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

Tonight, Boca makes its debut in the Copa Argentina against Gimnasia de Chivilcoy in Salta. 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 image of a team that has not been getting results.

In order to provide maximum support, Leandro Paredes, Juan Barinaga, Alan Velasco, and Exequiel Zeballos traveled to the northern province as a gesture to their teammates, despite their respective injuries that left them off the squad list.

The captain, expected 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, sidelined with a strain since the first round of the Apertura; and Barinaga, the latest casualty for the Ribera side after suffering a tear during the training session before the trip, which caused him to be left out of the call-up.

The big absentee among these names is Edinson Cavani, who stayed in Buenos Aires as the coaching staff decided to rest him so he can get back to full fitness for the next match, after being booed off in the derby against Racing.

Additionally, Rodrigo Battaglia, Milton Giménez, and Carlos Palacios also stayed home, all sidelined with more serious injuries that required surgery and still have months to go before being medically cleared.

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