Xeneize not only suffered a heavy defeat against River, but also received five suspensions to visit the Pirate, who is added to the injured list.
The positive momentum with which Boca reached the Superclásico after triumphs over Racing and Colo Colo didn’t help Xeneize too quickly, who was too quick to settle for a point from the Monumental and was left empty-handed by the clumsy penalty kick from Agustín Sández Pablo Solari at the end.
The defeat left the Ribera team 19 points off the top and definitively out of contention for the title, with nearly half of the Professional League tournament to play. In any case, Boca cannot afford to throw away the championship permanently, because they have to score as many points as possible with a view to the annual table and qualification for next year’s Copa Libertadores.
Now that that is clear, Xeneize is preparing to receive Belgrano this Sunday, May 14 from 7 pm, on the 16th day of the local competition.
THE CALLED OF MOUTH VS. BELGRANO
As if the defeat against the Millionaire hadn’t been hard enough, the excursion to Núñez saw Jorge Almirón suspended five times for the duel with the Pirate: Miguel Merendiel, Nicolas Valentini and Ezequiel Fernandez They were sent off after the general brawl after Borja’s goal and the first two got a date, while the team is two games out. For his part, Pol Fernandez and Alan Varela They reached the fifth yellow card and will not be able to play against Cordovan’s team.
In addition, the DT will remain without for at least three weeks Valentin Barco and Lautaro Di Lollo, who placed on Monday at the behest of Javier Mascherano to play the U-20 World Cup. And he still has four injured players who will not arrive this weekend: Marcos Rojo, Luca Langoni, Exequiel Zeballos and Bruno Valdez.
Upwards, Luis Advincula he withdrew from training on Thursday with an inflammation of one of his adductor tendons. It’s not a muscle injury, but they’ll look at it little by little and see if it responds well for Sunday.
The good news of this complicated panorama is that both Frank Fabra if Dario Benedetto They trained with the group this Tuesday and the fact is they will be available for DT over the weekend. In addition, he rejoined the group on Wednesday Juan Ramirez, while Martin Payero He returns after serving the penalty for the red card against Racing.
That’s how it will be at least eleven! the losses Xeneize will have for the weekend, although the list could be extended if the recovered losses are not 100%.
THE FORMATION OF THE MOUTH VS. BELGRANO
With so many casualties, Almirón will have to juggle to put together the team that will play against the Cordoba. Actually, it is in the only sector of the field where there are no problems: the only one absent from those who played with River will be Barco and the recovered Fabra will come in his place.
The problems start in the middle: with Pol, Varela and Equi suspended, everything pointed to DT having to choose between Diego González or Esteban Rolón, two footballers who have not played for a long time since the start (the blonde was in September for the last in the news, while the Pulpito has been out of the starting eleven for over a year), but in Thursday’s test it was the one that made the news Oscar Romero, while Cristian Medina was the central midfielder. The other vacant spot in the middle zone, meanwhile, is for Payero.
In attack, on the other hand, the return of Benedetto for Luis Vázquez is a fact, while in formal training the one who made a pair with Pipa Norberto was Briasco, although everything indicates that the starter will be Sebastián Villa, who is not asked because there is a flu photo is included.
The probable? Sergio Romero; Marcelo Weigandt, Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Figal, Frank Fabra; Oscar Romero, Cristian Medina, Martin Payero; Luis Advincula, Dario Benedetto, Sebastian Villa.
Source: Goal