There is hardly room for joy in the hearts of the people of Velez, the team, when almost no one took it into account in the first stages of the Cup, ranked among the four best teams on the continent and is preparing to play the semifinal against the mighty flamingo Brazilian.
This Vélez, directed by the Uruguayan Alexander Medina, surprised everyone by leaving Marcelo Gallardo’s River and then Talleres on the way, reaching an instance that he had not reached since 2011 when he lost in the semifinals with Peñarol from Montevideo.
A team with several talented youngsters (Máximo Perrone, Valentín Gómez, Luca Orellano, Julián Fernández and Abel Osorio) with the experience of Diego Godín, Lucas Pratto, Leonardo Jara and Walter Bou.
In the LPF, Vélez is really bad, with eight games without winning, 26th. with just nine points and very relegated in the fight to qualify for the international cups in 2023, but, with the semifinal of the Libertadores, the “domestic” takes a back seat, for now.
Gimnasia, directed by Néstor Gorosito, has three wins in a row, 317 minutes without conceding a goal (the last one by Lucas Beltrán from River) and all the desire to fight for the title against Atlético Tucumán and whoever joins.
The Uruguayan Brahian Alemán is the “brain” and the talent of the “Tripero”, a very good goalkeeper like Rodrigo Rey, a dangerous striker Eric Ramírez are the base of a team that lost two important pieces like Johan Carbonero (went to Racing) and Cristian Tarragona (torn ligaments).
In the history they played 164 times, with a clear advantage of Vélez by 73 wins to 53 and 38 draws.
probable formations
Velez: Lucas Hoyos; Leonardo Jara, Matías De los Santos, Valentín Gómez and Francisco Ortega; Nicolás Garayalde and Máximo Perrone; Luca Orellano, Walter Bou and Lucas Janson; Lucas Pratt. DT: Alexander Medina.
Gymnastics and Fencing La Plata: Rodrigo Rey; Guillermo Enrique, Leonardo Morales, Germán Guiffrey and Nicolás Colazo; Tomás Muro, Manuel Insaurralde, Agustín Cardozo and Ramón Sosa; German Brahian and Franco Soldano. DT: Nestor Gorosito
Referee:
Hernan Mastrangelo.
Basketball court:
Velez Sarsfield.
Start time:
15.30
TV:
TNT Sports.
Source: Ambito
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