After the footballing and emotional impact of the 4-2 victory over Argentinos Juniors last Monday in the Professional League, Gimnasia will look for its second consecutive victory (a debt in 2023) when it receives Tigre this afternoon at the Bosque, who comes in raised and has added 11 of the last 15 points in the local tournament, in addition to the victory against Deportes Tolima that put him back in the race in Group D of the Copa Sudamericana after the defeat against Sao Paulo at home.
The match, valid for the fourteenth date of the championship, will begin at 4:30 p.m., will be broadcast by ESPN Premium and will be one of those released by Public TV, and will be directed by Jorge Baliño, with Hugo Páez and Lucas Pardo. Pablo Giménez will be the fourth referee, Nazareno Arasa will be in charge of the VAR and his assistant will be Pablo Echavarría. From 11 a.m. until the start of the match, general tickets for triperos fans will be sold only at the ticket offices of the Social Headquarters on Calle 4.
El Lobo comes from overcoming a very tough stop at La Paternal, because he stuck out his chest and beat a good team to leave behind three consecutive defeats in an adverse context due to the loss of his best footballers: Leonardo Morales (injured), Ignacio Miramón ( suspended) and Cristian Tarragona (with muscular discomfort). For this afternoon’s game, only Nacho Miramón will be able to return to the title, since he complied with the suspension due to the accumulation of yellow cards. He will replace Nicolás Sánchez in what would be the only change compared to the last game.
The victory against Bicho also gave them some air in the standings, since Unión (the last one) was 6 points down and there are also six teams that have added less than those led by Sebastián Romero. El Lobo will face one of his last chances in the South American competition next Thursday when he receives Goiás in search of his first victory to leave behind the two initial defeats and continue with chances in international competition. And next Monday they will visit Arsenal at the Viaduct, one of the most committed teams in the fight for permanence, far last in the average table.
Beyond the final defeat against Independiente Santa Fe, in Bogotá Chirola Romero laid out a tactical drawing that fluctuates between 4-1-4-1 and 4-2-3-1 that seems to continue to have a useful life, more from the return to ownership of Ignacio Miramón, who with the presence of Agustín Bolívar in the starting eleven can play more freely.
Both Morales and Tarragona continue to be out due to injury, as are Benjamín Domínguez (in the second leg of recovery from a severe ankle sprain), Maximiliano Comba (knee sprain), Agustín Ramírez (grade 2 fibrillar injury to the right biceps ), Eric Ramírez (muscular discomfort) and Antonio Napolitano (tear), in addition to Germán Guiffrey who has not been able to play this year due to a small intervention for patellar tendonitis after a long inactivity due to an operation on one of his shoulders. How it looks, the Albiauzl coaching staff has a lot of work to deal with this situation.
In Tigre, their scorer Mateo Retegui has been out because he suffered a grade 1 sprain to his left knee in the match against Sarmiento. “Although now I am calm in Tigre, and I have my head set here, I also know that it is very likely that a transfer to Europe will take place in the middle of the year,” said one of the Argentine soccer goalscorers (he has 8 goals, like Leandro Díaz and Pablo Vegetti) who by his present linked to the Italian National Team knows that he is going through his last days with the Victoria team shirt. The forward is summoned, although he would not start this afternoon.
The team led by Diego Martínez has improved in recent days and has already realigned itself in the championship, with 19 points that placed it among the top ten places in the table at the beginning of this date. It comes from defeating Huracán 1-0 last Tuesday with a goal from the Paraguayan Armoa but, like Gymnastics, it must also attend two fronts, with the difference that it will have a trip to Venezuela next week to visit Puerto Cabello, on Wednesday at twenty-one.
For this reason, perhaps the coaching staff will face a rotation to preserve some of their players, so the formation to face Tripero this afternoon is not confirmed. He will not be able to count on the injured Aaron Molinas (fracture of a phalanx in his right foot) and Martín Garay (tendonitis). In any case, he has significant offensive potential, with Blas Armoa and Facundo Colidio as two very good companions for Retegui. In short, Tigre is a risky rival for Lobo’s quest to chain his second victory.
