Boca Juniors will play their first pre-season friendly against Racing Club, today at 10:10 p.m. (Argentina time) in Mar del Plata.
MATCH RECORD:
Boca Juniors (4-3-3): Agustín Orion; Leandro Marín, Federico Bravo, Claudio Pérez, Nicolás Colazo; Marcelo Meli, Cristian Erbes, Fernando Gago; Cristian Pavón, Jonathan Calleri, Andrés Chávez. Coach: Rodolfo Arruabarrena.
Racing Club (4-4-2): Sebastián Saja; Iván Pillud, Luciano Lollo, Yonathan Cabral, Leandro Grimi; Gastón Díaz, Francisco Cerro, Luciano Aued, Ricardo Centurión; Diego Milito, Gustavo Bou. Coach: Diego Cocca.
Referee: Patricio Loustau.
Time: 10:10 p.m. (Argentina time).
Stadium: José María Minella (Mar del Plata).
BOCA’S NEWS:
Arrivals: Pablo Pérez (Málaga), Cristian Pavón (Colón), Guillermo Sara (Betis), Alexis Rolín (Catania).
Departures: Juan Forlín (Al-Rayyan), Emanuel Insúa (Udinese), Hernán Grana (All Boys), Mariano Echeverría (Tigre), Leonardo Suárez (Villarreal), Nahuel Zárate (Godoy Cruz), Joel Acosta (Olimpo), Pablo Ledesma.
-Cristian Pavón, the 18-year old forward, will debut in Boca Juniors.
-Arruabarrena will test Federico Bravo as central defender.
Injured: Lisandro Magallán, Alexis Rolín
Suspended: Daniel Díaz.
RACING’S NEWS:
Arrivals: Brian Fernández (Defensa y Justicia).
Departures: Gabriel Hauche (Xolos de Tijuana), Martín Pérez Guedes (Quilmes).
-Racing is the last champion of the Argentinian Tournament. Diego Cocca maintains the core of that team.
-Francisco Cerro will replace Ezequiel Videla in the midfield.
Injured: Ezequiel Videla.
Suspended: none.
HEAD-TO-HEAD in friendly matches: Boca wins 35, Racing wins 27. Ties 22.
Last friendly (Summer of 2013: Boca Juniors 1 – Racing Club 2):
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