There was no training and the players rested.
With one exception:
Diego Martínez
, the coach, spent all Monday analyzing the fixture, the logistics and that sequence that will put him in front of a strong decision:
give priority to the League Cup
, which is in the decisive stage of the phase of groups, or bet on the Sudamericana from the first minute.
The coach is clear that the international tournament always attracts more because of the dollars and the glory.
Also, it is a second-rate trophy, but
crowning it can allow him to compete in the Libertadores, his greatest obsession
.
However, Boca is close to being among the top four in Zone B.
With 16 points, it has four games ahead
:
San Lorenzo, Newell's, Godoy Cruz
and the remaining 63 minutes of the clash with
Estudiantes
that was suspended due to the seizure that Javier Altamirano suffered.
In this context, there is
an exhausting trip that Boca will have to make next week to Potosí
, where they will face Nacional in the baptism of the Sudamericana.
Not only will you have to face the altitude (3,885 meters above sea level);
In addition, you must arrive from Sucre by land.
It will be a real journey that will take several hours.
To the point that the team would travel to the party headquarters in minibuses or 4x4 vehicles, since
the journey will take place through a mountain road
.
The situation, then, warrants playing with greater resources against San Lorenzo and rotating against the Bolivians.
Because of the hierarchy of their rivals and the distances.
Then, they must continue on their way to Rosario to face Newell's, on Saturday, April 6, and before closing with Godoy Cruz, the following weekend at Bombonera, they would play the remaining time of the duel with Estudiantes.
South American Cup 2024
Group stage.
Source:
Conmebol
Infographic:
Clarín
For Saturday, Martínez will have available Nicolás Valentini (Argentina), Luis Advíncula (Peru) and Norberto Briasco (Armenia), who will return from their respective teams that played the FIFA date.
Also, he will have Cristian Medina, summoned by Javier Mascherano to the Sub 23. They will not be the only players that the coach will recover.
In addition, Pol Fernández and Sergio Romero would already be physically fit to return to the team.