10/29/2020 8:13 PM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 10/29/2020 8:13 PM
Independiente receives Atlético Tucumán this Thursday, October 29
, in the match valid for the first leg of the
16th.
of the 2020 Copa Sudamericana Final
, a contest that Avellaneda's team won twice.
The meeting will mark the return of both to official activity after more than seven months of recess due to the coronavirus pandemic, a few days also before both debut in the local tournament.
With the arbitration of Chrystian Ferreyra, the match between
Independiente and Atlético Tucumán will be played from 9:30 p.m. (Argentine time) and can be seen live on ESPN 2
(Cablevisión channel 103 and DirecTV channel 623).
Lucas Pusineri seeks to rearm an Independent decimated by numerous casualties that occurred during the recess due to the coronavirus.
Photo: EFE.
Independiente's coach,
Lucas Pusineri
, will not be able to count on footballers Ezequiel Muñoz and Alan So Señora, both with different muscle injuries, while Uruguayan midfielder Carlos Benavidez will not be taken into account by DT.
The main question for the "Rojo" coach is who will accompany Lucas Romero in the midfield.
For that position, soccer players Lucas González and Pablo Hernández will fight for a place.
While in the game gestation area will be Jonathan Menéndez, Andrés Roa and Alan Velasco, who will try to assist the attacker
Silvio Romero
, the only area reference that the 'Red Devils' will have on offense.
Independiente will not be able to count on the footballers Ezequiel Muñoz and Alan So Señora, both injured.
Photo: Clarín.
Independiente will resume the path to try to achieve its third South American Cup, after those obtained in the 2010 and 2017 editions, against Goiás and Flamengo, both from Brazil, respectively.
On the side of the Tucuman team, coach Ricardo Zielinski will not have the players Cristian Erbes (he has a muscular discomfort in the right calf) and Nicolás Aguirre, who despite having recovered from an overload of the calf of the right leg will not be part of the call.
The "Russian" will go out to play the "duel" cupbearer with a classic 4-4-2 tactical scheme, with a single doubt about one of the midfielders who will move outside to try to reach the attack: Augusto Lotti or Matías Alustiza.
The Russian Zielinski will go out to dispute the "duel" butler with a classic tactical scheme of 4-4-2.
Photo: Clarín.
The goalkeeper will be the experienced Cristian Luchetti, one of the team's top leaders, while Lucas Melano and Javier Toledo from Cordoba will be attacking.
The "Rojo" and the "Dean" from Tucumán will meet again in the rematch of the 16th.
final on Thursday, November 5 from 9:30 p.m. at the José Fierro Monumental Stadium, with the arbitration of Uruguayan Andrés Cunha.
The winner of this key will face the winner of the cross between Fénix from Uruguay and Huachipato from Chile in the round of 16 of the continental tournament.
Javier Toledo, scorer and one of the figures of Atlético Tucumán of the Russian Zielinski.
Photo: Clarín.
Possible formations
Independent
: Sebastián Sosa;
Fabricio Bustos, Alan Franco, Alexander Barboza, Lucas Rodríguez;
Lucas Romero, Pablo Hernández;
Jonathan Menéndez, Andrés Roa, Alan Velasco;
Silvio Romero.
DT: Lucas Pusineri.
Atlético Tucumán
: Cristian Lucchetti;
Marcelo Ortiz, Yonathan Cabral, Guillermo Ortiz, Luciano Fabián Monzón;
Ramiro Carrera, Guillermo Acosta, Franco Mussis, Augusto Lotti;
Lucas Melano, Javier Toledo.
DT: Ricardo Zielinski.
Referee
: Christian Ferreyra.
Stadium
: Libertadores de América.
Hours
: 9:30 p.m. (Argentine time).
TV
: ESPN.