hugo ibarra, boca coach, heading to abu dhabi to play the international super cup / twitter
Boca, with the four goalkeepers from the squad, including Agustín Rossi, who signed a pre-contract with Flamengo from Brazil to join on July 1, and Juan Román Riquelme, the manager of the club’s soccer area, as part of the delegation, traveled with destination to Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, on the occasion of the match that will be held on Friday against Racing for the so-called International Super Cup.
Curiously, the Academy shared the same flight that departed from the Ezeiza international airport, with seats occupied according to a curious raffle carried out by representatives of both institutions.
There was Ibarra, the coach of the Xeneize team, decided to summon 30 players to participate in the roster that will go to Asian territory with the purpose of winning the first official trophy of the 2023 season.
In this way, Rossi, 27, who already has his arrival guaranteed, because he signed a pre-contract, at Flamengo in Brazil, for the second half of the year, will once again be available to the coach, after being provisionally left out of the friendly last Friday in San Juan against Everton de Viña del Mar, a test that ended tied without annotations.
The goalkeeper signed a contract with the Rio de Janeiro institution until December 2027.
This picture of the situation, in principle, would not deprive the former goalkeeper from Lanús and Chacarita, who also went through Estudiantes and Defensa, from entering the consideration of Ibarra, who would even think of him as a starter in the clash with the Academy, postponing Javier García and Sergio (Chiquito”) Romero, the main candidates for the position.
Defenders Marcos Rojo and Nicolás Figal were also included in the travel list, despite the fact that both will not be available to act either, as they continue to recover from physical discomfort.
The same will happen with midfielder Martín Payero, who withdrew last Friday with severe ankle trauma in the match against the Chilean team at the San Juan Bicentenario stadium.
Boca and Racing will meet this Friday in Abu Dhabi, starting at 1:30 p.m. in Argentina, for the International Super Cup. The match will be controlled by referee Fernando Rapallini.
On the other hand, the Peruvian marker Alexander Callens appears on the radar of the Boca leadership and could be a reinforcement of the team, in case of ironing out “some contractual differences” and passing the medical examination.
The 30-year-old central defender has just been released from New York City of Major League Soccer (MLS) in United States soccer.
And according to what was revealed by those close to the auriazul entity from the soccer player’s representation agency “they offered the player” to the Soccer Council headed by Riquelme.
Callens joins a list in which Sergio Barreto, the Independiente center-back for whom negotiations are also being held, is also listed.
