Edinson Cavani does not travel to Bolivia for Boca’s debut in the Sudamericana

The great victory against San Lorenzo left physical consequences on the squad Mouth. To the serious injury of Lucas Blondel, the Uruguayan was added Edinson Cavani, who will not travel to Bolivia tomorrow to face Nacional Potosí at 4,000 meters high on Wednesday, at 9:00 p.m., which you will reach after a journey that will include stretches of land traveled with 4×4 trucks.

Cavani suffers from an overload in his left hamstring which forced him to miss the second half of the duel against San Lorenzo, after converting the partial tie in the initial stage.

“It’s just a muscle load. What’s more, at halftime Cavani He told us that he was going to return but, as a precaution, we and the medical staff understood that it was best for him to leave,” Martínez said at a press conference when explaining the modification.

The first information indicated that he had felt discomfort, so the coaching staff decided to send his compatriot Miguel Merentiel to the field. The official medical report published minutes after the game indicated that The 37-year-old forward suffered from left hamstring overload.

Although the injury is not too serious, a point that relieves Boca now that he has resumed his scoring path – he has seven in the last six games -, coach Diego Martínez would have decided that Cavani stays in Buenos Aires and does not travel to Potosí to be able to recover properly for the final sprint of the League Cup and the rest of the group stage. The same will happen with Marcos Rojowho suffered trauma to his left ankle against the Cyclone.

Many youth

The detail is that in the list of players who trip to Potosí there are many youth players who became champions of America Sub 20 and the Intercontinental. Among those possibly mentioned could be Sebastián Díaz Robles, (2003 category), Lautado Di Lollo(2004), Mateo Mendía (2004), Ariel Molas (2002), Milton Delgado 2005), Román Rodríguez (2003), Juan Ceballos (2004), Juan Cruz Payal (2005), Santiago Dalmasso (2004), Valentino Simoni (2004 ), Iker Zufiaurre (2005), Ignacio Rodrígiez(2004) and Dylan Gorosito, the youngest of the delegation at 18 years old and the one who could go to the bench due to Lucas Blondel’s injury.

After the departure on loan of Marcelo Weigandt -who debuted yesterday at Inter Miami- and with Luis Advíncula as the only option In the right lane of the defense, the one born in Moreno will be the second viable alternative on the side.

Those noted

The following is Boca’s bona fide roster for the Copa Sudamericana: 1 – Sergio Romero; 2 – Cristian Lema; 3 – Marcelo Saracchi; 4 – Nicolás Figal; 5 – Ezequiel Bullaude; 6 – Marcos Rojo; 7 – Exequiel Zeballos; 8 – Guillermo Fernandez; 9 – Dario Benedetto; 10 – Edinson Cavani; 11 – Lucas Janson; 12 – Leandro Brey; 13 – Javier García; 14 – Luca Langoni; 15 – Nicolas Valentini; 16 – Miguel Merentiel; 17 – Luis Advíncula; 18 – Frank Fabra; 20 – Juan Ramírez; 21 – Ezequiel Fernández; 22 – Kevin Zenón; 23 – Lautaro Blanco; 29 – Norberto Briasco; 30 – Roman Rodriguez; 34 – Mateo Mendia; 35 -Valentino Simoni; 36- Cristian Medina: 37 – Sebastián Díaz Robles; 38 – Aaron Anselmino; 39 – Vicente Taborda; 40 – Lautaro Di Lollo; 41 – Iker Zufiaurre; 42 – Lucas Blondel; 43 – Milton Delgado; 44 – Ignacio Rodríguez; 45 – Mauricio Benitez; 46 – Juan Cruz Payal; 47 – Jabez Saralegui; 48 – Dylan Gorosito; 49 – Jorman Campuzano; 50 – Julian Ceballos; 51 – Santiago Dalmasso; 52 – Ariel Molas.