Galician Rubén Darío Insúa makes his debut in San Lorenzo. (Juan Manuel Foglia)
Saint Lawrence receive a Independent at the debut of both in Professional football championshipin a classic that will give continuity to the first appointment and that brings both mired in a profound institutional and sporting crisis, far from their times of splendor.
The match will start at 14:00 at the Pedro Bidegain stadium in San Lorenzo, will be refereed by Andrés Merlos and will be televised on ESPN.
In the case of the Boedo Cyclone, a new cycle will begin Ruben Dario Insuaprodigal son of the club, as a coach, with the mission to remedy the bad campaign that the team made in the League Cup won by Boca Juniors, where he has never been engaged in the fight for the top positions.
With no reinforcements to highlight, and with the undefined situation of players such as Ricardo Centurión, in conflict with the club, and Nicolás “Uvita” Fernández, San Lorenzo will try to improve hand in hand with historical players such as Sebastián Torrico, Néstor Ortigoza and the youth teams. players like Agustín Martegani, Siro Rosané and Nicolás Fernández Mercau.
Independent he kept his coach Eduardo Dominguez even if he lost valuable players such as Domingo Blanco, Uruguayan Carlos Benavídez and Colombian Andrés Roa, separated from the squad because they will not renew their contracts expiring on 30 June.
El Rojo will also not have Uruguayan Sebastián Sosa in goal and his place will be taken by Milton Alvarez, while in defense there will be the questioned Juan Manuel Insaurralde del Chaco, with poor performances in the previous tournament, and Sergio Barreto, perhaps the player with the highest team level.
The record between the two in the top category is 195 games and favors Independiente with 74 wins against 68 at San Lorenzo, plus 53 draws.
Probable formations
Saint Lawrence: Sebastiano Torrico; Jalil Elías, Francisco Flores, Federico Gattoni, Cristian Zapata and Nicolás Fernández Mercau; Néstor Ortigoza, Siro Rosané and Agustín Martegani; Ezequiel Cerutti and Adam Bareiro. DT: Rubén Darío Insúa.
Independent: Milton Alvarez; Alex Vigo, Sergio Barreto, Juan Manuel Insaurralde and Lucas Rodríguez; Lucas González, Lucas Romero, Alan Sonora and Tomás Pozzo; Leandro Fernandez and Leandro Benegas. DT: Eduardo Dominguez.
Referee: Andres Merlos.
Field: San Lorenzo.
Starting time: 14.
TV: ESPN.
Source: Clarin