On Friday night, the fire stunned Carlos Spegazzini and the residents of Ezeiza. The explosion and the orange flare visible in the distance were understood shortly afterwards when a fire at the industrial center became known, and was only extinguished this Saturday. However, due to the magnitude of the incident, Boca decided to move training to Casa Amarilla in La Boca and close the Boca Predio complex in Ezeiza.
Although Boca Predio is 11 kilometers away, toxic smoke from fires at a pesticide factory and plastic containers has triggered warnings from state and health authorities, and the club has decided to close Boca Predio throughout Saturday while it assesses the environmental situation and monitors the impact of the fire.
This decision directly affected the reserve team, as they were scheduled to train on-site ahead of their quarter-final match against Instituto of the Projection Tournament in Ezeiza on Wednesday the 19th. The boys were therefore taken to Casa Amarilla to ensure a successful morning practice and waited to see what would happen in the next few hours, but it is expected that if it rains, the firefighters’ mission will be over and they will return to training in Boca Predio. The team had just defeated Lanus 1-0, but the Cordoba team defeated Racing in a penalty shootout.
What happened to the first generation? He has already been concentrating at the Intercontinental Hotel since Friday night, and training this Saturday was already scheduled for the morning at Casa Amarilla, as has been the norm in the weeks since Claudio Ubeda took over as coach. The coach then informed the selected players of the match against Tigre in La Bombonera this Sunday, the last day of the regular phase of the Clausura tournament.
𝗣𝗥𝗢́𝗫𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗗𝗢!
⚽ #Clausura2025
🆚 Tiger
🗓 Sunday 11/16
🕙 20:15
🏟La Bombonera
💻 @elcanaldeboca#daleboca 🔵🟡🔵 pic.twitter.com/eiTV0Br8eC— Boca Juniors (@BocaJrsOficial) November 15, 2025
Considering the presence of Edinson Cavani, two youth players and a number of football players who are still missing, it was impressive that the Uruguayan continued to train alone, without taking part in group work, and did not even add minutes to the game last Sunday, when he could have appeared on the bench in the Super Clasico.
El Chifon, on the other hand, decided to compensate for the absence of Lautaro Di Loro and Milton Jiménez (one with five yellow cards, the other with four and was sent off as a precautionary measure) with two youth players who were the mainstays of their reserves: centre-back Matteo Mendia and centre-forward Valentino Simoni.
Ubeda’s decision to exclude Lukas Blondel, Nacho Miramón, Franck Fabra and Agustín Martegani and call up his two children is understood to be a decision aimed at 2026. As for them, Rodrigo Battaglia and Alan Velasco are still off the list due to injury.
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