Úbeda gets Velasco and Romero back, but keeps Boca line-up | OneFootball

For the first time in many weeks, there is a sense of greater calm at Boca Predio. Although the thrashing of Lanús does not solve all of the team’s problems—not by a long shot—internally they understand that it could be a hopeful starting point on which Claudio Úbeda wants to build to get the ship back on course.

And to the team’s overall good performance in the South, in what was the best showing of the year after several disappointing matches, the coaching staff adds the good news that Alan Velasco and Ángel Romero will be back for the match against San Lorenzo this Wednesday.

Almost a month and a half after the sprain in his left knee suffered against Deportivo Riestra in the first round, Velasco was able to take part in a training match with the substitutes during the week without any issues, marking an important step in his recovery. At Boca, the aim is for him to be available for the clásico, being part of the substitutes’ bench as an option.

The same goes for Romero, who is, in fact, a former San Lorenzo player. On Saturday, the Paraguayan trained alongside his teammates again after the muscle discomfort in his right adductor that he suffered before the match against Gimnasia de Mendoza. It was not diagnosed as a tear, and that’s why, just 10 days later, he is once again available to Boca’s coach.

Given all this, both are expected to be on the list for Wednesday, but it won’t change Úbeda’s plans: the idea is to stick with the same Boca starting eleven that handed Lanús a 3-0 defeat away and shone like never before in the Sifón era, finding connections, through balls, and a fluid playing circuit in which Leandro Paredes found an ideal partner in Tomás Aranda in the attacking third.

The Boca lineup expected to face San Lorenzo Agustín Marchesín; Marcelo Weigandt, Lautaro Di Lollo, Ayrton Costa, Lautaro Blanco; Santiago Ascacíbar, Leandro Paredes, Milton Delgado, Tomás Aranda; Miguel Merentiel and Ádam Bareiro.

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