Boca: Battaglia tried Salvio and bet on his cacique in the background to face Tigre

the final before tiger approaching and Sebastian Battaglia began to clarify doubts about the team that will seek a new Olympic round (the second in consecutive DT, after the Argentine Cup) and came out stronger in the mood before the match against Deportivo Cali next Thursday, in search of access to the 8th final of the Copa Libertadores.

In a tactical rehearsal (always relevant when evaluating what team will take on the field) DT ratified a good portion of the eleven who played well against the Corinthians at Bombonera, despite the fact not they got the victory. And so he included Óscar Romero as inside midfielder for the left sector (instead of Juan Ramírez) and added Eduardo Salvio in the attackvery participative against São Paulo players but erratic in front of goal.

If this change is confirmed, Boca will play again with a 4-3-3 that he tried (and failed) against the Race that Paraguayan Romero was positioned as a right winger. In the trident of the attack, in addition, they will be Sebastian Villa | (5 goals in the League Cup) and Darius Benedetto (7 domestic tournament celebrations), the two scorers of the semester for the team. Although there was a lack of goal in the game with the Corinthians -after missing the penalty in the sense against the Race- Salvio’s goal record (with 3 this year) ends up giving him an extra against Ramírez (he only contributed one celebration) and Zeballos, without too many opportunities in front of the net. Luis Vázquez will wait on the benchto live with Benedetto, if necessary.

The other variant included by the coach is in central defense, where Carlos Izquierdoz reappeared as a starter with Marcos Rojo by his side, instead of the Peruvian Carlos Zambrano. If ratified, the middle pair will play again as the coach seeks to be perfect for 2022 and has not been together since March 13, when Izquierdoz suffered an injury against Estudiantes de La Plata who decided to have surgery.

The “revenge” label created by the finalists from marketing is related to Boca by several surnames. From that last of June 2, 2019, also in Córdoba, there will be several players who will repeat wearing blue and yellow.

That night, with Gustavo Alfaro as coach and Carlos Tevez as captain, Izquierdoz, Villa and Benedetto played as starters. Three pillars after three seasons are back on the playing field to meet face to face against Victoria for another star. The others in Mario Kempes that afternoon were Jorman Campuzano (now a replacement) and Frank Fabra, who at the time was Emmanuel Mas’s replacement and is now consolidated as a starter on the left side of Battaglia. And one detail: Agustín Obando, now at Tigre, was on the Boca bench at the end of that night’s final.

There will be a final day of training with a tactical stop at Casa Amarilla to finish polishing the details for the final. And in the afternoon the campus will fly to Córdoba, to stay and wait for the definition of the semester at the local level. To have another star or headache to play your luck with the Libertadores of the week.