Independent, convulsed by his sports, institutional and economic problems, he will assume tomorrow with a new DT the Avellaneda classic with racing Club, which has two consecutive defeats and is no longer a reliable team, in the exclusive match of the five that will complete date 12 of the Professional League Football (LPF).
The classic, which Independiente will assume with Ricardo “Ruso” Zielinski as DT, will be played this Sunday from 4:30 p.m. at the Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini Stadium, with the arbitration of Yaél Falcón Pérez, the VAR in charge of Darío from Neuquén Herrera, while it will be televised by ESPN and TNT Sports.
A classic full of tensions, with an atypical situation that Independiente experienced throughout the previous week, no less than with the resignation of President Fabián Doman and the refusal to accept the position of DT of the Uruguayan Pablo Repetto, as a result of the institutional debacle.
Finally Néstor Grindetti, who was first vice president, took over as president, for at least 30 days after requesting leave as Mayor of Lanús, until the assembly of members determines who will be Doman’s replacement.
Grindetti made it a priority to hire the new team manager, to replace interim Pedro Monzón, and the responsibility fell on Zielinski, who was Racing manager in 2016 and will take the field with the team after just two training sessions.
Independiente today is a bankrupt club, with enormous debts and with a squad lacking in figures and quality, which ranked 25th. position of the LPF and two points from the last, Union of Santa Fe, which today would lose the category.
On the other side of Avellaneda is a Racing that economically has no surprises, which only currently has as its shadow the dangerous and violent inmate of the bullying bars called “Los Pibes de Racing” and “La Guardia Imperial”.
Everything indicated that on this occasion Racing would arrive with a clear favoritism to the classic despite being a visitor and that Independiente has gone 10 dates without winning, but Fernando Gago’s team, which debuted with a victory in the Libertadores, is far from the level that led it to be the third in quality behind River and Boca, adding two consecutive defeats.
Racing has a good “Starting” team, but the substitutes, who mostly played in the losses against Gimnasia and Newell’s, are far from equaling those who play in the ideal team.
It is obvious that Racing with the goalkeeper Gabriel Arias, the defender Leonardo Sigali, the great moment of its best player, the Paraguayan Matías Rojas, should make a difference against his usual adversary, but he will also feel the absence of two fundamental values: Anibal Moreno (torn ) and the Colombian Johan Carbonero (operated on his left knee).
How to watch Independiente vs Racing in the Professional League
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This Sunday Racing does not arrive as an absolute favorite, in a classic to be played with a climate of enormous expectation where winning or losing can mark the future to be played with the heart over the mind.
In the history, between amateurism and professionalism, Independiente exercises a clear supremacy of 84 wins against 62 for “La Academia” and 67 draws, in 213 matches.
Racing won four of the last five games against Independiente, the best historical streak since that of eight wins in nine classics that occurred between 1946 and 1950-
Formations Independiente vs Racing for the Professional League
Independent: Rodrigo Rey; Luciano Gomez, Sergio Barreto, Joaquin Laso and Ayrton Costa; Juan Marcone and Agustín Mulet; Juan Cazares; Matías Giménez, Martín Cauteruccio and Juan Vallejo. DT: Ricardo Zielinski.
Racing: Gabriel Arias; Facundo Mura or Iván Pillud, Leonardo Sigali, Gonzalo Piovi or Emiliano Insúa and Gabriel Rojas; Juan Nardoni, Tomás Aviles, Jonatan Gómez or Nicolás Oroz; Matías Rojas, Paolo Guerrero or Maximiliano Romero and Gabriel Hauche. DT: Fernango Gago
Referee: Yaél Falcón Pérez.
VAR: Dario Herrera.
Court: Independent
Start time: 16:30
TV: ESPN and TNT Sports
Source: Ambito
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