02/08/2020 - 16:36
- Clarín.com
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Racing, with Sebastián Becaccece as coach and playing against his previous team, will receive Independiente this Sunday, in another Avellaneda classic, which finds the local looking for a new football identity and the visitor with a renewed spirit after the arrival of Lucas Pusineri as DT , for the 19th. Super League date.
The classic, the 193rd. in professionalism, it will be held at the Presidente Perón stadium, this Sunday since 19.40, with the arbitration of Patricio Loustau and televised by Fox Sports Premium.
If this game had been played six months ago Racing was the candidate for the win with a good tactical and technical difference over his neighbor, but today the distances have been shortened and even the "Red" comes with a better image.
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Racing seeks an identity under the leadership of Becaccece who started this Super League by directing Independiente and tomorrow he will be sitting at the local substitute bank, after a brief and fruitless passage through the "Avellaneda roja".
With Becaccece, Racing managed to resume the Super League two draws against Atlético Tucumán and Argentinos Juniors who relegated him to the table and adding the last stage of coach Eduardo Coudet there are already five games without winning that took him away from the fight for the title and even from the classification zone for the Libertadores 2021.
At present, Racing is the search for a tactical drawing, with an initial 4-3-3 to 4-4-2 that is perceived for this Sunday, with names that change function and position, with nothing clear for the fan on which team you will see on the field.
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Independiente started the season with Becaccece and only lasted 16 games with a bad campaign as a result. After a brief period of five dates as coach of Fernando Berón, Pusineri arrived to take up the position.
Nothing simple the beginning for Pusineri, he fell with River from home in the debut, although at times he surpassed the team of Marcelo Gallardo, he matched before Boca visiting visiting goalkeeper Marcos Díaz was the figure of the court and accomplished a remarkable task when he thrashed 5-0 to Rosario Central on the last date with moments of great level of play.
Independiente arrives toned, with Pusineri ratifying the 11 names that played against Central, with a vertical game, with a pressure and delivery that was not present in the 2019 stage of this Super League.
Just as Independent does not offer doubts, in Racing nothing is certain, since the DT changes the probable formation in each training and there is always the possibility that there is a surprise in terms of names and location on the pitch.
In the rear Leonardo Sigali will return recovered from a knee injury, Iván Pillud will start as "4" and Lisandro López will play recovered from a muscle overload, but it is possible that Walter Montoya returns to midfield, that Chilean Marcelo Díaz plays and that Darío Cvitanich beat Jonatan Cristaldo on the offensive.
In the professional record after 192 classics, Independiente exercises a clear "paternity" with 75 wins over 52 and 65 draws.
+ Probable formations +
Racing Club: Gabriel Arias; Iván Pillud, Nery Domínguez, Leonardo Sigali and Eugenio Mena; Walter Montoya, Leonel Miranda, Marcelo Díaz and Matías Rojas; Lisandro López and Darío Cvitanich. DT: Sebastián Becaccece.
Independent: Martín Campaña; Fabricio Bustos, Alan Franco, Alexander Barboza and Juan Sánchez Miño; Brian Romero, Lucas Romero, Domingo Blanco and Cecilio Domínguez; Leandro Fernández and Silvio Romero. DT: Lucas Pusineri.
Referee: Patricio Loustau.
Court: Racing Club.
Start time: 19.40.
TV: Fox Sports.
