Instituto de Córdoba returns to the Professional Soccer League this Sunday after 17 seasons and with a key duel in its permanence goal against Sarmiento de Junín, one of those who must increase his average to keep the category.
The match will be played from 19:15 at the Alta Córdoba stadium, which will have a sold out capacity of 35,000 fans, refereed by Andrés Merlos and broadcast by TV Pública.
Lucas Bovaglio’s side initially supported the squad base which was promoted in a complicated final against Estudiantes de Buenos Aires and also brought in 14 new faces, including defender Leonel Mosevich (on loan from Argentinos), the midfielder Axel Rodríguez (Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, last on the board) and forward Lucas Albertengo (free from Defense and Justice).
In addition, they kept Gabriel Graciani, one of the figures of the First National team, with 13 goals in 37 games.
For his part, Sarmiento de Junín has suffered weight losses in this market, due to the departures of Jonatan Torres (Querétaro from Mexico), Lucas Castro and Gastón Sauro (Huracán), Julián Brea (Huachipato from Chile), Federico Rasmussen (Godoy Cruz) and soon Federico Andueza (Junior from Colombia).
As a result, manager Israel Damonte will have the challenge of giving his team style that is tough and firm in defense and pragmatic in attack to newcomers like the experienced Juan Manuel Insaurralde, among others.
The “Green” will have another season with Lisandro “Licha” López, who will take the captain’s belt, and will bet heavily on his youth players Luciano Gondou -with a year of shooting at the top- and Manuel Mónaco, prominent in the Reserve.
In common, both teams will try to avoid relegation, both in the middle school -they will lose two- and in the general classification -the last one will start-.
= Probable formations =
Institute: Manuel Roffo; Giuliano Cerato, Fernando Alarcón, Leonel Mosevich, Sebastián Corda; Roberto Bochi, Brian Cuello, Gaston Lodico, Gabriel Graciani; Lucas Albertengo and Franco Watson. DT: Lucas Bovaglio.
Sarmiento: Sebastian Meza; Gonzalo Bettini, Juan Manuel Insaurralde, Franco Sbuttoni, Franco Quinteros; Manuel Monaco, José Mauri, Emiliano Méndez, Sergio Quiroga; Luciano Gondou and Lisandro Lopez. DT: Israel Damonte.
Referee: Andres Merlos.
Stadium: Institute.
Starting time: 19.15.
TV: Public TV.
Source: Clarin
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