THE LAST VISIT OF THE WOLF TO THE MONUMENTAL ENDED WITH A 1-0 DEFEAT / WEB
Gymnastics will have a hard stop at the Monumental, when from 7:30 p.m. they visit the championship leader, River. With a rising spirit, after the victory against Racing, Chirola’s team will try to get a good result against a Millionaire who does not stop winning in the championship. The match will be televised on TNT Sports.
For this match, Chirola Romero will bet on the rotation and will make nine modifications, thinking of the large number of matches that Lobo will play in a few days. Nelson Insfrán, Guillermo Enrique, Diego Mastrángelo, Matías Melluso, Maximiliano Comba, Nicolás Sánchez, Alan Lescano, Rodrigo Castillo and Nicolás Contín for Tomás Durso, Bautista Barros Schelotto, Felipe Sánchez (reached the fifth yellow), Nicolás Colazo, Ignacio Miramón, Alexis Steimbach, Tomás Muro, Franco Soldano and Cristian Tarragona. Beyond the importance of the duel against River, the coach’s idea is not to wear down the players since on Saturday he will play with Belgrano and on Tuesday in Colombia against Independiente Santa Fe.
On top of that, several important matches are coming up in a matter of days, since next Saturday at 9:30 p.m. he will receive Belgrano and then he will have to travel to Colombia to visit Independiente de Santa Fe, on Tuesday at 11:00 p.m. for the Copa Sudamericana.
The coach knows the need to play a good game against the leader of the championship. And he can also settle the debt of winning as a visitor, something that is very difficult for Gymnastics.
So far in the tournament, Lobo has played 5 games away from home, where they got a draw and suffered four defeats. And if we go to the general balance, there are 6 comparisons in which you cannot add three. The last time was on date 24 of the 2022 Professional League, when they beat Banfield 2-0 with goals from Eric Ramírez and Brahian Alemán.
In addition, Gymnastics will seek to break the losing streak at the Monumental, since they have not been able to win for 18 years. The latest record dates from November 27, 2005, when on the 17th date of the Apertura, they won 3-1 thanks to goals from Gonzalo Vargas (2) and Lucas Lobos, while Gastón Fernández converted the discount.
Then at a general level, he has not been able to beat the Millionaire for five games (between the League and the League Cup), where the last victory was 2-1 on date 11 of the 2017/18 Super League due to the goals of Nicolás Colazo and German Brahian; while Ignacio Scocco converted for the cast directed by Marcelo Gallardo.
For their part, the team led by Martín Demichelis is unstoppable in the tournament, where last weekend they achieved their fifth consecutive victory, after beating Huracán 3-0 at Parque Patricios.
For this match, the Millionaire will put the best he has available, in order to continue maintaining leadership. The only variant that the coach will make is the return of the former tripero, José Paradela, instead of the Venezuelan Salomón Rondón.
Although the forward was a figure with a double against the Globe, the idea is to bet on the replacement for the important series of matches that River will have in a short time: on Sunday they will visit Newell’s in Rosario and on Wednesday they will play a transcendental match against Sporting Cristal, from Peru, to try to add their first points after the setback in the Libertadores debut against The Strongest (3-1) at the height of La Paz.
River’s dominance over Gymnastics stands out in history since in 160 matches, the “Millionaire” won 86 against 33 for “Lobo” plus 41 draws.
