Edinson Cavani and a half-season to forget in his final Boca year | OneFootball

Edinson Cavani’s first half of the year has produced a result that no one in the Boca world could have imagined. The Uruguayan striker will not be included in the squad for the team’s last match of the semester, bringing an end to a spell marked by a lack of continuity and a back injury.

The decision not to include him in the squad list for the final match was made by coach Claudio Úbeda, who left the experienced Uruguayan forward with no chance of getting minutes in this Thursday’s crucial clash against Universidad Católica.

In this match, corresponding to the sixth round of the Copa Libertadores group stage, Xeneize are playing for nothing less than qualification to the round of 16 of the continental tournament and, as in most games, will not have the 39-year-old striker available.

Edinson Cavani played only 2 matches this year.

The semester’s statistics lay bare the striker’s difficult situation: he played only 2 of the 24 matches in this part of the year. A truly alarming number for a player of his stature, whose role had been expected to be far more prominent.

Over the past few weeks, it seemed that his back injury was becoming a thing of the past as he logged training minutes with the rest of the group, but reality showed otherwise. Given how much Boca had at stake in these matches, neither he nor Carlos Palacios were part of the squad list to play.

Edinson Cavani’s only appearances this year

To review his only appearances on the pitch, you have to go back to the opening stages of the 2026 Apertura Tournament. His first match of the year was on February 15, in a 0-0 draw against Platense, where the Uruguayan came on in the second half and played 25 minutes.

Just five days later, on February 20, he made his second appearance in another goalless draw, this time in the derby against Racing. In that match, the striker started but was substituted in the 79th minute.

Cavani’s contract expires at the end of the year.

Since that meeting with La Academia, El Matador has not played again. Now, while Úbeda’s team focuses exclusively on securing its place in the next round of the cup without him, Edinson Cavani’s future raises a major question mark ahead of planning for the second half of the year.

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