Matías Bustos Milla
07/22/2021 13:09
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 07/22/2021 1:09 PM
Boca's squad was finally able to rest after the chaotic trip to Belo Horizonte that left a scandalous arbitration to eliminate it from the Copa Libertadores, a fight in the locker room and twelve hours delayed at the Brazilian police station. Although still nothing ended for Miguel Russo and company, who began an isolation at the Intercontinental hotel at the direction of the Ministry of Health. When will they be released? Can those footballers train and play on the weekend? What players will he have at his disposal if he plays against Banfield and San Lorenzo?
The first thing Boca did was consult the situation table through Roberto Digón, third vice president and the man in charge of representing the club in the AFA and in the League. And although it was understood that it was an extraordinary situation - Boca traveled to play within the Conmebol protocol and its players have negative PCR - the sanitary regulations apply to everyone. And Boca would not be an exception.
"The spirit was always to play because we have a very tight schedule, we knew that the Covid issue could bring these things. In this case, it was an extraordinary situation, an act of violence made the bubble burst and if Boca makes the formal request, it will be analyze.
As AFA League and there is
a regulation to fulfill and respect for the clubs who crossed it
, " he
said Cristian Malaspina, one of those who sent in the league.
Miguel Russo is waiting to resolve the matches against Banfield and San Lorenzo.
(Photo: EFE / EPA / Bruna Prado / POOL)
In his words there are two spaces to interpret
.
1) That the calendar for the first semester is no longer such, because there are weeks available to play postponed matches.
2) That the regulation contemplates that a postponement cannot be requested due to situations related to the coronavirus, which is not the case of Boca because its players are without contagion and tested, although they are isolated.
La Liga, faced in its leadership with AFA, has Marcelo Tinelli and Eduardo Spinosa as its heads.
They are men with weight and history in the two clubs that Miguel Ángel Russo's team must face in the coming days.
Pure whim of chance.
Claudio Tapia, for his part, contacted Jorge Ameal, always an opponent of the double command, to make himself available from the first moment.
Beyond speculation, the LPF assures that there has not been a formal request from Boca to postpone the games so far.
Ricardo Rosica, manager of Boca.
(Photo: EFE / Yuri Edmundo).
The Battaglia team
Thus, the proximity of Saturday's game against Banfield put Sebastián Battaglia (DT of the Reserve) to work in front of the players who did not travel to Belo Horizonte and are usually part of the Fifth and Fourth, with some surnames already known as that of Valentín Barco (he debuted last weekend) or that of Ezequiel Fernández (he already had his debut before the Board of Trustees, in the last tournament).
Edwin Cardona can also be added to them, who just today completed his days of isolation after returning from Colombia after the Copa América.
But he still needs to get into the rhythm of the game and if this situation did not exist, his return to the team would be postponed for other weeks.
Meanwhile, Sebastián Battaglia prepared a meeting with surnames that were going to play this Friday the clash against Banfield but from the Reserve. And there were Agustín Lastra; Eros Mancuso, Balthazar Bernardi, Lisandro: Mercuri, Valentín Barco; Rodrigo Montes, Gabriel Vega, Ezequiel Fernández, Israel Escalante and Ezequiel Almirón. Cardona joined in a tactical exercise.