Boca Juniors finished the last term in the third spot of the league table, having qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2020. In addition, they reached the Superliga Cup’s final, losing to relegated side Tigre 2-0 but last Wednesday they had a major win at Brazil vs Athletico Paranaense for the 1st leg of the Round of 16 of Copa Libertadores.
Boca Juniors boss Gustavo Alfaro welcomes four new faces: Daniele De Rossi (from AS Roma, Italy), Eduardo Salvio (Benfica, Portugal), Alexis Mac Allister (Argentinos Juniors) and Jan Hurtado (Gimnasia LP).
Huracan lived a terrible spell under coach Antonio Mohamed: they have slid out of the Copa Sudamericana spots, lost to arch-rivals San Lorenzo in the Superliga Cup’s first round and were bottom in their Copa Libertadores group. That’s why boss Juan Pablo Vojvoda arrived in July, but he also had a sorry debut, losing to Godoy Cruz on penalties in the Copa Argentina’s second round two weeks ago.
Even if Boca is expected to rotate their starters due to their Copa Libertadores commitments, they have a huge squad with two full teams that could be regulars in most teams of this league. Huracan, on the other hand, lost the backbone of the team they had last season, they have a new coach and a debut away against the league candidates is definitely very bad news for them.