From 6:30 p.m., Boca Argentinos will host La Bombonera in the quarter-finals of the Clausura Championship. The referee will be Fernando Echenique and will be broadcast on ESPN Premium and TNT Sports. Zenize, one of the most prominent candidates to win the title, wants to continue strengthening his strength in front of his people against one of the best teams in Argentine football, which reached the final of the Argentine Cup.
There is no doubt that there is great excitement in Boca, led by Claudio Ubeda, after he became one of the top eight players in the final league. Xeneize has reeled off five straight wins and also found a team to remember after an erratic year. However, he knows that today he will not have an easy time against an opponent that he has not been able to overcome in the two matches he has played in 2025. The elimination of Rosario Central and River has put him on the list of favorites for the La Ribera club, which will once again decide the La Bombonera series.
Aside from some speculation, Claudio Ubeda will repeat the same team that eliminated Talleres last weekend. Although he is evaluating the possibility of adding a midfielder, he will keep the back nine of Miguel Merentel and Milton Jimenez. The same will happen with Carlos Palacios, who has raised his level in front of the “T” and will continue in his place in the midfield.
The only thing the Siphon can rotate is the tactical scheme, as he will alternate between 4-4-2 and 4-3-3, using Merentil as a sort of striker. For their part, despite the recovery of Rodrigo Battaglia, Milton Delgado and Leandro Paredes will continue to form a five-man duo in the midfield. For his part, after leaving the hospital, Alan Velasco will not concentrate, and will be moved little by little, after suffering a strain in the inner collateral ligament in his right knee.
In the lead comes the sharp Argentinos, after the elimination of Velez’s Jose Amalfitani. El Bicho repaired the course after losing the final of the Copa Argentina, and managed purely effectively to reach this stage thanks to the good performance of Hernan López Muñoz, who scored two wonderful goals against Fortin. Although they didn’t finish well in Zone A and will have to make themselves known as visitors, La Paternal have become one of the toughest teams in the playoffs and are ready to go out in La Boca this afternoon.
As for the team, it suffered an unexpected loss during the week, and Nicolas Diez will repeat the same 11 that Guillermo Barros Schelotto’s team spent. Although Gonzalo Seri feels discomfort in his hip, he will finally be part of the game at La Bombonera, although the coach has assessed youngster Agustin Mangiaut’s chance.