Matías Bustos Milla
08/12/2021 7:01 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/12/2021 8:05 AM
After weeks of double competition, forced isolation, postponement requests, games with Inferiores boys and a Superclassic in between, finally Miguel Ángel Russo has a whole week of preparation. And with the return of a good part of the injured, he faces days of work to achieve Boca's first triumph in the domestic tournament. This negative streak of a single win in the last 15 games, which included a record of 599 minutes without scoring a goal, was cut by Edwin Cardona against Argentinos Juniors last Sunday.
With this panorama, the DT has three points to define urgently.
Tactical drawing.
With the arrival of Luis Advíncula (he played as a starter against River and entered the final against Bicho), the DT has at hand to play with a line of three central markers and two offensive backs like the Peruvian and Frank Fabra.
Advíncula told it when he arrived: "We spoke with the coach and he wants him to be a winger who goes on the attack with a line of three defenders behind."
For now that tactical drawing was only used against River, Independiente and in games that are too specific.
Has the time come to resolve the tactical issue and establish an outline?
Advíncula arrived to play.
He made his debut in the Argentine Cup, eliminating River.
Boca's only smile in the semester: it is not little.
(Photo: Marcelo Carroll).
The defender is not the only point.
Because of the line of three midfielders who came out of memory with Almendra, Varela and Medina, only the last remains, of low level.
The central midfielder passed to Rolón and then to Campuzano, whom Russo intends to recover.
Pulpo
González always appeared in the decisive matches (Racing, Atlético Mineiro and River).
And Almendra returned to practice this week and could return in the next games: if he is well, he will be a starting piece.
What will happen to Juan Ramírez?
Both he and Cardona (now expelled) can give him the option of being midfielders or links to return to a hitch.
Rossi, Rojo and Izquierdoz come out of memory in the 11 headline.
(Photo: REUTERS / Agustin Marcarian)
Surname from memory.
With Agustín Rossi, Izquierdoz and Marcos Rojo established as starters in the last row, Boca's coach will have to fill in the missing boxes of an eleven that constantly changed in this turbulent beginning of the semester and without victories in fifteen games, despite a good hand in hand with Atlético Mineiro and to eliminate River in the Argentine Cup. The fourth undisputed starter seems to be Juan Ramírez, who quickly settled into the team.
Norberto Briasco was a substitute with Argentinos Juniors, but he is another of those who will appear in the daily. Pavón? Important and with all the minutes, your future will be tied to some transfer proposal before the market closes, in three weeks. Once you get into the rhythm, Advíncula will be on the side. The rest will move according to each game, but with everyone available, the coach not only has the obligation to affirm the starters: he must put the substitutes at the same level. And that includes the kids who showed up to give a hand, like Sandez, Aaron Molinas, Luis Vazquez and even Ezequiel Fernández.
Lack of goal.
Cardona's center-arc against Argentinos brought Boca out of malaria, but it still costs the team a lot against the rival network.
There is a key fact:
none of the forwards scored yet
so far this semester, with the absence of Sebastián Villa as decisive as it is uncomfortable.
Briasco, sacrifice but little goal.
(Photo: Juan Manuel Foglia)
Nicolás Orsini is perhaps the last name that is repeated the most inside the Boca Predio, in Ezeiza. This week the problem that affects the former Lanús was confirmed, and there is discomfort because it is an ailment that drags from his previous club. The studies carried out by the man from Cordoba yielded positive results. In other words, you are not suffering from any serious injury. Neither in the ligaments nor in the menisci. However, it is not certain that he will be able to play again anytime soon. Boca needs a number 9 at all costs. And if Villa is transferred, the club does not rule out analyzing the option of adding another striker to the squad.
Briasco still did not have a chance against the goal, Pavón provides speed but does not finish off the goal and the arrival of the midfielders will be key to start generating some danger against the rival goal.
Miguel Ángel Russo's roadmap is clear.
And everyone agrees that the great objective of long weeks is to begin to find certainties.
It's time.
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