The idea that goes through your head Fernando Gago may turn out smiling and funny, but it isn’t. It happens like this the coach pretends to repeat something without repeating it ahead of Sunday’s final in St. Louis. The message that the DT has tried to lower in the last few hours to their leaders is that they must do everything they have done in the two games played in the year against Boca, but with goals. The analysis they do in the technical staff is that the performance of the Academy in the pair of shocks mentioned there was good to very good and that lack of efficacy alone left them empty-handed.

Both games, it should be remembered, ended 0-0. In the first, played on May 14 at the Lanús stadium for the semifinal of the League Cupthe set then directed by Sebastiano Battaglia He moved on to the final by winning 6-5 on penalties. That afternoon Racing played one of the best games of the year, with a brilliant first half from the attitude and generation of the game. But it has failed all the situations it generated. There have been 13 shots on target against none of the rivals; the clearest were at the feet of Matías Rojas, who allegedly got injured at the end of the opening phase. “We deserved a lot. The team played as it should be. We were superior to the rival. Then there are the penalties, there is some luck. But it fills me with pride to see how the team played “Gago said after elimination.

The second duel, for the 13th date of the local tournament, was played at the Cilindro on 14th August. On that occasion, himThe team led by Gago scored 18 goals from Agustín Rossi, Clarín’s figure with 9 points. The difference with the first confrontation was that Boca also generated 14 scoring chances (Arias received a score of 8). “I liked the team game, but the result was not what we were looking for and it is something that bothers me and the rest. We had an excellent first half in which the team had many opportunities to score. We know that this is the way to go, beyond the result “analyzed the academic technician.

He will have a new Racing card to improve his effectiveness against Boca: Massimiliano Romero. The former Vélez, who will start after Enzo Copetti’s injury, was the protagonist against Tigre at Huracán, with a goal and an assist for Jonathan Gómez’s run. Gago strongly insisted that Romero arrive in the middle of the year to reinforce the attack: I’ve known him since he was playing at Velez. It was difficult for the scorer to adapt, but he is in his best moment now. And you will have the great opportunity.

The rest of the team, meanwhile, does not hide any mysteries. Eugenio Mena Y Gonzalo Pioviwho ended up very tired against Tigerwill be available to the coach, beyond the good work of Emiliano Insua when he entered. In the middle of the field, meanwhile, Jonathan Gomez will go on from the start and Leonel Miranda will remain on the bench. The starting eleven? Aries; Pillud, Sigali, Piovi, Mena; Gomez, Moreno, Alcaraz; Red, Romero and Carbonero.