Vélez Sarsfield and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, without reinforcements due to inhibition and with Sebastián “Chirola” Romero making their debut, will today close the first round of the Lega Professionisti 2023 tournament on the new playing field of the José Amalfitani de Liniers stadium.
The match will be played from 20:00 with Leandro Rey Hilfer as referee and broadcast by ESPN Premium.
This match had been scheduled for last Friday but due to the delay in completing work on the new hybrid turf, it had to be rescheduled.
Vélez, led by Alexander “Cacique” Medina, will try to change the image of the last tournament that had him among the last places and recover the level that took him to the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores de América.
Liniers’ club sold its jewel, midfielder Máximo Perrone, to Manchester City and for the moment have only added Juan Ignacio Méndez, formerly of San Lorenzo, and goalkeeper Gastón “Chila” Gómez to compete with Leonardo Burián, who remained with the position after the departure of Lucas Hoyos.
Gymnastics, involved in a serious economic crisis, is inhibited, could not incorporate and could not retain Néstor Gorosito, the architect of the great campaign that led him to be the host of the last tournament and qualify for the Copa Sudamericana .
Sebastián “Chirola” Romero, DT of the Reserve, was chosen by the new president Mariano Cowen to complete this difficult stage with many young people.
Vélez and Gimnasia will play their 166th match of which “Fortín” won 73, “Lobo” 53 and drew 39.
= Probable formations =
Velez Sarsfield: Leonardo Buriano; Tomás Guidara, Lautaro Giannetti, Miguel Brizuela and Francisco Ortega; Mateo Seoane or José Florentín, Nicolás Garayalde and Juan Ignacio Méndez; Walter Bou, Lucas Pratto and Lucas Janson. DT: Alexander Medina.
Gym: Thomas Durso; Guillermo Enrique, Leonardo Morales, Felipe Sánchez and Matías Melluso; Thomas Wall; Ignacio Miramon and Alan Sosa; Eric Ramirez, Rodrigo Castillo and Benjamin Dominguez. DT: Sebastian Romero.
Referee: Leandro Rey Hilfer.
VAR: German dolphin.
Stadium: José Amalfitani.
Starting time: 20.00.
Television: ESPN Premium.
Source: Clarin
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