by Herrón, who left the Reserve division, led the team against Barracas Central and achieved a 3-0 victory in the Professional League (LPF).
Although several names have been mentioned to succeed Ibarra, in a management entrusted exclusively to Riquelme, the good impression left by Herrón and the positive responses at Barracas Central from several players who were at a very low level meant that no there was a hurry to find the new coach.
Herrón will take charge in the Libertadores and also against Colón on Sunday for the domestic tournament, a role he held in the 2020 edition of the main club tournament in South America.
Boca shouldn’t be surprised by Monagas, who are assumed to be the weakest in the group, with Colo Colo as their main rivals to beat to progress through the stage and Pereira in second place.
Monagas, led by Jhonny Herrera, lost last Friday against Carabobo by a wide 3-0 in a match valid for the eighth date of the Venezuelan First Division (Futve) and has no scary hierarchies.
– Probable formations –
Monk: Orlando Mosquera; Harold Cummings, Iván Anderson, Rubén Ramírez and Aldo Quiñonez; Christopher Rodríguez, Edson Castillo, Oscar Jiménez and Edgar Carrión; Edanilber Navas; and Abdiel Arroyo. DT: Johnny Ferreira.
Boca Juniors: Sergio “Chiquito” Romero; Nicolás Figal, Facundo Roncaglia, Bruno Valdéz and Frank Fabra: Guillermo “Pol” Fernández, Alan Varela and Juan Ramírez; Luca Langoni, Darío Benedetto and Sebastián Villa. DT: Mariano Herron.
Referee: Wilton Sampaio, from Brazil.
Court: Monumental Maturín.
Start time: twentyone.
TV: Fox Sports.
Source: Clarin
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