Leandro Paredes backs a Boca player sidelined by Miguel Russo | OneFootball

After a spring of three consecutive victories, Miguel Ángel Russo's Boca has fallen back into the inconsistency that characterized them throughout the year, even before the coach's arrival to face the Club World Cup. Now, they have gone three matches without a win, with draws against Rosario Central and Central Córdoba, plus the recent and painful last-minute defeat against Defensa y Justicia.

In a collective performance with more shortcomings than successes, Leandro Paredes has managed to maintain a good level. The player returned from Europe to take charge of the football that the Xeneize has been lacking for years and has had no trouble assuming that role, even when the team's urgencies make the ball feel like a hot potato to many.

If Miguel Ángel Russo seemed to have found the team after three successful performances against Independiente Rivadavia, Banfield, and Aldosivi, the lead-up to next Sunday's match against Newell’s at La Bombonera once again sees players who have put their place in the starting lineup at risk due to poor performances and others who are fighting to earn the coach's trust.

Regarding the latter, Leandro Paredes drew attention with a "like" from his personal Instagram account on a post that highlighted the work being done with the Argentine National Team in the U-20 World Cup by Milton Delgado, a player in whom Fernando Gago had placed great expectations but who lost significant ground with the change of command.

The post by Planeta Boca Juniors highlighted the young player as the "master and lord of the Argentine National Team's midfield" after two matches, both victories against Cuba and Australia; something the world champion in Qatar validated with his public reaction.

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