Boca Juniors, fourth with 20 points, will visit Estudiantes de La Plata, fifth with 21 units, this Sunday, in the framework of the fourteenth round of Group A of the Torneo Clausura of the Professional Football League. The match will be played at the Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium in La Plata starting at 4:00 PM with Leandro Rey Hilfer as referee, while Ariel Penel will be in charge of VAR. The 'Xeneize' secured three crucial points to solidify their position in the upper half of Group A and to start advancing towards the round of 16 of the tournament. For this match against the La Plata team, the former assistant coach under Russo will have two significant absences in midfield: the captain and world champion Leandro Paredes, who received his fifth yellow card against Barracas Central, and Rodrigo Battaglia, who continues to recover from a muscle tear in his left calf. These players will be replaced by Milton Delgado and Tomás Belmonte. Likewise, Úbeda will give the chance to prove himself as a starter to Exequiel Zeballos, a forward who has had good performances coming off the bench in the last two matches. The Boca youth product will replace Chilean Williams Alarcón. On the other hand, Eduardo Domínguez's team played its last match two weeks ago when, as the home team, they defeated Gimnasia 2-0 in the La Plata classic corresponding to the interzonal of the thirteenth round of the Torneo Clausura. For this match against Boca, the former Colón de Santa Fe coach will be in charge of his 150th match with the 'Pincha' and will field the same team that defeated the 'Lobo' in the Buenos Aires province capital classic. These are the probable lineups and other details of the match.
Torneo Clausura of the Professional League - Group A - Fourteenth round Estudiantes de La Plata - Boca Juniors Stadium: Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata. Referee: Leandro Rey Hilfer. VAR: Ariel Penel. Time: 4:00 PM. TV: TNT Sports.
Estudiantes de La Plata: Fernando Muslera; Román Gómez, Santiago Núñez, Facundo Rodríguez, Santiago Arzamendia; Mikel Amondarain, Santiago Ascacibar, Cristian Medina; Edwin Cetré, Tiago Palacios and Guido Carrillo. Coach: Eduardo Domínguez.
Boca Juniors: Agustín Marchesín; Juan Barinaga, Lautaro Di Lollo, Ayrton Costa, Lautaro Blanco; Milton Delgado, Tomás Belmonte, Carlos Palacios, Exequiel Zeballos; Miguel Merentiel and Milton Giménez. Coach: Claudio Úbeda.
The broadcast will be handled by TNT Sports. Claudio Úbeda's team comes from a 3-1 victory over Barracas Central last Monday as visitors, in the framework of the postponed match of the twelfth round, postponed due to the death of Boca's coach in office, Miguel Ángel Russo.
