Lucas Romero has Covid-19 and is short of Independiente to visit Argentinos

Only when Eduardo Dominguez had found him a position in hers Independent where it was starting to reverse its low from last semester, the coronavirus has suddenly lowered it Luca Romero. The midfielder tested positive on Wednesday afternoon and will not be able to play on Thursday against Argentinos Juniors in La Paternal for the third round of the local tournament.

“The player presented symptoms of COVID-19 on Tuesday and the test showed a positive result. He is already serving the days of isolation,” was reported in the medical part of the Avellaneda team.

So it was. The Dog he fell first with a fever and that is why they decided to subject him to the corresponding swab. The PCR result was known in the last few hours and, as expected, it will marginalize him from the crossing before the Bicho and will stop him in the clean and jerk he had had in his game since Domínguez positioned him as a right infielder on the first two dates, with a goal included in a 1-0 win against Talleres.

In that place in the field, Romero left behind the murmurs he generated by playing as a central midfielder. There, the DT del Diablo identified Gerónimo Poblete, also with good performances. Romero, has gained the freedom to elaborate, to be able to give filtered passes and also to trample the area more. He now he will have to be replaced by Lucas González in the starting lineup.

Domínguez has a close-knit professional squad and this unexpected and last-minute defeat forces him to get on a young man from the emergency quarry in order not to be left with a reduced bench of substitutes. Justo D’Angelo, central midfielder of the Inferiores, was called by the coaching staff of the First Division to join the concentration.

Sebastián Sosa (returned after his debut in Uruguay); Alex Vigo, Sergio Barreto, Juan Insaurralde, Lucas Rodríguez; Gonzalez, Poblete, Alan Sonora; Juan Cazares; Leandro Gonzalez and Leandro Benegas, They are the eleven who take the field of Diego Armando Maradona from 19:00 on this Thursday.