Santiago Ascacibar ruled out with injury, misses clash against Instituto | OneFootball

Bad news for Boca: it has been confirmed that Santiago Ascacibar has a muscle injury and will not be able to play the next match with the Xeneize. The midfielder will need several weeks to recover.

El Ruso Ascacibar suffered a muscle strain in the hamstring of his left leg and will be out for several weeks. The good news is that, although his absence for the team's next match is confirmed, he will not miss several games.

The midfielder is a key piece in Claudio Úbeda's team, who will have to find a replacement for this Sunday's match at La Bombonera. The Xeneize will host La Gloria for matchday 12 of the Torneo Apertura and it is already confirmed that there will be a forced change.

Santiago Ascacibar will miss Sunday's match.

The positive side of this bad news is that after the match against Instituto, there will be a break for the FIFA Date. The team will play again on the weekend of Sunday, April 5 against Talleres, and the midfielder, who previously played for Estudiantes, is aiming to return for that match. If he is not ready, he will have to return against Independiente.

Who will replace Santiago Ascacibar

Considering the change Claudio Úbeda made in the match where El Ruso was injured (against Unión), the replacement could be the Spaniard Ander Herrera. Sifón chose Vasco when the former Pincha asked to be substituted five minutes into the second half.

Úbeda will have to make a forced change.

Thus, Ander Herrera could be the one chosen by the coach to take the spot alongside Leandro Paredes and join Milton Delgado and Tomás Aranda in midfield. The coach intends not to make many changes to the starting lineup, so this could be the only change.

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