The Academy is presented at Quito’s peak with a squad decimated by injuries and badly beaten in spirit by football.
The racing is in free fall and now a game as decisive as it is complicated arrives in the Copa Libertadores. With the streak of five consecutive matches without wins (four of them losses) on their backs, the Academy is presented at Quito’s pinnacle against Aucas, for the fourth date of Group A of the Copa Libertadores.
The game, which will be played next Tuesday, May 23 from 9 p.m. at the Chillogallo Stadium, could mark the future of the Avellaneda team: if they win, the Academy can seal their standings on the same day if Flamengo also beats Ñublense on Wednesday as a visitor, but if they lose they are very tight in the table and with a trip to Rio de Janeiro in the offing.
IT’S CALLED RACING
As if the team’s gift of football wasn’t bad enough, Fernando Gago’s injuries are piling up. And while last Friday’s game suspension against Vélez gave him some margin to recover soldiers, there are two starters who haven’t even traveled to Ecuador: matia rojas continues to claim he is in ankle pain and will miss his fourth game in a row, while maxi romero He has at least a week left because of the tear he suffered against Flamengo. The other one who didn’t travel is Gabriel Hauche, that he must adhere to a suspension date for the red card he saw against Mengao.
The good news, meanwhile, is that Gonzalo Piovi is ready to return after putting behind the knee injury sustained against Boca at the end of April, while another available again is Jonathan Gomez.
On the other hand, the novelty in the call-up (which the club has never made public for unknown reasons) is the presence of the youthful Santino Vera, a central midfielder barely 17 years old who changes in the Reserve.
THE RACING TRAINING
As usual, Gago gave no indication of the team he could use against the Ecuadorians. At least at the height of rival No. 12, the DT could use a line of five defenders, with three midfielders and two strikers.
The probable? Gabriel Arias; Facundo Mura, Leonardo Sigali, Jonatan Galvan, Gonzalo Piovi, Gabriel Rojas; Juan Nardoni, Anibal Romero, Jonatan Gomez; Nicolás Saliadarre, Paolo Guerrero or Nicolas Reniero.
ALTERNATIVE
To define.
Source: Goal