Boca Juniors, who had three consecutive victories in the Professional Soccer League although his campaign was far from expectations, will visit Independiente, plagued by poor results, in the classic that is scheduled for date 27, the last of the tournament.
The match will be played this Saturday starting at 5:00 p.m. on the Independiente court, will be refereed by Nicolás RamÃrez and televised by TNT Sports.
Boca has 41 points in the domestic tournament, which ensures its participation in the Copa Sudamericana next year (it is also close to the access zone to the Copa Libertadores) and improved its level of play, which translated into three consecutive wins. against Huracán (1-0), Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (3-1) and Newell’s Old Boys (2-1).
This improvement allowed him to make up a final of the tournament in which he was never the protagonist despite the fact that he defended the title, and in addition River, his eternal rival, became champion.
With this scenario, Boca will bet on the Copa Libertadores and the round of 16 match that will define with Nacional, with priority to the first meeting that will be next Wednesday in Montevideo, while the rematch is scheduled for Wednesday, August 9.
For this reason, DT Jorge Almirón planned to preserve several players for the Cup, but in the last practice he surprised and there will not be so many casualties regardless of the fact that he has two suspended (Guillermo Fernández and Bruno Valdez).
The changes in relation to the formation that beat Rosario will be five in total, with the surprise of the inclusion of Alan Varela despite the fact that his move to Porto, from Portugal, has been agreed.
The changes that Almirón will make in Avellaneda will be the following: Sergio Romero, Alan Varela, Exequiel Zeballos, DarÃo Benedetto and Norberto Briasco will enter, and Javier GarcÃa, Bruno Valdez, Guillermo Fernández (both suspended due to accumulation of warnings), Frank Fabra and Miguel will leave. Merentiel.
Almirón will change his scheme to visit Independiente, he will put aside the line of five defenders he used against Rosario, and return to a line of four.
On the Independiente side, with 28 points and a loss in their last appearance in Tucumán against local Atlético (1-0), the campaign is very weak, worrying about permanence in the category and for this reason the continuity of DT Ricardo Zielinski Hang on a wire.
What’s more, if Independiente doesn’t take advantage this Saturday of the advantages that Boca will give it with its alternative formation to stay with a victory, it is very likely that the “Russian” Zielinski will be fired after the game.
Regarding the formation, the Uruguayan Edgar Elizalde will return to the team after serving a suspension in place of JoaquÃn Lazo, the youthful forward Nicolás Vallejo will replace the right-back Patricio Ostachuk, this will motivate another Uruguayan, Baltasar Barcia, to drop from midfield to the defending.
In addition, Zielinski tried out on the left side with the veteran Damián Pérez instead of Ayrton Costa, who did not train due to a strong flu condition.
The rest of the day will include Central Córdoba-Atlético Tucumán (14.30), Sarmiento-Banfield (15), and Tigre-San Lorenzo (20).