What happened to the Uruguayan striker who will not be available against River in the Monumental

The news in Boca It hit minutes that River is measured against Independiente del Valle in Ecuador for Copa Libertadores: Edinson Cavani is torn and the Superclassic Sunday will be lost at the Monumental stadium.

The novelty about the ‘Matador’ began to circulate this Wednesday afternoon with rumor tone. The Uruguayan had not completed the practice – the cast of Fernando Gago returned after two days of rest – for a nuisance. It was said and speculated that it was something less. But at night the certainty came with medical studies: tear in the right twin. It will have at least three weeks of recovery.

It is possible that Cavani has been produced during the match against Estudiantes de la Plata, last Saturday in La Bombonera, when he missed a penalty that extended his scoring drought.

Cavani played 11 of the 17 games that Boca played in 2025 and scored two goals. For now, the current season is the 2024 countercara, when it hit 20 shouts in 39 games. The Uruguayan was not available against Argentino de Monte Corn on January 18, at the start of the season and for the Argentine Cup. He started at the beginning of the Opening Tournament against Argentinos Juniors, but lacked Union in Santa Fe because Fernando Gago did not want to demand it. He returned against Hurricane, left his mark on the network in the triumph by 2 to 1 and suffered a blow of César Ibáñez that then went unnoticed. Against Racing, in the fall by 2 to 0, he played injured. And he had to stop for three weeks due to a fissure in the lumbar area.

The attacker born in Salto 38 years ago suffered at that time “A posttraumatic bone edema associated with fracture stroke on the left transverse process of L3 without displacement”. And he could not play the first leg against Alianza Lima and returned to revenge because the situation merited him, to the limit in the deadlines of his recovery. The play that failed below the arch shook him internally. To the point that he offered his apologies at the time of kicking in the prison in the definition and also did it through his social networks.

But Cavani came from a good streak: he started in the last 7 games, also adding almost every minutes. That is why the killer’s tear is inopportune. Much more if you take into account that you are also in doubt Milton Giménezwho suffered a sprain in the right ankle against Belgrano.

The alternatives for the attack, thus, would be Miguel remediel y Exequiel Zeballos. Further back in consideration Braian Aguirre, Lucas Janson. Another variant could be the appearance of Velasco And the advancement in the Chilean field Carlos Palacios. Or will there be a space for a scheme change?