Mouthwith just 14 points in the domestic tournament, was too far from the leader River (27) when falling last Wednesday before San Lorenzo (1-0) at the Nuevo Gasómetro, in what was his fifth loss in 11 appearances, an unusual streak that places him in 18th place and with more doubts than certainties.
the season of Mouth It started with Hugo Ibarra as DT, but the bad results and disappointing performances ended his cycle, he was replaced on an interim basis by Mariano Herronthe division coach Bookinguntil he was hired almiron and had its premiere with just a couple of practices against San Lorenzo.
His rival this Saturday, students of La Plataaccumulated 15 points and alternates good performances with disappointing ones, although his DT Eduardo Dominguez He advanced that a victory in La Boca could be a good starting point to consolidate definitively.
Boca will face a string of important matches in a few days, since after receiving Students will be local again next Tuesday against Sports Pereiraof Colombiain their second match in Group F of the Copa Libertadores and after drawing in their debut in Venezuela in view of Monagas (0-0).
The problems you will have to solve almiron There are several, due to the lack of performance and results, injuries and suspensions accumulated that make it difficult to assemble the team and the staging of their idea of the game.
In that context, Mouth has injured to red frames since October of last year, with a torn ligament, and in the last hours the Paraguayan joined Bruno Valdez and the striker luca langoniboth torn apart, while Nicholas Figal was expelled before San Lorenzo and will not be able to be before Studentsalso being that Facundo Roncaglia received the red card in Venezuela and will not be available Tuesday morning Cup.
almiron took note of the casualties and will go out to play in the candy box with a single starter in defense, the goalkeeper Sergio “Chiquito” Romerowhile the others will be Marcelo Weigandt, Roncaglia, Nicolás Valentini and the great promise of the club, the 18-year-old youth Valentine Boat.
In the midfield they will be Alan Varela and Ezequiel “Equi” Fernandez as containment midfielders and more advanced the Paraguayan oscar romero and Juan Ramirez for game generation, while on offense they will Michael Merentiel and Luis Vazquez.
In other words, Almirón saved for Tuesday morning Cup to Luis Advíncula, Agustín Sandez, Guillermo “Pol” Fernández, Darío “Pipa” Benedetto and sebastian villa.
Among the substitutes for Mouth the presence of Santiago stands out Exequiel Zeballosrecovered from an injury that kept him inactive since last February.
Studentsfor his part, after having matched at home against Atletico Tucuman (0-0), will go to La Boca with changes since they will enter Leonardo Godoy and of Fernando Zuqui rather Eros Mancuso and Emmanuel More.
Meanwhile, they will be available and possibly among the substitutes Pablo Piattirecovered from a muscle injury in the plantar fascia, and Jose Sosawho overcame a tear.
“The idea against Boca is to play with the best we have. The points that we lost here in La Plata (referring to the draw with the Tucumans) we have to go look for there. We want to get closer to the top positions, it is a clear objective We are not going to speculate, we are going to go with everything”anticipated the DT Eduardo Dominguez at the pre-match press conference.
Regarding the record, between amateurism and professionalism they played 202 times and the advantage in favor of Mouth it is overwhelming since he is 65 games ahead.
Mouth won 110 times, “Pincha” won 45 times and tied 47 times.
The last time they played in La candy box It was on July 24 of last year, for the LPFand Mouth won 3-1 with goals from “Pol” Fernandez, Villa and Redwhile for “Pincha” the Paraguayan scored Jorge Morel.
What time do Boca vs Estudiantes de La Plata play?
Start time: 19.
Where to watch Boca vs Estudiantes de La Plata
TV: ESPN Premium.
formations
Boca Juniors: Sergio “Chiquito” Romero; Marcelo Weigandt, Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Valentini and Valentín Barco; Oscar Romero, Ezequiel “Equi” Fernández, Alan Varela and Juan Ramírez; Miguel Merentiel and Luis Vazquez. DT: Jorge Almirón.
Students from La Plata: Mariano Andújar; Ezequiel Muñoz, Luciano Lollo and Zaid Romero; Leonardo Godoy, Santiago Ascacíbar, Fernando Zuqui, Jorge Rodríguez and Gastón Benedetti; Benjamin Rollheiser and Mauro Boselli. DT Eduardo Dominguez.
Referee: Pablo Echavarria.
VAR: Pablo Dovalo.
Court: Alberto J. Armando
Source: Ambito
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