06/28/2024 1:00 p.m.
At first it was not known if it was him. The clothing against the cold on the harsh Ezeiza morning did not allow us to discover it from the start. But there he was, under the black wool hat and the fleece collar over his face. Exequiel Zeballos was the big news in the return to training, at the start of this preseason for the second half of 2024 that will take place entirely at Boca Predio.
The Changuito is a top reinforcement. Beyond Gary Medelthe first to arrive in this transfer market, and of the other players who will complete the squad, the 22-year-old forward occupies that place. He is a player who was not there because in October of last year he tore the cruciate ligaments in his right knee in Córdoba.he was operated on and had to face (again for him) a long recovery that ended before the official competition ended in the first semester. Although at that time he was discharged and had in fact already done several field works, now His reintegration into the group with his colleagues was formalized.
Without a doubt, A news worth its weight in gold for Diego Martínez. Because of what Zeballos means for Boca, but above all from a functional point of view: nowadays, the coach does not have a player as unbalanced and with a goal as number 7 on the squad. It’s more, It is a position that the Gigolo had suggested covering in this transfer market. Neither Langoni, who is more of a midfielder than a winger, nor Janson or Briasco who were not up to the taskwere able to make up for Chango’s absence.
Changuito Zeballos has already joined the rest of his teammates. It is a change that is worth its weight in gold for Martínez (Boca Press).
THE RETURN OF CHANGUITO ZEBALLOS TO THE COURTS
When will you be able to play again? When Martínez decides. At least that is the intention they have at Boca. What’s more, Zeballos would already be among those concentrated for the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana playoff, on July 17 in Quito against Independiente del Valle (the return will be on 7/24 in La Bombonera).
“I feel very good, even better than before. I worked hard. With the physiotherapists, with Jorge (Batista, the team doctor in charge of operating on him). I feel very strong. Now I have to come back and I want to come back well.”, Changuito had said at the end of May on the Boca Channel. And he just came back.
