The few hours of rest between the match of La Bombonera against Talleres and the difficulty that always entails facing Argentinos Juniors in La Paternal, a fast, intense and suffocating rival like Gabriel Milito, led to Hugo Ibarra think about the changes for Boca. Not only in surnames: also in a tactical design.

The football test had the same defenders (Advíncula, Zambrano, Rojo and Fabra) but it existed a break in the midfield line. Not just because the departure of Alan Varela – touched by the physicist – for the inclusion of Giordano Campuzano, despite the Colombian is still in full negotiations for an exit. And with William Pol Fernandez forming a double five, reprinting what he had proposed Miguel Angelo Russo upon arrival in 2020.

The Ibarra test also included the inclusion of Exequiel Zeballos as a title, a surname that has been relegated to the bank since the new TD took over ad interim but asks for a clue. His income was like a flywheel, similar to what Sebastiano Villa Y Cristian Pavon they did it in the days of Guillermo Barros Schelotto in the club. This time the ones who left were Juan Ramirez (low level) e Oscar Romero, still without physical or football fullness. Who entered through Paraguay? Nicola Orsini.

Ibarra’s idea is to form a 4-2-4 with Villa open on one of the lanes and Zeballos doing the mirror work. To take advantage of the speed and imbalance against a team that usually is positioned in the rival field? The other variant was Luis Vazquez (he arrived without tender minutes because there is an offer to transfer him abroad) for Dario Benedetto, left the field against Talleres with a hard blow to the ankle. The same would be among those cited as an option by the bank.

A “double 9” that can complement each other (the former Lanús has lived with Sand for more than a year) and also act as a territorial reference for air expeditions, which the team usually does not have with Benedict. A more constant and higher pressure can also be with two surnames that Battaglia used for this function. But also with the risk of not knowing each other enough to live together in a supposedly party physical and dynamic.

With little room for maneuver still, Ibarra will wait to dispel those doubts and field de La Paternal a team that can put together a victory that gives him stability in the tournament (he is 4 units from the top) but also regain confidence and pace of play. to the players who had lost ground with Battaglia after the heavy defeats against Union and Banfield at Brandsen 805.