The double goal Battaglia is looking for with Boca against Barracas Central

Boca is two points away from reaching the Professional League Cup playoffs. It will bring you a victory before Barracas Central, this Saturday in Bombonera, at secure a place in the definition of the domestic tournament, waiting to find out what the intersections will be. Even with a draw, he can secure his spot if Colón does not beat Arsenal. But beyond the purpose of mathematics, Sebastián Battaglia focused on finding, once and for all, some certainty in football.

The coach put the defeat against the Corinthians behind him and practiced with a team that could have two returns on the defensive line. It is that Agustín Rossi left his tears in the right adductor that he suffered three weeks ago and compiled for the headlines, despite the fact that the level of Javier García in his replacement is more than approved . Can you put together Barracas García and bring Rossi back for the Libertadores?

With the goalkeeper adding minutes to the competition, a defense was made that showed Advincula, Zambrano and Fabra. but also in Carlos Izquierdoz as a second central marker, fifteen days before the deadlines set by the medical department as expected for its reappearance. The defender, for days with medical discharge, did not feel any discomfort in the area of ​​his right foot (he underwent surgery for a fracture there) but now he lacks the need for competition. Will he start against Barracas Central? He still has a date to meet at the Copa Libertadores, so he could add minutes over the weekend in a place where Boca has had a lot of trouble.

But in the middle of the field DT laid his hand again. Because just like against Lanús and Corinthians, he had to include a cut and positional midfielder to “free” Pol Fernández. He first used the Colombian Campuzano and in Brazil he put in that sector Alan Varela. And the club’s youth in the team’s central circle have been tested by the coach, trying to be reliable again in a defensive triangle with the central defenders who gave him the best in 2021: the Argentine Cup based on stability.

With Pol on the right and Óscar Romero as a link, the midfield will have volume of play and elaboration from their surnames, add Juan Ramírez on the left. And the attack? The inevitable Sebastián Villa and Darío Benedetto, who due to yellow cards will not be able to play for a week in Bolivia.

The other good news for Battaglia is that from Monday Nicolás Figal will return to football training, so DT will have another central marker to use after weeks where all the squad defenders have disappeared and that is maintained by Gabriel Aranda. Marcos Rojo was not there this weekend, allowed because he reached the fifth warning.