Buenos Aires, March 24 (NA) – Experienced Boca Juniors goalkeeper Agustín Marchesín will be sidelined for several weeks after confirming a grade 3 tear in his right adductor muscle, according to the club's medical report. Despite the severity of the injury, the club maintains a "cautious optimism" and points to a key date in the calendar: April 14th against Barcelona de Ecuador in the Libertadores Cup, and just five days later, the Superclásico against River Plate on April 19th. Reaching those commitments seems like a medical fantasy today, but Marchesín has already started physiotherapy work with the goal of shortening deadlines. The extent of the fiber tear not only sidelines the goalkeeper for the visit to Córdoba to face Talleres in matchday 13 of the Professional League, but also rules him out of the international debut in the Copa Libertadores against Universidad Católica. The sequence of the injury occurred in the final minutes of the match against "La Gloria". Meanwhile, "Mundo Boca" places its trust in the gloves of Leandro Brey to face the tough challenges ahead on the local and international front. Despite the evident pain and medical attention on the field, Marchesín tried to force himself to finish the match, but his physique said enough. Finally, according to what Noticias Argentinas agency learned, he had to give his place to the young Leandro Brey, who now carries the responsibility of being the starter in a critical stretch of the season. With an estimated recovery time of several weeks, Boca's medical team will monitor the player's evolution day by day. What began as a gesture of pain and concern at the end of the clash against Instituto became, after rigorous medical studies, a lapidary confirmation for the technical staff of the blue and gold team: Agustín Marchesín suffered a grade 3 tear in his right adductor, the most severe scale in muscle injuries. The diagnosis fell like a bucket of cold water in the Ezeiza facility. A sudden pull in the adductor area immediately set off the alarm signals.
