Diego Martínez changed the formation for this Wednesday’s match, which starts at 8:30 p.m. at La Bombonera, and will play in a 4-3-3 formation. The coach opted for Exequiel Zeballos to start and Agustín Martegani to make his debut.
- Boca vs. Banfield, needing to add three points at La Bombonera
Boca trained in the afternoon before playing against Banfield
After tying 0-0 against Instituto away, Boca will look to recover football-wise against Banfield at La Bombonera. As the Xeneize played the Copa Sudamericana play-off while the seventh round of the Professional League was being played during the week, they will make up for that pending match against Taladro this Wednesday, starting at 8:30 p.m. In order to return to winning ways and raise the level, Diego Martínez will make changes to the formation and names with respect to the team that took to the field at the Monumental de Alta Córdoba.
The first big change will be in the tactical structure, because Boca will go from playing with its traditional 4-4-2 to a 4-3-3. The current coach’s tenure had been characterized by playing with two central midfielders and two others on the wings, with the option of one of those who was stuck to the wing moving towards the middle, as a kind of playmaker. On this occasion, he will play with three midfielders, who specialize particularly in the central lane, and a trio of attackers.
Although the defense will be the same one that tied against Instituto – Luis Advíncula, Gary Medel, Marcos Rojo and Lautaro Blanco – the midfield will have a surprising presence. Agustín Martegani, a new signing from San Lorenzo for 2.6 million dollars, will be the one to accompany Guillermo Pol Fernández, who is in the process of defining his football future and appears as a possible addition to Sao Paulo, and Tomás Belmonte, who arrived from Necaxa in this market.
The midfielder with a past at Salernitana in Italy underwent a medical on Monday afternoon and on Tuesday he had his second training session with the group, so it seems strange that he will start right away. The youngster Julián Ceballos, who had been in both formations used by the Xeneize in the round of 32 of the Sudamericana, will leave his place in the starting eleven.
Boca bought 80 percent of Agustín Martegani’s transfer from San Lorenzo, who was not going to consider him after his return from loan at Salernitana (@BocaJrsOficial).
The forward line will have the novelty of the return of Exequiel Zeballos, who had been playing minutes from the bench, but never in the starting line-up. El Changuito recently finished overcoming a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and the external meniscus of his right knee, suffered in October of last year against Belgrano in Córdoba. As usual, Edinson Cavani and Miguel Merentiel, the lightning-fast Uruguayan duo of the Ribera team, will complete the list of starters.
The formation of Boca vs. Banfield, for the Professional League
Sergio Romero; Luis Advincula, Gary Medel, Marcos Rojo, Lautaro Blanco; Tomas Belmonte, Pol Fernandez, Agustin Martegani; Miguel Merentiel, Edinson Cavani and Exequiel Zeballos.
The players called up for Boca vs. Banfield, for the Professional League
Archers
- Sergio Romero
- Javier Garcia
Defenders
- Lautaro DiLollo
- Marcos Rojo
- Matthew Mendia
- Jorge Nicolas Figal
- Gary Medel
- Lautaro Blanco
- Frank Fabra
- Marcelo Saracchi
- Luis Advincula
Midfielders
- Guillermo Fernandez
- Mauricio Benitez
- Thomas Belmonte
- Milton Delgado
- Jabes Saralegui
- Julian Ceballos
- Augustin Martegani
Forwards
- Miguel Merentiel
- Edinson Cavani
- Exequiel Zeballos
- Lucas Johnson
- Milton Gimenez
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