Luis Vázquez will look to put an end to his goalless streak: the last one was against Tigre in the League Cup final. (Photo: Marcelo Carroll).
From Paraná Luis Vázquez joined Boca in 2019 and by the hand of Nicolás Burdisso (then the club’s manager). He was forged in the Reserve and it was Miguel Russo who brought him to the club’s First Division. A year and a half later, once again “El 38” has a new chance. Because Darío Benedetto suffers from a severe sprained ankle and now the ownership will fall on the boy from Santa Fe. Yet.
It is not another possibility. Is that the 21-year-old juvenile will return to center stage in a market where Europe’s eyes began to fix on him. It was Belgian clubs (such as Bruges and Genk) that started negotiations to keep his file, but his main idea of $ 10 million for 85 percent of his passage (the Board still retains 30 percent) did not been successful.
Although there is still time: the European market only closes in September, so while Benedict recovers, Vázquez can shout goals to quote – and show himself – a little more, even if with the Football Council’s word to analyze all the proposals as long as they comply with the figures that the club intends for him.
Even Boca has already made him an offer to extend his bond beyond 2025, but aware that it is a surname that has begun to move in the orbit of the Eurozone. And from there, by dint of returns dressed in blue and yellow, it will be difficult to get out. The 12 goals in 61 games (only 30 as a starter) they give it support that now also throws an 11-day drought. He included a couple of sub-standard performances, such as against Argentinos Juniors.
Darío Benedetto is unable to recover from the pain in his ankle and his return does not have a precise date. Photo: Juano Tesone.
The new starting point will be in Paraná, the very place that hosted it. And before Patronato, the rival against whom he scored his first goal with Boca (on 21 August 2021) will have to feel like a new owner, always with Nicolás Orsini looking for physical fullness in his intermittent participations.
All waiting for Benedetto, the undisputed owner but with an ankle that will not leave him alone. And with the question in the air whether Boca will look to add another striker to the rest of a large market market that will reopen in four months. Maybe that’s the date meant to have another striker.
If Vázquez exploits his offensive potential, Boca will close him on all sides. First because the team will have an ideal replacement for Benedetto. And then because he will once again show a player who has incorporated some game variations into pressure and physical wear that he didn’t have before. He has also perfected technical issues and his research is no longer just aerial. With Villa apart, with Zeballos on the bench and Óscar Romero’s foot assisting him, El 38 must jump onto the pitch and prove that he is still charged. The mouth waits.
Vázquez and his first goal at Boca, just against Patronato, almost a year ago. Photo: Marcelo Carroll.
The Paranà team
With one day of training still ahead, Hugo Ibarra’s idea is to put the same team that scored a good win against Estudiantes de La Plata ahead of Patronato in Paraná.
Thus, except for a drop in the last minute, Boca will form with Rossi (has not yet given an answer on the renewal of the bond), Advíncula, Zambrano, Rojo, Fabra; Pol Fernandez, Alan Varela, Juan Ramirez; Oscar Romero, Luis Vazquez and Sebastian Villa.
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Source: Clarin
