The 11 that Jorge Almirón stopped in Boca Juniors thinking about the Superclásico against River Plate

Jorge Almirón will face his first Superclásico as coach

Jorge Almirón tested the eleven with which Boca Juniors will visit River Plate for Date 15 of the Professional League, tomorrow from 5:30 p.m., at the Monumental stadium. After the victories against Racing and Colo Colo, the coach decided on an alignment with a line of five, three midfielders and two forwards.

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In principle, the Xeneize will line up: Sergio Romero; Luis Advíncula, Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Figal, Nicolás Valentini, Valentín Barco; Pol Fernández, Alan Varela, Cristian Medina; Luis Vazquez and Sebastian Villa. One of the doubts had been the inclusion of Marcelo Weigandt instead of Valentini, although Chelo would eventually be among the substitutes.

Darío Benedetto and Frank Fabra will not be part of the delegation, as Infobae had anticipated. It is worth remembering that the attacker suffered a grade 2 right hamstring strain in the match against Deportivo Pereira for the Cup (April 19) and that the winger sprained the internal lateral ligament of his right knee in the match against Colón (10/ 4). Although the two had begun to jog on the grass, they are not recovered and will protect them thinking about what is coming.

Benedetto and Fabra, out of the list of concentrates

Nor will Luca Langoni be there, who suffered from an injury and got off the plane at the last minute that transferred the blue and gold delegation to Chile for the match with Colo-Colo on Wednesday. The winger suffered from a tear in the right hamstring, an area that had been affected since the match against San Lorenzo at the Nuevo Gasómetro (12/4, Almirón’s debut as DT). In addition, the youth had had some ailments in his right knee, which is why he had not been able to complete all the previous games.

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Added to these losses are those of Martín Payero (sent off against Racing last Saturday), Marcos Rojo (in the final stage of his right knee rehabilitation after tearing his cruciate ligaments) and Exequiel Zeballos (the medical staff is closely following him because he accuses discomfort in his left knee after undergoing meniscus surgery last February). Bruno Valdez, who fell in the clash against Ciclón, is recovering from a tear in his left femoral biceps.

This morning, the professional team watched live the match between the Reserves that ended 0-0 at the Boca Juniors Training Center. While the soccer players watched the action behind one of the goals, Almirón met Juan Román Riquelme on the balcony of his office and followed the alternatives of the boring preliminary duel with the vice president of the institution.

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To those previously mentioned will be added among the 23 mentioned Javier García, Agustín Sandez, Lautaro Di Lollo, Nahuel Genez, Equi Fernández, Óscar Romero, Esteban Rolón, Diego González, Nicolás Orsini, Miguel Merentiel and Norberto Briasco.

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