The shirt of the controversy with which Agropecuario will play against Racing.
This Wednesday from 20, at the Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy stadium, Racing will face Agropecuario Argentino de Carlos Casares for the 16th final of the Argentine Cup.
The team led by Fernando Gago will have a couple of major casualties. And it is that Nery Domínguez will not be able to be there, due to an overload in the left hamstring, and it adds to the already known absence of Leonardo Sigali, who is recovering from a tear. The central defense will therefore consist of Juan José Cáceres and Emiliano Insúa, with Facundo Mura and Gonzalo Piovi on the flanks.
The other one who didn’t go to Jujuy is Edwin Cardona. The coach has chosen to rest the Colombian, who started last Saturday against Huracán at the start of the championship. His replacement will come from Matías Rojas and Fabricio Domínguez.
Agropecuario, that club founded 10 years ago in the city of Carlos Casares, in Buenos Aires, has a particular history: Bernardo Grobocopatel, its president and founding member, is a fan of Racing by family heritage. He always said that his dream of him was to face the Academy and the dream will come true in the lands of Jujuy. For this reason the team will wear a special (and controversial) jersey with the legend: “Thanks dad for making me run”.
“Agriculture is a dream come true; Racing is the love of a lifetime “, he knew how to explain Grobocopatel. Although she made it clear on the Racingmaniacos radio show: “Beyond everything, the reality is that I want Agropecuario to pass. We will go out and win against Racing. My feelings are one thing and only football is another. We will go with our weapons with the aim of obtaining the ranking “. And I add: “It has always been my dream that Racing touches me in the Copa Argentina. It is the desire of my whole life and it is very difficult for me. I thought I was having the best moments, but I’m not having as much fun as I really want.”
Bernardo Grobocopatel is the president of Agropecuario and a Racing fan.
What is the origin? «I always say that all this is in the name of the father because my father, in 2013, had a stroke. He suffered it on June 26, 2013 and died on July 1, 2014. He spent a year and five days in a coma. The doctors told us there was no way he would wake up. He was brain dead and only his heart was beating. But sometimes he could be seen moving a toe or we would find him with his eyes half open. And one of the many that I whispered in his ear, I said: ‘Do everything possible to wake up and I will do the impossible so that one day Agro will play against Racing for the points’. That’s why I always think about that sentence. Because I did it and I do it in the name of the father. My father’s”he recalled in an interview with the site Soccer interior.
But the special jersey with which the team will play did not go well with the intimacy of the team led by Diego Osella. And Matías Fritzler, one of the group’s referents, confirmed this by talking to TNT Sports. “I’ve been a footballer for years and it’s not normal to play with such a shirt. It is not something that has made us happy. We see ourselves as a team that will give the best of itself to compete with a great rival. After that, these are decisions that are beyond us “The 35-year-old former Lanus midfielder said. And he warned: “We haven’t come across Grobocopatel these days, but we will certainly have the opportunity to do so. There is dialogue and we’ll see if we can talk about the situation of the shirt.”.
Racing collides with Agropecuario and the Grobocopatel family’s dream will come true. But the question arises: will he play with the controversial jersey?
Source: Clarin
