The “Xeneize” will look for a new victory in their visit to one of the leaders of the championship without Darío Benedetto, absent due to injury, four changes and a new tactical scheme.
After Saturday’s 1-0 win at La Bombonera against Talleres that meant the first of the new cycle, DT Hugo Benjamín Ibarra will change to a 4-4-2 with Exequiel Zeballos and Sebastián Villa on the wings to assist center forwards Nicolás Orsini and Luis Vazquez.
In addition, Colombian midfielder Jorman Campuzano will replace the beaten Alan Varela, who will leave the team, as will Óscar Romero, Juan Ramírez and the aforementioned Benedetto.
The list of concentrates is completed with Javier García, Lautaro Di Lollo, Marcelo Weigandt, Agustín Sández, Nahuel Génez, Alan Varela, Esteban Rolón, Cristian Medina. Aaron Molinas and Benedetto.
The scorer, who missed a new penalty against the “T”, has a physical discomfort and would return on Sunday to receive Estudiantes de La Plata.
The match against “Bicho” represents a good test for Boca’s new coaching staff since they will face one of the best teams of the year and with a victory they will get closer to the top positions.
Gabriel Milito’s team, meanwhile, got into the group of pointers with 16 units after winning the last two games: 2-1 against Tigre in La Paternal (after being eliminated from the Argentine Cup against Defense and Justice) and then 3-1 against Barracas Central in Floresta.
Despite the absences due to injury of important players such as the defender Kevin Mac Allister and the Paraguayan striker Gabriel Ávalos plus the transfer of Gabriel Florentín to Russian football, the “Bicho” is once again the protagonist as it happened in the last League Cup being a semi-finalist .
Of the four pointers, Argentinos is the highest scorer with 12 goals in favor but at the same time has the longest fence with 8 against.
Boca, in turn, is the second team with the most goals in the tournament with 13 (one less than Unión) but the last time they scored more than one per game was on date 4 when they beat Barracas Central 3-1, as a visitor.
Due to the size of Diego Armando Maradona’s playing field, Ibarra decided on a more direct attacking scheme with the speed of Zeballos and Villa and without as much possession.
Milito’s team knows how to take advantage of the local situation as they are undefeated in the tournament with three wins and one draw and only lost one game in La Paternal this year.
In Argentinos Juniors, the defender and captain, Miguel Torren, who was expelled against Tigre, will return to the team, and it would be the only variant with respect to the victory on the All Boys field with a brace by Fausto Vera, one of the stars of the tournament.
“Xeneize” needs to add as a visitor to fight for the title and will also seek to improve the poor image it showed in Ibarra’s debut with a defeat in the classic against San Lorenzo in Bajo Flores.
Boca tied the last two times that Diego Armando Maradona visited: 0-0 in 2019 and 2-2 in 2021. And the last victory was in September 2018 when he won 1-0 with a goal from today’s sidelined Carlos Izquierdoz.
That same year, but in March, the last win (2-0) of Argentinos took place at home against Boca.
In total, Argentinos and Boca faced each other 138 times with 65 wins for “Xeneizes”, 33 for “Bicho” and 40 draws.
When do Argentinos Juniors vs Boca play?
The Diego Armando Maradona stadium in La Paternal will host the match that will begin at 9:30 p.m. with Fernando Rapallini refereeing and Diego Abal performing alongside Ezequiel Brailovsky in the VAR.
Where to watch Argentinos Juniors vs Boca
The duel from Buenos Aires on the eighth date of the Professional League that will be played in La Paternal will be broadcast on ESPN Premium.
possible formations
Argentine Juniors: Federico Lanzillota; Pablo Minissale, Miguel Torren and Lucas Villalba; Javier Cabrera, Fausto Vera, Franco Moyano and Luciano Sánchez; Gastón Verón, Nicolás Reniero and Gabriel Carabajal. DT: Gabriel Milito.
Boca Juniors: Agustin Rossi; Luis Advíncula, Carlos Zambrano, Marcos Rojo and Frank Fabra; Exequiel Zeballos, Carlos Campuzano, Guillermo Fernández and Sebastián Villa; Nicolas Orsini and Luis Vazquez. DT: Hugo Ibarra.
Source: Ambito
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