Insua begins to receive good news: how the Chilean Alex Ibacache plays, first reinforcement of San Lorenzo

Ruben Darío Insua did not come with good news at the start of the preseason. Your San Lorenzo has lost some essential parts for its functioning (Cristian Zapata and Juan Ignacio Mendez) e there were no new faces while the team prepares in Montevideo to play three friendlies starting next Sunday. However, players are beginning to arrive who make the ‘Gallego’ smile. After it met on Monday Battle of Augustusthis tuesday night he finally joined alex ibacacheChile’s Everton left-back.

“I’m very happy. This is a huge step in my career that I’m taking. I really want to do things right”were the first words of Barça’s first reinforcement, who arrived on loan for a year with a charge and right of redemption that had not yet been informed by the Cyclone.

“At Everton we play with the wingers and I play a lot in that position. I like getting into the opponent’s zone. With Berizzo in the national team, I also play as a centre-back”, explained on its characteristics. Insua plans to keep the scheme with five in the background, so Ibachache, 23, will fit very well. He inherited the number 20 shirt left by Néstor Ortigoza. And this Wednesday he will have his first training session with the team.

“I like the intensity the team has. I hope to adapt quickly to the pace of play at San Lorenzo,” he added. And he referred to the good memories that Paulo Díaz, the last Chilean player to dress as a crow, left at this club: “What Paulo Díaz did here was very nice and then he made the leap in quality in his career I hope to do well as well.”

Ibachache amassed two caps for the Chilean side: a friendly against Korea and in the Kirin Cup against Ghana, where he was sent off for a second yellow card. “Going to the national team is very nice and it’s rare to go from Everton to the national team, you don’t see that much in Chile,” he said about it. He expects this to jump to Cyclone it can give it more rolling and visibility to settle all over the Toto Berizzo.

As a left winger, Insua improvised with Malcom Braida following the transfer of Nicolás Fernández Mercau to Elche. Braida had surrendered in that place, but the technician lacked variations in that sector. This is why he gave the Chilean the green light after seeing several videos that convinced him.

With him and Batalla he received the first good news of an austere market for this thin-walled San Lorenzo who are looking for a central midfielder to replace Méndez.