Forward. Battaglia found wind in the results, but still had a debt in the game to pay. Photo: Fernando de la Orden / CLARIN
After the victory against Barracas Central, Boca earned second place in the Professional League Cup and qualification for the quarterfinals. It’s time now to turn the page and think about Libertadores. Sebastián Battaglia already knew he would not have Darío Benedetto. El Pipa, who just finished double on Saturday, added three yellow and the date of suspension should be cleared. His successor is sung: he will be young again Luis Vazquez. What is not resolved, and will be determined by these times, is who will face Wednesday against Always Ready in La Paz.
Agustin Rossi He has already recovered from the tear in the right adductor he suffered against the Bolivians on April 5 at La Bombonera. That day, he was replaced by a juvenile Leandro Brey at halftime. Javier Garcia He is still paying a fine for incidents in Belo Horizonte against Atlético Mineiro in the previous edition of the maximum continental club tournament.
Veteran goalkeeper xeneize survived four games replacing Rossi: Godoy Cruz, Central Córdoba, Corinthians and Barracas Central, despite the fact then, Rossi had already completed the terms of the recovery. Battaglia directly decided not to concentrate.
At 35 years old and with a lot of experience in the First Division, García returned to Boca with “Riquelme’s Friends”. However, in an emergency showed all its conditions. Hence, there were doubts about the decision the coach would make. There are those who say Rossi should have stopped in Bolivia because he did not lose his starting job because of performance, but because of injury. This is the case of Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya. “Technically, Garcia is taller than Rossi, but you have to respect his place”said the Monkey, a historical.
With the only doubt between Rossi’s return or Garcia’s resumption, this Sunday came the news of another injury: about Diego Gonzalez. El Pulpo, who entered 25 minutes into the second half with Barracas instead Juan Ramirezsuffered the left knee meniscus tearwill be operational and will be inactive for one month.
How will Boca be formed in La Paz? Rossi or Garcia; Luis Advíncula, Nicolás Figal (he will join for Gabriel Aranda), Carlos Zambrano, Frank Fabra; Pol Fernandez, Alan Varela, Juan Ramirez; Oscar Romero; Edward Salvio Y Luis Vazquez. Marcos Rojo, Carlos Izquierdoz and Sebastián Villa remain suspended.
In group E, Boca has 3 points and it’s too late. In the absence of three dates -all rematches-, the leader was Corinthians with 6followed by Deportivo Caliwhat with 4 has a better difference in purpose than always ready.
Source: Clarin
