With the return of
Hugo Ibarra
after the medical discharge due to the scare on Wednesday,
Boca
trained this Thursday afternoon at the Ezeiza property, with a football rehearsal thinking about the Institute.
Normality returned to 'Xeneize' after hours spent by the state of health of his DT and without the magnifying glass on the possible variants facing the game on the weekend, in the Bombonera.
With one detail: from the medical staff they suggested to Ibarra that he take
precautions regarding the physical demand
to avoid new complications, something that he also discussed with President
Jorge Ameal
and Vice
Juan Román Riquelme
.
With this scenario, the rehearsals and tests will last until the day before the match, with the coach's main idea being to see
how different surnames respond to a series of changes in all lines
.
It is that beyond the names that were under observation after the fall against
Banfield
in the South, what is in the sights is the tactical drawing to use.
Because that ambitious 4-2-3-1 to crush Patronato in the final of the Argentine Super Cup was frayed before Defense and Justice and against the 'Drill'.
And then?
At least at the beginning of the week, the intention of Ibarra and the coaching staff was to strengthen the midfield.
With who?
Ezequiel Fernández
had already been a spare part for Alan Varela.
But his expulsion against Vélez in Liniers reopened the door for the central midfielder, who kept the place despite the fact that his level is far from that of 2022, which raised concerns from several teams in Europe.
Given this, it is likely that Equi will enter through Varela and that Martín Payero
or
Cristian Medina
will also join
on one side.
To play instead of
Pol Fernández
?
Perhaps to join them and thus once again have three more positional midfield players in the center circle.
Everything is analyzed
.
And beyond having been replaced at halftime,
Óscar Romero will once again have his chance as a starter
.
That is why what happens with the drawing and the midfield will reveal how many places in the attack there will be for various surnames: Langoni, Villa, Merentiel, Briasco and Benedetto.
And all with the same chances to start the games against the Cordoba.
With an addition: then there will be a match against Olimpo for the Copa Argentina and against Barracas Central prior to the premiere of the Copa Libertadores.
For what the tests will be in these three days to later stipulate an eleven and give it a performance that until now has not appeared.
In the first practice he stopped Benedetto for the first time along with Merentiel, with a 4-2-3-1 that did without Villa but sacrificed the former Defensa y Justicia
.
In the last line are the main doubts.
Because the low level of
Luis Advíncula
and
Frank Fabra
is notorious, but it is the area in which the dispute between starters and substitutes seems to have a more marked distance.
If the Peruvian is not in his place,
Marcelo Weigandt
would have to enter , who in the last year played a dropper due to an injury and who always looks somewhat more messy on the defensive facet.
On the left, on the other hand,
Agustín Sandez
already knew how to supplant Fabra in hot crosses of Libertadores.
But his offensive characteristics are not the same as those of the Colombian.
and boat?
The boy from the Reserve will begin to gain ground in the next few games and may be a starter for the Argentine Cup.