Boca Juniors
made official the squad list for next Saturday's match against
Newell's
in Rosario, which will be key to their aspirations of qualifying for the quarterfinals of the
Professional League Cup , and
Edinson Cavani
does not appear on it .
The Uruguayan forward just scored the first goal of
Xeneize
's 2-1 victory against San Lorenzo last weekend, but then suffered muscle discomfort and was replaced by
Miguel Merentiel
at halftime. It was later confirmed that he had an
overload in his left hamstring.
That is why he did not travel to Bolivia for the debut in the
Copa Sudamericana
against Nacional Potosí.
It was hoped that he could be back for the duel with
Leprosy
, but he still cannot recover. Merentiel, scorer of the second goal against Ciclón and who did not play in the 3,885 meter high Potosí, would take his place in the starting team.
🔜 𝗣𝗥𝗢́𝗫𝗜𝗠𝗢 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗗𝗢!
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🆚 Newell's
🗓 Saturday 04/06
🕙 17:00
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Diego Martínez
's team
is in fifth place in group B with 19 points, one more than
Racing
(18) and
Estudiantes
(18), one below
Defensa y Justicia
(20) and two behind its next rival,
Newell's
( twenty-one). Higher up are
Lanús
(23) and
Godoy Cruz
(26), who have already qualified for the
playoffs.
There are two dates left until the end of the regular phase, but
Xeneize
has three left, since they still owe the match against Estudiantes that was suspended due to the episode of seizures suffered by the Chilean Javier Altamirano.