Colon Y woollocated among the four worst teams of the last tournament, begins a new season this Sunday with hopes of improvement when they meet in Santa Fe for the first round of the Professional League (LPF).
The match at the Brigadier Estanislao López Stadium begins at 19:15 with refereeing by Pablo Dóvalo and ESPN Premium television.
Both have left behind a very weak 2022, whose second half saw them among the lowest performing clubs. For example, in the previous LPF, the santafesinos finished 25th and the “garnets”, penultimate (27th), only above the descendant Aldosivi from Mar del Plata.
The poor campaign put Lanús in an awkward position in the relegation table, something unusual for a club used to fighting for bigger goals.
Frank Kudelka’s team starts this season with the 23rd average, ahead of Instituto, Belgrano, Arsenal, Platense and Sarmiento, forced to add in order not to risk being one of the three who will lose the category at the end of the year.
The “Garnet” has kept two historical figures in the squad such as Lautaro Acosta and José Sand (42 years old) and has been reinforced with more experience: centre-back Cristian Lema, winger Juan Sánchez Miño and forward Leandro Díaz, among others .
Colón, who like his rival tomorrow will not play international matches even in 2023, has retained the Uruguayan Marcelo Saralegui as coach, who took over at the end of September for an interim period and was satisfied with 10 points out of 18.
The “Sabalero” adapted to a limited budget, with no possibility of large reinforcements. On balance, he seems to have lost with the departure of established players like Luis “Pulga” Rodríguez and Christian Bernardi, mainly.
At the start of this tournament, they will not be able to count on striker Facundo Farías, who is recovering from a partial ligament tear in his right knee.
= Probable formations =
Colon (Santa Fe): Ignacio Chicco; Eric Meza, Facundo Garcés, Paolo Goltz and Rafael Delgado; Juan Álvarez, Baldomero Perlaza, Cristian Vega and Joaquín Ibáñez; Ramón Abila and José Neris. DT: Marcelo Saralegui.
Lano: Lautaro Morales; Leonel Di Plácido, Cristian Lema, José Canale and Brian Aguirre; Luciano Boggio, Tomás Belmonte and Matías Esquivel; Lautaro Acosta, Leandro Diaz and Pedro De la Vega. DT: Frank Kudelka.
Referee: Pablo Dovalo.
VAR: Leandro Rey Hilfer.
Stadium: Colon de Santa Fe.
Start Time: 7:15pm TV: ESPN Premium.
Source: Clarin
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