Students and Gymnastics, once again face to face.
The students, who have had a great season in local football and in the Copa Libertadores, receive this Sunday Gimnasia, who has just set a good finish in the last competition, in what will be a new edition of the La Plata classic and the fifth time they face each other on the start date of a tournament.
The match, for date 1 of the Professional League (LPF), will be played from 17:00 at the UNO Stadium, with the international referee Patricio Loustau. Live TNT Sport TV.
The La Plata classic always generates enormous expectations in the world of football and not only because of the long series of consecutive victories in favor of the local team that has not lost since 2010, when the “Lobo” beat them at home 3 to 1, teams directed at that time by Diego Cocca and Alejandro Sabella. That series includes 17 games, with eight wins for Estudiantes and nine draws, the last three in a row.
Ricardo Zielinski’s team is coming out of an intense quarter with four games more than the others, having passed the two preliminary stages of the Copa Libertadores to enter the group and qualify for the round of 16, where they will face Fortaleza.
After a few days of rest, the “Russian” will have the base of the squad and will choose a 4-4-2 to play the classic, with two forwards like Gustavo Del Prete and Mauro Boselli. Leandro Díaz will remain on the bench.
For her part, Gimnasia arrives with a little more shooting, as she played last week for the Argentine Cup. The cast of Néstor Gorosito has a nice gift, despite the fact that he did not qualify for the quarter-finals of the Professional League Cup, and has achieved seven wins in his last eight appearances.
“Pipo” had the idea of keeping the same 11 of the last games but in the end he will focus on two variations on the flanks: the return of Matías Melluso after recovering from an injury by Nicolás Colazo on the left, and the improvisation of Manuel Insaurralde right back for the young Guillermo Enrique, physically not optimal. The tactical draw will also be a 4-4-2.
-Probable line-ups-
Students: Mariano Andújar; Leonardo Godoy, Agustín Rogel, Fabián Noguera and Emmanuel Más; Manuel Castro, Jorge Rodríguez, Fernando Zuqui and Matías Pellegrini; Gustavo Del Prete and Mauro Boselli. DT: Ricardo Zielinski.
Gymnastics: Rodrigo Rey; Manuel Insaurralde, Leonardo Morales, Oscar Piris and Matías Melluso; Johan Carbonero, Agustín Cardozo, Brahian Alemán and Ramón Sosa; Eric Ramirez and Cristian Tarragona. DT: Nestor Gorosito.
Referee: Patricio Loustau.
Court: Jorge Luis Hirschi (Students)
Starting time: 17.
TV: TNT Sport.
Source: Clarin
