After the bad night and the 2-0 loss against Deportivo Cali in Colombia in the debut for the Libertadores Cup of America, comes to Mouth the turn to play in the Bombonera. He will do so this Tuesday from 7:15 p.m. (Fox Sports television) against Always Ready from Bolivia, who on the first date of Group E, beat Corinthians from Brazil 2-0 at the height of La Paz.
Sebastián Battaglia’s team, which between local and continental competitions has gone three games without a win (two draws and one loss), he must raise his aim and win to the Bolivian team that plays with a jacket identical to that of River if you don’t want to worsen your chances of reaching the round of 16. Any calculation that Boca makes, starts from winning its three games at home and adding no less than two of the six points that remain as a visitor. With eleven units, the classification will be assured in first or second place. With less than nine, things could start to get complicated.
A priori and beyond its lack of performance and its blurred game idea, Boca should have no problem beating the Bolivianswhich generally decline a lot when, from the 3600 meters of La Paz, they go down to the plain of Buenos Aires. But current events in Boca do not guarantee anything. The games have to be played and the weather in the Bombonera can get thick if the minutes go by and the scoreboard cannot be opened.
Perhaps the most important novelty in Boca’s formation is the presence of Guillermo “Pol” Fernández as a central midfielder. Pol reappeared on Saturday against Vélez and although that position forces him to play further back, equally his clarity to pass the ball gives the team a volume of play that it lacks when he is absent. In the background, George Figal will continue to be the first central marker due to the injuries of Carlos Izquierdoz and Carlos Zambrano, the Paraguayan Oscar Romero will repeat as hitch and up, Exequiel Zeballos Y Darius Benedetto They will once again compose the attacking binomial.
Always Ready will be very satisfied if they can take a point from La Boca. His estimates include winning all the games in La Paz (he plays at the Olympic stadium and not at his El Alto field because its synthetic grass surface is not authorized by Conmebol) and adding as much as possible on his visits to treat to qualify for the eighth. History says that a Bolivian team never won in the Bombonera for the Copa Libertadores. In addition, this will be the first time that Always Ready will play in the old Ribera stadium in its 89 years of existence. Will have to see how it goes.