After what was on Thursday the 4-2 defeat against Fortaleza of Brazil in Group D of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana Cup, the Boca technical director began to outline the eleven that will take to the field at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Córdoba on Tuesday at 8pm to face ‘Pincha’ for the League Cup semi-final.
Despite having played during the week for the continental competition, the former Huracán coach has been preparing for this match against Students of La Plata since they beat River 3-2 in the quarterfinals and played with a substitute team on Brazilian soil, giving absolute priority to the semifinal of the domestic competition.
For this reason, Martínez was always clear about the team that would play against ‘Pincha’ in Córdoba and this Monday he confirmed it in the tactics he carried out at the Ezeiza Premises, in a practice that was not complete since it was carried out with great caution because There were several lightning bolts.
With the return of Cristián Medina to the team, the technical director rearranges his ideal eleven and will go out to the former Chateau Carreras with Sergio Romero in the arch, the Peruvian Luis Advíncula, Cristian LemaCaptain Marcos Rojo and Lautaro Blanco in defense, Guillermo Fernández, Medina, Ezequiel Fernández and Kevin Zenón They will be in the midfield and the attacking duo will be made up of the Uruguayans Edinson Cavani and Miguel Merentielwho had a bruise on his ankle on Sunday but will arrive in good condition for the duel.
This Tuesday’s match will be the 56th semifinal for “Xeneize” and the statistics smile on them since they won 36 times and lost 19. Despite this, in recent times the results were not as favorable as the general balance indicates .
Reviewing the last 10 semifinals, reality indicates that Mouth managed to advance to the next instance on half of those occasions and coincidentally the last one, before Students of La Plata, it was not a good experience since they lost 3-2 in Córdoba for the Argentine Cup, disappearing the chance of reaching the current Copa Libertadores.
Boca concentrates
Source: Ambito
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