According to a report from Diario Sport, after suffering defeat in the World Cup final and assaulting Eric Garcia and Gavi, Paredes has returned to Boca Juniors and immediately joined the team's training.
The report stated that with less than five days since the World Cup final, Paredes should have taken a few days to rest, recover his fitness, and relax. However, the opposite happened; the 32-year-old player did not want to stop and has returned to Boca Juniors' training.
Paredes is not here for preseason training, because Argentina's schedule is different from most European leagues: the domestic official competitions started last week with the round of 16 of the cup competition, and this week they entered the knockout stage of the Copa Sudamericana, which is a second-tier continental competition.
Boca Juniors will face Chilean side O'Higgins in the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 tie at 2:30 AM Beijing time on Friday. Buenos Aires have confirmed that Paredes will be included in the squad for this match. Although he has barely trained with the team, he is currently in good form. His actions in the final were certainly questionable, and he has yet to apologize, but his dedication is undeniably admirable.
Paredes isn't the only Argentine international playing in the domestic league; Montiel and Otamendi are both currently playing for River Plate. However, neither has yet returned to team training, even though their clubs have matches this Saturday afternoon (Argentine local time).
Their national team teammates Messi and De Paul at Inter Miami will also play a league match against Chicago Fire early this morning local time, but they are not yet off-season.
