Edinson Cavani put an end to 2024 in Football matters and closed the year with interesting numbers for the number of matches he played with the Boca shirt this season. Being the reference of the attack and captain of the squad, the Uruguayan became the protagonist of the cast.
The Matador is one of the players who will be absent in the key duel that the team led by Fernando Gago will have to receive Independiente this Saturday from 7:15 p.m. where they must achieve victory to dream of qualifying for the Copa Libertadores 2025 after a year where He could not be part and played in South America. According to what was revealed, his absence would be due to a physical discomfort.
Faced with this situation, Cavani closed his numbers for this season: the forward with an extensive career and time in international football closed the year with 39 games (36 starts) with a total of 2901 minutes. In that amount of time in which he had a leading role, he scored 20 points, with an average goal every 131 minutesand attended only twice.
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Which are the 5 Boca stars who will miss the last game against Independiente
Boca He had an irregular 2024, and for the demands of one of the largest clubs in the country, it was a pretty bad year, without titles, far from fighting in tournaments, without playing the Copa Libertadores and also bad from a football perspective. However, they close the season against Independiente in front of their people, in a very important match from an emotional point of view.
Closing with a victory against a classic rival that consolidates the growing momentum of the team led by Fernando Gago will be essential to raise spirits in the face of 2025 where his presence in the Copa Libertadores has not yet been confirmed, but where he will fight in the new Club World Cup.
However, faced with this complex panorama, Pintita will have to face the duel in the Bombonera with important casualties of renowned players in the squad for various reasons, so they will have to recover from the adversity of absences.
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Boca's five casualties for the match with Rojo
The Boca world came to a standstill this Friday due to the absence of Edinson Cavani on the list of those called up to receive Independiente this Saturday at La Bombonera, within the framework of the last date of the Professional League. The coaching staff decided to preserve him because he had suffered a slight physical discomfort in the victory against Newell's.
On the other hand, the decrease in Nicolas Figal It didn't attract as much attention because it was known in advance that it wasn't going to be there. The defender has fibrosis in his right ankle and is analyzing the possibility of surgery, which would prevent him from joining the squad in the first month of the preseason.
Something similar happened with Sergio Romero, who could not finish training on Thursday due to discomfort in one of his knees, where he had already suffered complications upon his arrival in 2022. Therefore, Javier García, whose contract ends on December 31 and it is already known that he will not will renew, he will take the place of Leandro Brey's substitute goalkeeper.
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The cases of Juan Ramírez and Gary Medel
On the other hand are the cases of Juan Ramírez and Gary Medel, because they will be on the list of possible departures for 2025.
The Chilean is not part of Gago's consideration and in Chile they say that he has everything arranged to return to Universidad Católica, although the Football Council has not received any notification yet.
Meanwhile, the midfielder with a past in San Lorenzo, like Agustín Martegani, could leave in the next transfer market and is not in the coach's future plans, so he will not be in the last duel of the year.
