11/14/2020 3:46 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 11/14/2020 3:46 PM
With two defeats in a row, an alarming inefficiency to convert and many injuries,
Racing Club is playing against Arsenal much of its chances of qualifying for the championship phase of the Professional League Cup
.
The match of Date 3 of Zone 1 will be played this Saturday from 6:45 p.m. at the Presidente Perón stadium, in Avellaneda, with the arbitration of Pablo Echavarría and
televised by Fox Sports Premium
.
Last night and in the same Zone 1, Atlético Tucumán defeated Unión de Santa Fe 3-1. The leader is the Tucumán team with nine units, Tatengue has four, Arsenal one and Racing closes without units.
Racing lost its two matches in the Professional League Cup, against Unión and Atlético Tucumán.
Photo: EFE.
Without sweats Racing is a "hospital" since it adds nine injured players
: Marcelo Díaz and Mauricio Martínez (they will be operated on menisci), Lorenzo Melgarejo, Augusto Solari, Alexis Soto and Darío Cvitanich (torn), Jonathan Cristaldo (sprained ankle), Nicolás Reniero (pubialgia) and Fabricio Domínguez (muscle strain).
To that long list of injured,
to which is added the absence of Matías Rojas cited by the Paraguayan selected
for the double knockout date, Racing adds an otherwise negative reality with the home falls against Atlético Tucumán (4-1) and Unión in Santa Fe (2-0).
The two setbacks have a common denominator: the many chances to score against the opponent and the lack of efficiency and aim to achieve them, beyond the fact that the two rival goalkeepers were figures.
Matías Rojas is one of the few Racing players who is not injured, but will be absent because he was cited by the Paraguay National Team.
Photo: EFE.
On the contrary, the times when opponents create danger in Gabriel Arias' goal, they generally celebrate as a result of the forcefulness and advantages granted by the defense of Sebastián Beccacece's team.
From now on, a bad streak is never opportune, be it injuries and / or bad results, but at this moment it is completely out of place with the close match against Flamengo from Brazil, for the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores.
The doubts and the lack of confidence gain ground in this Racing that had become used to the joys
and with it the rumors proliferate about a strained relationship between the coach and some references of the team.
Arsenal de Sarandí did not win so far in the Professional League Cup.
Racing if it does not beat Arsenal would already be very far from the qualifying zone
, the first two advance to the championship phase, and no matter how much the Libertadores is the objective, it would be painful not to qualify.
Arsenal drew goalless against Union away and fell in Sarandí to Atlético Tucumán.
Sergio Rondina's team does not have the performance it achieved in the last Super League
, since although it finished 11th at the moment, it was at the top of the table playing good football, now the results are not the best.
Sergio Rondina's team seeks to recover the level it exhibited before the coronavirus break.
Photo: Luciano Thieberger.
Probable formations
Racing Club
: Gabriel Arias;
Iván Pillud, Leonardo Sigali, Lucas Orban and Eugenio Mena;
Leonel Miranda, Tiago Banega, Walter Montoya and Héctor Fértoli;
Benjamín Garré and Lisandro López.
DT: Sebastián Beccacece.
Arsenal
: Maximiliano Gagliardo;
Ulises Abreliano, Fabio Pereyra, Mateo Carabajal and Emiliano Papa;
Alejo Antilef, Leonel Pico, Jesús Soraire and Nicolás Castro;
Lucas Albertengo and Nicolás Miracco.
DT: Sergio Rondina.
Referee
: Pablo Echavarría.
Stadium
: Cilindro de Avellaneda.
Hours
: 6:45 p.m.
TV
: Fox Sports.