Overview

• Russo, 69, has been at the Fleni clinic in Belgrano since Tuesday after routine follow-up tests detected a urinary infection tied to a prior condition.
• Lab cultures found a resistant bacterium, leading physicians to mandate inpatient care with IV antibiotics, hydration and continuous monitoring.
• His inner circle reports he is lucid and in good spirits, refuting versions that suggested disorientation, though he is eager to go home.
• Assistant coach Claudio Úbeda is running Boca’s training sessions with Juvenal Rodríguez, Adrián Gerónimo, Cristian Aquino and Cristian Muñoz, and he has visited Russo.
• Club sources hope he could return before the Sept. 14 match at Rosario Central, a possibility contingent on medical progress, and President Juan Román Riquelme called to offer support.