From 21.30, Boca Juniors will visit Deportivo Cali for date 1 of Group E of the 2022 Copa Libertadores. The match, which will have the referee of Venezuelan Jesús Valenzuela, can be followed by Fox Sports and Star+.
Xeneize will start a new edition of the continent's top competition with the same goal it has pursued since winning the trophy for the last time in 2007: to raise the cup again and reach the long-awaited seventh Libertadores in its history. That will be the primary objective for the team of Sebastian Battaglia this season.
And that is why the leadership, led by Juan Román Riquelme and the Football Council, reinforced the squad with several important figures. Boca will not have several important players in the first phase after Conmebol has confirmed the sanctions for those involved in the conflicts during the elimination against Atlético Mineiro in 2021: Sebastián Villa (6 games), Marcos Rojos (5), Carlos Izquierdoz (4 and injured) and Diego González (3) will miss good part of the group stage.
After having won a valuable victory in the Superclassic against River, the xeneizes could not take advantage of the challenge and only equalized in the Bombonera against Arsenal. After being in the lead twice, a mistake between goalkeeper Agustín Rossi and Rojo allowed the Viaduct team to draw the final 2-2 tie. Despite not having won as a home so far in the League Cup, the Ribera team scores first with 15 points together with Tigre and Estudiantes.
For tonight's match at the Estadio Deportivo Cali, Battaglia will make nine changes compared to the eleven that started against Arsenal. The only two that will repeat will be Rossi and Frank Fabra on the left back. The defense will be completed with the return of Luis Advíncula and Carlos Zambrano, who joined after qualifying Peru in the World Cup repechage. The second central marker will be Gastón Ávila, former Rosario Central.
In the midfield, Jorman Campuzano will start again. The Colombian will play from the start because of the injury that took Pol Fernandez off the team and will be accompanied by Cristian Medina and Juan Ramírez. The hitch will be Paraguayan Oscar Romero, while Darío Bendetto will be accompanied by Exequiel Zeballos, who won the internal battle against Eduardo Salvio.
In the case of locals, the present is not the best for the people of Cali. The team that has Venezuelan Rafael Dudamel at the head of the squad has been champions last year, but now they are at the bottom of the standings. Last weekend he equalized scoreless against Deportes la Equidad and only scored 12 points out of 42 possible in the Colombian tournament, so he is the runner-up. With Teo Gutiérrez as the flag, the Glorioso will seek to be the protagonist of a contest he returned to after six years.
The record tells that they met ten times in the Copa Libertadores with five wins for the Argentine team, four draws and a single victory for the Colombians. The most important precedent was the finals of the 1978 edition, which meant the second Xeneize trophy.
Possible trainings
Deportivo Cali: William of Amores; Aldair Gutierrez, Jose Caldera, Jorge Marsiglia and Christian Mafla; Jimmy Congo, Enrique Camargo and Kevin Velasco; Yony Gonzalez, Teo Gutierrez and Agustín Vuletich. DT: Raphael Dudamel.
Boca Juniors: Agustín Rossi; Luis Advíncula, Carlos Zambrano, Gastón Avila and Frank Fabra; Cristian Medina, Jorman Campuzano and Juan Ramirez; Oscar Romero; Exequiel Zeballos and Dario Benedetto. DT: Sebastian Battaglia.
Referee: Jesus Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Hora: 21.30
Stadium: Deportivo Cal
TV: Fox Sports y Star+
Group E Positions:
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