Fernando Gago wants Racing to recover the road to victory. (AFP)
racing club receive a Argentine Juniors in a match that will have two teams that will have to win to continue with the illusion of fighting for the title standing, in the continuity of the 17th. date of Professional football championship.
The match will be played at the Presidente Perón de Avellaneda stadium from 18:00, broadcast by TNT Sports and with the arbitration of Yael Falcón Pérez.
Racing, led by Fernando Gago, has 25 points and since the beginning of the LPF has carried the label of “candidate” for its style of play, the quality of its squad and for not having international commitments to face.
However, the Albiceleste team has never lived up to that label because they have struggled day in and day out with their own incompetence when it comes to specifying the situations created and for not being up to the task in the games that define a team with serious claims to be champions.
Racing would be a great team if the games lasted 45 minutes and for this reason it is worth remembering that in the first half standings it is first with 61 percent efficiency, but in the seconds it drops to 16th. place with a poor 40 percent.
Thus, Gago’s team has strayed from the top and even jeopardized the rankings for the Libertadores 2023 despite leading the annual rankings along with River. They lost a game in the round of 16 (against San Lorenzo) and only scored four wins.
That contradictory Racing, which promises and hardly crystallizes, will receive the Argentinos Juniors, who, led by Gabriel Milito, has 27 units and tries to be strong after the sale of Fausto Vera (Corinthians from Brazil), Gabriel Carabajal (Santos from Brazil ), Gabriel Florentin (Oremburg from Russia) and Matías Galarza (Genk from Belgium).
It is not easy to remain among the top players by getting rid of the most important players in the squad, but Argentinos are looking to fight for the title or qualification for the Copa Libertadores.
In Racing, Emiliano Insúa will once again play behind – after serving the suspension – in defense, in place of Lucas Orban, and Emiliano Vecchio would be on the bench after recovering from the tear suffered in the classic against Independiente.
In the history between amateurism and professionalism they have played 131 times, with a clear advantage of the “Academy”, with 60 wins against 28 of the “Bicho”, and 43 draws.
possible formations
Racing Club: Gabriele Arias; Facundo Mura, Jonathan Galván, Emiliano Insúa and Eugenio Mena; Aníbal Moreno, Jonathan Gómez and Carlos Alcaraz; Nicolás Oroz, Enzo Copetti and Gabriel Hauche. DT: Fernando Gago.
Argentines: Federico Lanzillotta; Kevin Mac Allister, Miguel Torrén and Lucas Villalba; Javier Cabrera, Federico Redondo, Franco Moyano and Luciano Sánchez; Andres Roa; Gabriel Avalos and Nicolas Reniero. DT: Gabriele Milito.
Field: Racing Club.
Timetable: 18.00.
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez.
VAR: Jorge Balino.
TV: TNT Sport.
Source: Clarin
