Concern in Boca over Pipa Benedetto’s injury
The clock had not yet struck 10 minutes in La Plata when Darío Benedetto he sat on the court and asked for the change. The Boca Juniors striker felt a muscle discomfort that prevented him from continuing on the pitch. Diminished in the physical, the Pipa He also wanted to be present at the postponed visit of the team to Gimnasia en el Bosquebut he could not last long and was replaced by the youthful Gonzalo Morales.
Benedetto suffered an injury to his left calf after receiving a foul from the defender tripero Oscar Pyris. Although he will undergo medical studies in the next few hours, It seems unlikely that it will be available next Sunday, when Boca hosts Independiente at the Bombonera for the last day of the Professional League and define who is the new champion of Argentine soccer. “I tore everything”, was the phrase of the protagonist, as reported in the broadcast of TNT Sports.
Before being substituted, he had barely participated in a good attack wasted by the visit: the 9 received in three quarters of the field and commanded an offensive that ended with his wrong pass before Pol Fernández escalated from the right. The scorer hesitated to shoot from mid-range and that fraction of a second in which he hesitated allowed the Lobo rearrange on the back and recover.
In the limited complement (a time of 41′ and another of 40′ was played), the Xeneize suffered another loss: Fabra, author of a real great goalretired with discomfort due to a blow and left his place to Agustín Sandez. It will be another of the doubts to face the transcendental commitment of the weekend despite the fact that, in principle, his departure would have been strictly as a precaution. Although the Colombian said goodbye with a thumbs up before getting on the bus, he had obvious difficulty doing so.
Despite the recoveries of Carlos Zambrano and Nicolás Figal for this suspended duel against Gimnasia, Boca had just lost Marcos Rojo against Sarmiento de Junín. The tight schedule and the high demand for matches and physical exertion pushed the players to the limit.
This is why the well-known doctor of the de la Ribera family, George Batista, made a release on social networks on the subject: “I want to take a few minutes to reflect on the situation that all DTs, Physical Trainers, Doctors, Nutritionists, Sports Psychologists and Kinesiologists of Argentine soccer go through and I would even encourage myself to say about world football. I do not raise it as a complaint but as the analysis of a complex situation that arises in football. Tight schedules. Great physical and mental exhaustion of ALL the campuses, because most of them fight for something. No one is to blame for this situation but unfortunately none of the professionals I mentioned before can do magic. From first to last. God willing I was wrong but in these dates that remain the number of injuries in the schools I think it will inevitably increase. Fans and journalists please take this situation into account and know that it is very difficult for EVERYONE to work in these extreme situations. The TIME factor is the only thing that can NOT be modified in life. In relation to the injuries that occurred on the day of the date, soon after the studies we will report the status of the players.
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