Mouth Juniors, who achieved the goal of qualifying for the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores during the week, will receive tomorrow lanus in a match valid for the date 20 of the Professional Soccer League (LPF) that he will assume with several substitutes because he has an unusual and important number of injured players.
The match will be played this Saturday starting at 8:00 p.m. at La Bombonera, will be refereed by Fernando Echenique and televised by the ESPN Premium signal.
Boca has just 27 points in the domestic tournament, it is a stark distance from the leader River (41 and an unfinished match against Defensa y Justicia), and when it had strung together three victories in a row, it stumbled in Sarandí last week against Arsenal, the last of the two tables, the League and the relegation, which beat him 1-0.
However, Boca’s priority objective in the semester is the Libertadores and that victory last Tuesday over Colo-Colo 1-0 at La Bombonera with the goal of Marcelo “Chelo” Weigandt allowed him to consolidate himself as the leader of Group F and advance to the round of 16.
That game against the Chileans left several injured who added to those he already had on the squad, so that to receive Lanús, who is sixth with 32 points and has just won Atlético Tucumán (2-1) at home, DT Jorge Almirón has a real puzzle.
The injured accumulated and the known casualties of Marcos Rojo, Exequiel Zeballos, Martín Payero, Agustín Sández and Gonzalo Morales, were added to those suffered against the Chileans by Frank Fabra, Luca Langoni and Miguel Merentiel, the three torn, plus Luis Advincula, with a ligament injury.
None of them will be available to receive Lanús and neither will “Chelo” Weigandt, who was expelled in Sarandí and will have to purge a suspension date.
So the changes that Almirón will make in relation to the team that beat Colo Colo will be seven: Javier García for Sergio “Chiquito” Romero, in this case to take care of the starting goalkeeper, Facundo Roncaglia for Weigandt, suspended, plus Nicolás Valentini for Nicolás Figal, Valentín Barco for Fabra, Ezequiel “Equi” Fernández for Alan Varela, Juan Ramírez for Advibcula and Oscar Romero for Langoni.
Almirón designed several teams in the last three soccer practices after the match against the Chileans and will appeal to those who are in optimum physical condition to receive “Garnet”, and will also take care of important players who are on the limit physically, such as the aforementioned “Chiquito” Romero, Figal and Varela.
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The defensive line will have a single starter, the Paraguayan Bruno Valdéz, who after the game will join the Paraguayan team and will not be there for the next match in Mendoza against Godoy Cruz, which will be on Thursday, June 22 after the FIFA date. , and for that reason Almirón decided to also take care of Figal.
In addition, Boca will once again have Valentín Barco on the left side, the club’s greatest promise who returned after having participated with Argentina in the U-20 World Cup.
On the Lanús side, the return of the Uruguayan midfielder Luciano Boggio is very likely, who was sent off in the draw with Independiente (1-1) and for that reason he was not against the Tucumans, in which case Matías Esquivel or Franco would leave the team Orozco, the latter more likely.
The team led by Frank Kudelka has a solid performance with a mark and recovery in the middle through the Colombian Raúl Loaiza and Tomás “Toto” Belmonte, while up front they attack with the physical power of Leandro Díaz and the imbalance of Pedro De la Vega with his speed down the far left.
As for the record, it is 136 games and widely favors the “Xeneizes”, who won 76 times against 23 for the “Garnet”, while they tied 37 times.
The last time they played at La Bombonera in 2021 and Boca won 4-2 with goals from Marcelo Weigandt, Agustín Almendra, Luis Vázquez and Cristian Pavón, while Ignacio Malcorra and Diego Braghieri scored for Lanús.
Formations Boca vs Lanús for the Professional League
Boca Juniors: Javier Garcia; Facundo Roncaglia, Bruno Valdéz, Nicolás Valentini and Valentín Barco; Cristian Medina, Ezequiel “Equi” Fernández, Guillermo “Pol” Fernández and Juan Ramírez; Darío Benedetto and Oscar Romero. DT: Jorge Almirón.
Lanus: Lucas Acosta; Juan Cáceres, Felipe Aguilar, Cristian Lema and Julio Soler; Raúl Loaiza, Tomás Belmonte, Matías Esquivel or Franco Orozco and Luciano Boggio; Leandro Diaz and Pedro De la Vega. DT: Frank Darío Kudelka.
Referee: Fernando Echenique.
VAR: Jorge Balino.
Court: Boca Juniors.
Start time: 20.
TV: ESPN Premium.
Source: Ambito
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