The Boca Juniors Courier
Squad5 Apr 2027
The knee: Mauricio Jiménez out for 101 days
101 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Boca Juniors lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
Lautaro Blanco keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Boca Juniors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
Boca Juniors for sale?
Nothing signed, nothing denied, and a lot of people being careful with their words. Supporters who have been through one of these know the quiet part lasts months.
Match3 Apr 2027
7 unbeaten for Boca Juniors
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Boca Juniors did not have in the autumn.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Real improvement from Matías Fuentes at Boca Juniors
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Matías Fuentes is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Match3 Apr 2027
After 6 games, Boca Juniors finally taste it again
The first defeat in 6 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Unión de Santa Fe; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Boca Juniors
Sebastián Villa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Joaquín Ruiz signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Joaquín Ruiz commits to Boca Juniors for another 4 years.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
The Boca Juniors board find $33.7M for the manager
Money, not words, and it is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending $33.7M well is entirely his problem now.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Leandro Lozano
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Santiago Ascacíbar has become a man the manager trusts