Boca will host Gimnasia de Mendoza this Saturday afternoon for the eighth matchday of the Apertura tournament, and head coach Claudio Úbeda has almost defined the starting eleven. According to the Argentine News Agency, Agustín Marchesín will be in goal, who had a great performance in the last match against Racing to keep the clean sheet. Regarding the defense, the central pairing will be formed by Ayrton Costa and Luciano Di Lollo, who are becoming increasingly established in that position, while the full-backs will be Marcelo Weigandt and Lautaro Blanco. Although called up, midfielder Leandro Paredes, recently recovered from an ankle injury, will not start but could get minutes in the second half. Additionally, Chilean Williams Alarcón and Tomás Belmonte are fighting for a position. Finally, the forward line will consist of Lucas Janson, Uruguayan Miguel Merentiel, and Paraguayan Adam Bareiro, who comes off an impeccable debut for the 'Xeneize' by scoring a brace in the Argentine Cup match against Gimnasia y Esgrima de Chivilcoy.
This is how Boca will line up against Gimnasia de Mendoza: Agustín Marchesín; Marcelo Weigandt, Lautaro Di Lollo, Ayrton Costa, Lautaro Blanco; Milton Delgado, Santiago Ascacíbar, Williams Alarcón or Tomás Belmonte; Lucas Janson, Miguel Merentiel and Adam Bareiro. Coach: Claudio Úbeda.
In this way, the players who have a secured place in that sector of the pitch are Milton Delgado and Santiago Ascacíbar.
