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02/19/2021 3:33 PM
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Boca Juniors
Updated 02/19/2021 3:33 PM
After the lackluster draw against Gimnasia de La Plata in the debut of the League Cup, in the mind of Miguel Ángel Russo (beyond the situation he had to go through with the frustrated pass of Colombian Andrés Felipe Román, whom he visited in Thursday night) there is a dilemma to be solved.
It is that the DT observed very low returns in the opening of the tournament but at the same time he believes that he must revalidate the same surnames to give them confidence in the face of what is coming.
Thus, until the last moment he will analyze whether it is convenient to play a lot, a little or nothing.
In the last line, the unknown person passes through the right side.
There, Leonardo Jara's level left many doubts and in Thursday's practice the substitute, Julio Buffarini, felt pain in his right calf that prevented him from finishing training.
Can Nicolás Capaldo occupy that place again?
The lower midfielder always played in the right lane and there are plenty of examples of players who adapted to being wingers from that sector.
Against Gimnasia de La Plata he entered as an option and the CT liked his performance.
It is clear: his great virtue is the recovery of the ball and physical deployment, so the winger would be an alternative for his game.
The frustrated arrival of Felipe Román after the detection of a heart problem, altered the plans of the coach, who hoped to have the Colombian as soon as possible to start.
Capaldo can play on the side or in the center circle.
(Photo: EFE).
For the middle of the field the DT has options.
Several.
One is to return to include the youthful Alan Varela and at his side return the title to Jorman Campuzano, already recovered from his muscular discomfort.
The other is to surprise with the boy Cristian Medina, who at 18 made his debut a week ago and left good impressions.
Another, although less likely, is that there is a castling between Jara and Capaldo, with the former Estudiantes in the central circle and the Pampean in defense.
For Russo, the area with the team's greatest deficit is in the heart of the midfield, where the lack of a clear start, recovery and elaboration became a difficult symptom to solve.
Zárate ended with discomfort in the debut.
(Photo: Juan Manuel Foglia)
The attack will have its revenge.
Although Mauro Zárate's game as "nine" was not what was expected, the coach's idea is to give the striker another chance to share the eleven with Carlos Tevez, Sebastián Villa and Edwin Cardona.
However, the former Velez ended up with severe hip discomfort in the last game and that prevented him from working normally during the week.
That is why Russo alternated his position with that of Apache, who was left as the most advanced surname along with Salvio, whom they see much better from the physical and footballing point of view.
Boca and the market close
With the pass book closed in Argentina, and with the painful impossibility of incorporating the Colombian Andrés Felipe Román, in Boca the negotiations continue.
At the last minute the club rejected a proposal from Vélez to add Agustín Almendra and also one from Huracán to have Gonzalo Maroni.
In addition, after discussing it with the footballer, a proposal from Nacional de Uruguay by Wanchope Ábila was rejected, who continues to recover from his operation for an inguinal hernia but who will begin the semester very relegated in the consideration of Miguel Ángel Russo due to the physical difficulties that had the Cordoba in the last time.
Thus, in Boca they are attentive to possible new proposals that arrive for him, who intends to make an economic difference in the case of emigrating from Boca.
In Brazil, China and other destinations his surname will be latent.
On the other hand, in Boca they will also move until April.
The reason?
That CONMEBOL will authorize South American teams to incorporate footballers into their squads for the start of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores (up to 72 hours before the debut) given the calendar lag that occurred between most markets (except Brazil, which opens in March) with the start of the tournament.
Will there be any reinforcement to play only the Cup in April and join the tournament later?