Boca await Cavani and Palacios to shape their line-up against Newell’s | OneFootball

After the shake-up in Florencio Varela, where it lost more than three points, Boca starts the work week in Ezeiza with the plan to turn the page and with the full focus on recovering two key soldiers thinking about Newell's: Edinson Cavani and Carlos Palacios.

The coaching staff, which over the weekend had Claudio Úbeda as head coach due to the health situation of Miguel Ángel Russo (it is still unknown when he will be able to rejoin), will closely follow the evolution of two pieces it considers starters. Although recovery times are pressing, they do not rule out that they will be ready by the weekend, especially the captain.

Cavani already missed the draw with Central Córdoba and the defeat with Defensa y Justicia due to a strain in the right psoas, while Palacios suffered the same injury in the left pectineus muscle before playing with El Halcón, which makes it more complex that he can be at La Bombonera next Sunday. In fact, he was not called up for the October FIFA date with Chile.

This Tuesday's rehearsal at the Ezeiza Training Center will provide a first glimpse of how they are progressing in their respective rehabilitations and will open the game to see if they are taken into consideration. Boca did not flow in Varela, it lacked efficiency and it has not won for two matches, so if Cavani is fit it is likely that he will return to the starting line-up for Milton Giménez.

And Palacios? If he manages to leave his muscle problem behind in record time, everything indicates that he will return to his place in the eleven for Alan Velasco, who could not take advantage of the opportunity against Defensa. Although the ups and downs of the Chilean in recent times are unavoidable, it is also a fact that the team lost a key link that gives the team play and connects the lines between the double five and the forward.

In fact, Úbeda emphasized it in a press conference: "Palacios is the connector who receives all the passes from Rodrigo (Battaglia) and Lea (Paredes) and connects well with the forwards. His absence was noticeable". With the 5 "overloaded" with tasks, Boca suffered and against La Lepra, unless a miracle, he will also not be there. New chance for Velasco?

The possible eleven of Boca against Newell's

Agustín Marchesín; Juan Barinaga, Lautaro Di Lollo, Ayrton Costa, Lautaro Blanco; Brian Aguirre, Rodrigo Battaglia, Leandro Paredes, Alan Velasco or Carlos Palacios; Miguel Merentiel and Milton Giménez or Edinson Cavani.

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