A Boca player stayed training alone at La Bombonera after the victory | OneFootball

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Boca Juniors beat Barracas Central at La Bombonera, with a goal from Rodrigo Battaglia, his first with the Xeneize jersey.

Although Fernando Gago's team still leaves much to be desired in terms of football production, it has been characterized by great effectiveness this season, especially when playing at home.

Against Guapo, they achieved their seventh victory in the last eight games of the Argentine Professional League Apertura, and are currently leading Zone A of the tournament.

After the match, when there were almost no people left at La Bombonera, the image of a player who did not have minutes but stayed to train alone for a while was surprising.

Is Marcelo Saracchi trying to earn his place?

Olé spread the images showing the empty field and Marcelo Saracchi leaving, without a jersey, after giving it to one of the fans who were leaving La Bombonera.

The Uruguayan did not enter against Barracas Central, and it has been 7 games since he last played for Xeneize.

The left-back position seems to have definitively fallen into the hands of Lautaro Blanco, despite Saracchi appearing as a starter at the beginning of the season.

Precisely, the last time he was a starter was in the most unfortunate match of Boca's season, in the elimination by penalties of the Copa Libertadores at the hands of Alianza Lima.

In that match, the Uruguayan side was marked by an incident that generated a stir on the field and for many ended up harming the team, which at that time was going for the goal that would have avoided penalties.

After that, during the FIFA dates, the side was called up by Marcelo Bielsa for the Uruguayan National Team and was not in Boca. Lautaro Blanco took advantage of his opportunity and greatly improved his performance, so he kept the starting position, until now.

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