Boca prepares its ‘forklift’ for its debut in South America and a very serious accident would force it to change logistics in Bolivia

Mouth will debut next Wednesday at South American Cup (a tournament he won in 2004 and 2005) vs National team of Potosi to 9pm (Argentine time) in the Víctor Agustín Ugarte stadium in the historic Villa Imperial, located in southwestern Bolivia. 4,000 meters above sea level. It will be one of the two group D matches that will be played that day: the other will be played Trinidense sportsman from Paraguay e Force of Brazil in the Defensores del Chaco of Asunción. Everything seemed coordinated in advance for a complex trip (you can’t arrive by plane), but in the last few hours a very serious accident could change the itinerary.

What happened? A bus from the Transtin Dil Rey company left late on Sunday fell 20 meters after colliding with another vehicle, causing four deaths (three women, including a six-year-old girl) and several injuries. He was on the route connecting the city of Sucre, where the Xeneize delegation will arrive on a charter flight, with Potosí, where he will travel in vans overland on the same day of the match.

According to Bolivian media reports, rescue teams found passengers trapped inside the bus, some of them with serious injuries that required extraction with special tools. The Red Cross also participated in the emergency response, coordinating efforts with other local health institutions.

Potosí Capitán Nicolás Rojas Airport is under construction, so it is not operational for commercial flights. For this reason, the Xeneize delegation will travel by plane from Buenos to Alcantarí International Airport, in Sucre.

The delegation will remain until the day of the meeting in the administrative capital of Bolivia, where the group will have to stay in two hotels. This is because hotel demand will be very high in the city because the first edition of the Bolivarian Youth Games will take place there from 5 to 14 April, in which 1,432 athletes from seven countries will compete.

On Wednesday, the Boca team will have to travel 155 kilometers along mountain roads to connect Sucre and Potosí. In principle, the idea is for the delegation to divide into groups and travel to the stadium in minibuses or 4×4 vans, which would significantly reduce travel times (three hours instead of six). After the meeting he would return to Sucre and then to Buenos Aires.

But since this episode there have been contacts between the road and safety authorities of the Municipality of Potosí who recommended that Boca, through Conmebol, move the team in the early hours of Thursday towards Sucre and not in the early morning, as initially planned, given that coach Diego Martínez wanted to be present at the morning training of the players who will remain in Buenos Aires.

The Boca team for their debut in the South American season

After the victory against San Lorenzo which kept them alive for the qualification for the League Cup, the Boca team trained this Monday in Ezeiza.

The initial decision to prevent the usual owners from traveling to Bolivia will be maintained, despite several experiencing physical discomfort, as in the case of Marcos Rosso AND Edinson Cavani added to the serious injury of Lucas Blondel due to rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee.

And this was reflected in the formal football training he planned with Javier García under the three sticks, recovered from the injury that forced the inclusion of Leandro Brey in the last few games.

It also appeared surprisingly Lautaro Di Lollonaturally central, but who would be used as a right back due to role complications, to which was added a feverish state of the Peruvian Luis Advíncula, which forced him to return home without training.

The bottom line has been completed Aaron Anselm, Nicola Valentini AND Marcelo Saracchiwhile the midfield trident was present Maurizio Benítez AND Jordan Campuzano like axes, and Juan Ramirez a few meters ahead. How passionate he was Vicente Taborda and the attack was completed Norberto Briasco AND Dario Benedetto.