Boca runs out of his figure and continues to add casualties for the superclassic against River

Edinson Cavani, Boca Juniors star striker, suffered a low injury and cause in this Sunday’s superclassic against River Plate in the Monumental.

Although an official medical part has not been issued so far, sources from Boca confirmed to Efe that Cavani suffered a muscular injury in the anterior rectum of the right thigh that will leave him out of the courts for at least 20 days.

Although Boca Juniors has not issued so far an official medical part, club sources confirmed to Efe that Cavani suffered a muscle injury in the previous right of the right thigh that will leave him out of the courts for at least 20 days.

The injury took place during the practice of Wednesday, that the 38 -year -old striker could not conclude due to a muscular discomfort.

The news shook Boca in the prelude to the duel against its maximum rival, in which the former player of the Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United sought to end a drought of almost a month and a half.

In this period, Cavani failed two penalties, The last during the clash against students last Saturday, which ended in Victoria for Boca 2-0.

Gago problems grow

The injury of the Uruguayan attacker, star of Boca Juniors and Argentine football, represents a new complication for the coach ‘Xeneize’, Fernando Gago, who at the moment does not have its other centrodlanterero, Milton Giménez, who suffered a sprain in the right ankle on April 12 and is practically discarded for the duel against River.

Given this, Gago could use Uruguayan from the beginning Miguel Merentiel, team scorer in 2025 with five scores, next to the young man Exequiel Zeballos, although he usually plays as an extreme.

The coach is waiting in addition to news About the recovery of Ander Herrerawho suffered an injury on March 30 and has not yet had minutes, absence that complicates his presence in the Superclassic.

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To these injuries are added those of the goalkeeper Sergio Romero, The defense Nicolás Figal And the Chilean midfielder Williams Alarcónwhich face a long recovery after their respective operations and have not yet trained with the rest of the team.

Boca is the leader of Group A of the Argentine Championship with 3 points ahead of Argentinos Juniors, while River is the fourth group B, 4 points from Rosario Central, first classified.