Paredes, Zeballos and others travel to back Boca team-mates | OneFootball

Tonight, Boca makes its debut in the Copa Argentina against Gimnasia de Chivilcoy in Salta, in a match where, although they will take the field with several players who are not usually part of the starting eleven, they need a comfortable victory to change the outlook for a team that hasn't achieved results.

In order to have the maximum possible support, Leandro Paredes, Juan Barinaga, Alan Velasco, and Exequiel Zeballos traveled to the northern province as a gesture towards their teammates despite their respective injuries that left them out of the lineup.

The captain, scheduled to return on Saturday against Gimnasia de Mendoza after the sprain he suffered against Platense, led this small delegation along with Zeballos, who has been dealing with a muscle problem since early February, Velasco, with a strain since the first match of the Apertura, and Barinaga, the latest casualty of the Ribera team after the tear he suffered in training before the trip, which caused him not to be called up.

The big absentee among these names is Edinson Cavani, who stayed in Buenos Aires as the coaching staff decided to preserve him to get him physically ready for the next match, after he was booed in the classic against Racing.

Additionally, Rodrigo Battaglia, Milton Giménez, and Carlos Palacios also stayed home, all sidelined by more significant injuries that required surgery and still have months to go before receiving medical clearance.

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