The “Xeneize” team reached 32 points last Sunday after beating River at La Bombonera 1-0 with a goal from “Pipa” Benedetto, in a victory that strengthened their spirits and confirmed their recovery to go through the best moment in the cycle of DT Hugo Ibarra, who stopped being looked at sideways as at the beginning of his administration.
It is that the victory over its classic rival was the fourth in a row after the previous ones over Defense and Justice (1-0) in Florencio Varela, Atlético Tucumán (2-1) in La Boca and Colón (2-1) in Santa Fe, and thus he stopped being a mere spectator in the tournament to become a contender for the title.
His rival, Lanús, is last with just 11 points and a campaign to be forgotten that devoured the cycles of coach Jorge Almirón first, the interim of Rodrigo Acosta, the brother of “Laucha”, and now keeps Frank Darío Kudelka in check .
The “Maroon” barely won two games in the Professional Soccer League, the last one on August 20 against Arsenal de Sarandí (1-0), and fell in its two recent presentations, the closest last Friday against Barracas Central ( 2-0).
In any case, the match will not be easy for Boca, which will have to revalidate all the good things it showed on Sunday and will not have one of its highest points, captain Marcos Rojo, expelled in the superclásico.
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Boca will try to repeat the good they showed last Sunday, with high pressure from Martín Payero, Guillermo “Pol” Fernández and the quick exit of Juan Ramírez to supply Benedetto, who found himself again with the goal after 10 games and left behind a weight that prevented him from performing at his level.
It is likely that Rojo will be missed, the leader of the defense who not only excels in his position but also has the advantage of empowering others, especially Nicolás Figal, who is going through his best moment since joining the club, and also to two offensive side players like the Peruvian Luis Advíncula and the Colombian Frank Fabra.
Rojo’s replacement will be the Peruvian Carlos Zambrano, who played the last quarter of an hour in the superclassic.
The deficit of the “Xeneizes” in the game generation will be a point to take into account, although this could be solved with the effectiveness of Benedetto if he recovers his best version and the appearance of the youthful Luca Langoni, author of the goals in the triumphs over the Tucumans and the second in Santa Fe.
On the Lanús side, the weather is not the best and after the defeat against “Guapo” fans and partners waited for the players when they returned to the stadium to angrily reprimand them for their poor performances, with some more targeted than others such as Colombian Raúl Loaiza.
Precisely Loaiza, along with Lautaro Acosta, have four yellow cards and that worries Kudelka because if they add one more they will miss next Sunday’s southern classic against Banfield.
In this context, the formation to receive Boca will be defined at the last minute by Kudelka, who announced that it will include Julián Aude on the left side, recovered from an injury, by Nicolás Pasquini, while Brian Blando could enter for the idol José Sand , who would take a place on the substitute bench.
What is defined is that the coach will return to the 4-4-2 scheme with greater precautions and will leave aside the 4-3-3 that did not give him an effect against Barracas Central.
“Garnet” knows that his very bad moment can be made up with a good result against Boca, the first of the two final exams for Kudelka, since the following match against “Drill” will surely define the cycle in the case of being negative .
The history between both is 135 games and widely favors Boca, who won 75 times against 23 of Lanús, while they tied 37 times.
Formations Lanús vs Boca for the Professional Football League
Lanus: Fernando Monetti; Brian Aguirre, Matías Pérez, Yonathan Cabral and Julián Aude; Tomás Belmonte, Raúl Loaiza, Luciano Boggio and Lautaro Acosta; José Sand or Brian Blando and Franco Troyansky. DT: Frank Kudelka.
Boca Juniors: Agustin Rossi; Luis Advíncula, Nicolás Figal, Carlos Zambrano and Frank Fabra; Martín Payero, Alan Varela, Guillermo “Pol” Fernández and Juan Ramírez; Luca Langoni and Dario Benedetto. DT: Hugo Ibarra.
Referee: Facundo Tello.
VAR: Pablo Dovalo.
Field: Lanus.
Start time: 21.30.
TV: TNT Sports.
Source: Ambito
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