The Boca Juniors coach, Hugo Ibarra, think about changes in the three lines of the team, two of them forced by the suspension of Sebastián Villa and the injury of Nicolás Orsini, to face Platense at home next Sunday, for the 4th. date of the Professional Football League (LPF).
The Ribera team squad trained this Tuesday at the Ezeiza property, with rumors of changes and strong criticism from “Mundo Boca” due to the poor performance of the team in the 2-1 defeat against Talleres on Saturday past.
With this scenario, the coaching staff decided that it was time to move the “shelf” and take out some weight names to find an improvement in the game and in the attitude, which is what they believe the team lacked in the Mario stadium. Alberto Kempes.
Change of course?
Those close to the coach told Télam that it is time for a change of direction, as happened after the defeats against Argentinos Juniors and Patronato in the previous League, which was a door for the entry of Luca Langoni, Cristian Medina and Gonzalo Moraleswho gave the “fresh air” to the team that later won the title to form the two-time Boca championship in 2022.
Also -according to the same source- once again the coach has to show character to change course at a difficult time, where he knows that beyond having been crowned champion, his name is being questioned again.
It is worth remembering that after the goalless draw at La Bombonera against Central Córdoba, Ibarra had ratified his “confidence in the players”, and also that he was going to continue “with the same headlines”. Now, it seems that things have changed.
In variant versions, there is talk of a possible departure from Frank Fabra, who was unknown before the “T” and who came from a weak match against the Santiago team. The others who are in the crosshairs are Guillermo “Pol” Fernandez and Juan Ramirez, of very weak performance in the three games for the League.
Captain, “Pol” Fernández was always replaced in the second half, and when “Equi” Fernández entered, the medium always had a different intensity.
As for the former San Lorenzo midfielder, he is the most “targeted” by the fans and beyond the fact that he played many games with physical discomfort, he was always far from the level he showed on his arrival, in July 2020.
The changes that are already foreseen out of necessity are the return to ownership of Langoni by Villa, who will be suspended for having been sent off against Talleres; and that of Miguel Merentiel by Nicolás Orsini, who is torn in the left femoral biceps.
In the first tactical exercise of the week, this Wednesday we will begin to observe which players the coach will put on the pitch. On Thursday, at soccer practice at La Bombonera, the possible eleven will be seen to play against “squid”, led by a “xeneize” idol: Martín Palermo.
“Changuito” back to the operating room
Meanwhile, Exequiel Zeballos will undergo surgery this afternoon on the menisci of his left knee by doctor Jorge Batista at a clinic in San Isidro.
In this way, the “Changuito” Zeballos, one of the promises of the Boquense seedbed, will undergo a second surgical intervention in a period of six months, since last August he underwent surgery for an injury to the tibia and fibula joint of his right ankle, suffered in a Cup match Argentina against Carlos Casares’ Agropecuario (1-0 for Boca), after a strong offense by defender Milton Leyendeker.
The Boca Juniors squad will train again this Wednesday, starting at 9, at the Ezeiza complex.
