Independiente receives Lanús at the Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini Stadium with the mission of consolidating its recovery after achieving its first victory in the Apertura Tournament.Gustavo Quinteros’ team arrives strong after beating Platense and seeks to take another step in Zone A against an undefeated rival.
Rojo lateralized the game during the first half in search of finding the gaps to attack a well-closed Garnet on the last line, but showed many complications to translate these advances into clear arrivals at Nahuel Losada’s goal.
The most important part of the initial half hour was the two isolated advances of Gabriel Ávalos.The attacker tried a deflected header and, later, took advantage of a defensive inattention on the side to control his chest and hit a deflected shot from a half-turn in the area.At the close, Facundo Zabala tried from outside, Santiago Montiel made a shot in the vicinity of the area and Ávalos again tried a header without success in the last play, but neither attempt led to a save by Losada.
The main pending issue for Mauricio Pellegrino’s team was the offensive aspect, since the visit did not register attacks against Rodrigo Rey and it was difficult for them to cross the middle of the field.The departures of Marcelino Moreno and RodrigoCastillo, two of Pellegrino’s four changes for this match, took away his generation of play and definition in the final third and their replacements (FrancoWatson and Walter Bou) were far from providing the same characteristics.
These modifications, to which Ronaldo Dejesús and Felipe Peña Biafore are added by Carlos Izquierdoz and Agustín Medina, occurred because the Sur team will play the first leg of the Recopa Sudamericana next Thursday from 9:30 p.m. (Argentine time) against Flamengo.The club also organized flights and buses for fans to accompany the team in the return duel in Rio de Janeiro.
On the other hand, coach Gustavo Quinteros sought to give confidence to the starters who achieved the first victory of the championship against Platense in Vicente López with the exception of the return of Sebastián Váldez instead of JuanManuel Fedorco.
One of those who retained ownership was Kevin Lomónaco, who was in the news during the week both for his physical recovery and for his contractual situation.The defender, wanted by Atlético Mineiro, trained alongside the group and went from the start to receive Granate.Regarding his future, the defender expressed: “The affection of the people fills my soul. If there is not something that convinces me and that is good for my future, I will continue in Independiente. I know the kind of institution I am in and I try to return the affection on the field.”
Party in development…
Independent: Rodrigo Rey;Leonardo Godoy, Kevin Lomónaco, Sebastián Valdéz, Facundo Zabala;Iván Marcone, Lautaro Millán;Santiago Montiel, IgnacioMalcorra, Matías Abaldo;and Gabriel Avalos.DT: Gustavo Quinteros.
Lanús: Nahuel Losada;Tomás Guidara, Ronaldo Dejesús, José Canale, SashaMarcich;Felipe Peña Biafore, Agustín Cardozo;Eduardo Salvio, Ramiro Carrera, Franco Watson and Walter Bou.DT: Mauricio Pellegrino.
Stadium: Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini (Avellaneda)
Referee: Facundo Tello / VAR: José Carreras
Television: ESPN Premium
