the coach of Boca, Sebastián Battaglia, announced that he will not have striker Eduardo Salvior for this Sunday’s game once morest Lanús following the complaint of his ex-partner due to injuries in the context of gender violence in the early hours of last Thursday.
“We spoke with Toto and surely his head is not for the weekend, we were already aware of everything that was yesterday. Go through a difficult situation and We understand what you are experiencing,” said DT at a press conference this Friday.
“These are difficult situations, we must overcome them. The squad lived through the situation but we have to focus on what’s coming and try to do our best once morest Lanús,” he added.
Salvio, 31, did not attend Boca’s practice on Thursday except for the club to resolve his legal situation following the serious incident in which he dragged his ex-partner Magalí Aravena hanging from the door of his car following an argument that they kept in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Puerto Madero, where the soccer player is domiciled.
“It is a sensitive moment for Salvio, he is resolving his issues. I can’t answer for the others, I’m just going to say that the directors are taking care of it,” continued Battaglia, who always responded briefly and carefully to the large number of journalists present.
“We’ll see how the situation goes. The people of the club are taking care of the issue, I have no further comments to make. I want to talk regarding football”, finished the DT regarding the topic of the moment.
Boca will receive Lanús this Sunday at the Bombonera, from 7:00 p.m.looking to raise their heads in the League Cup, where they have accumulated two consecutive draws (2-2 with Arsenal and goalless once morest Vélez) that prevented them from settling in the qualifying positions for the quarterfinals.
“Now there will be three important games in the local championship and They will be decisive to see if we get the classification. The Libertadores group is even as we expected, luckily we were able to win at home,” Battaglia analyzed.
“The idea is always to have a team made up, without too many modifications but we know that there are many games and they are consecutive. At the same time we have players suspended in the Copa Libertadores and who can play in the championship, so the situation is special,” he described.
For the Libertadores, Boca recovered following the debut with a defeat in Colombia (0 to 2 once morest Deportivo Cali) and beat Always Ready from Bolivia by the same result last Tuesday, a match in which goalkeeper Agustín Rossi had to be replaced due to injury by the former Los Andes youth Leandro Brey (19 years old) since the usual substitute, Javier García, is suspended from the contest.
“These are situations that occur in games Injuries have nothing to do with physical preparation. It’s the risks we take Given the demands of the games, we go through many situations due to ligament injuries or in the ankle area,” argued the coach.
That’s the way it is, the names in the coach’s head for Lanús are as follows: Javier Garcia; Luis Advíncula, Gastón Ávila, Marcos Rojo, Frank Fabra; Cristian Medina, Pol Fernandez, Juan Ramirez; Oscar Romero; Sebastian Villa and Dario Benedetto.
