The Boca Juniors team will seek to regain the path of victory under Fernando Gago when they face Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata this Wednesday in Rosario for a place in the semifinals of the 2024 Copa Argentina. The match will take place at the Coloso Marcelo Bielsa stadium of Newell's at 21:10, officiated by Jorge Baliño and broadcast live on TyC Sports.
Boca is not going through a good time, which led to the departure of Diego Martínez as coach and the arrival of Gago. Gago's debut in charge of the team was a heavy defeat against Tigre by 3-0. After being eliminated in the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana and with no options in the 2024 Liga Profesional, the Copa Argentina became a priority for the "Xeneize" team.
So far in the domestic cup, Boca has managed to overcome Central Norte 3-0, Almirante Brown 2-1, and Talleres de Córdoba on penalties 8-7 after drawing 1-1 in regulation time. They will face Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, a team that qualified by defeating Barracas Central 1-0, with a goal from Benjamín Domínguez.
Boca and Gimnasia have met once in the Copa Argentina in 2018, with the Platense team winning 1-0. For the match, Boca will likely field Sergio Romero or Leandro Brey; Luis Advíncula, Aaron Anselmino, Marcos Rojo, Lautaro Blanco; Cristian Medina, Ignacio Miramón or Guillermo Fernández or Tomás Belmonte, Kevin Zenón; Brian Aguirre, Edinson Cavani, and Miguel Merentiel or Exequiel Zeballos under the direction of Fernando Gago.
On the other hand, Gimnasia, led by Marcelo Méndez, will have Marcos Ledesma; Juan Pintado, Leo Morales, Enzo Martínez, Rodrigo Gallo or Valentín Rodríguez, Lucas Castro, Martín Fernández, Nicolás Garayalde or Augusto Max; Matías Abaldo, Rodrigo Castillo, and Norberto Briasco as possible starters. In their last match, Gimnasia drew 1-1 with Sarmiento de Junín, and in the Liga Profesional, they occupy the fifteenth place with 24 points.
