Carlos Palacios goes all semester without playing at Boca | OneFootball

Chilean Carlos Palacios was left out of the squad list for the final match of the first half of the year against Universidad Católica, thus wrapping up a semester in which he was unable to play a single official minute in a Boca shirt.

The Xeneize are preparing to bring the curtain down on the first part of the year in their clash against the Chilean side. When the list of players available to the coaching staff for this final commitment was announced, a trend that remained unchanged throughout these months was confirmed: the forward’s absence.

Carlos Palacios during a training session at Boca.

During the first few months of the year, the Renca native was unable to train normally due to chronic synovitis in his right knee. Given the persistence of the discomfort, the medical staff and the player decided to opt for surgery after the competition had already begun. Palacios ultimately underwent surgery on February 23, which required a long rehabilitation period that kept him off the pitch for the rest of the semester.

Carlos Palacios and a semester to forget

To find the winger’s last appearance with minutes on the field, you have to go back to the end of last season. His last official appearance was on December 7, in the match where Boca suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Racing Club at La Bombonera.

Since that day, Carlos Palacios’ situation has been marked exclusively by recovery work in physiotherapy and a gradual return to full fitness, as he was increasingly joining training sessions with the rest of the group, which seemed to indicate that he would finish with some minutes in the final matches of the semester.

The Chilean has not played since December 2025.

Now, with the first half of the year over for him, the Chilean will have to turn the page heading into the second half of the competition, which will begin after the World Cup, looking to put his knee problem behind him, regain the match sharpness he has lost, and fight for a place in the team.

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