Maximiliano Uria
03/12/2021 8:45 PM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 03/12/2021 8:46 PM
All coaches play the mystery game and Marcelo Gallardo and Miguel Angel Russo are no exceptions to the rule.
The game appears strongly in the preview of each of the Superclassics and the question that always arises is the same: is it useful for something?
Or more precisely: do you win classics for playing mystery in the previous one?
It is also convenient to think the question of the blessed formations a little further: does the fan really care who knows who plays or is it an intrinsic obsession of journalists?
Does it change a lot to know if Jorge Carrascal will be the one who will be from the beginning and not Julián Alvarez?
Is there a commotion if Izquierdoz takes the place of Lisandro López?
What kind of bombshell is it that Marcos Rojo appears as the starter?
“I have the team, although I am not in a position to give it.
The only thing I would do is give the rival a definite and official confirmation of how I'm going to get out, beyond the fact that someone can change functions.
It's true that in football you know everything, but I don't like to give it up.
Anyway, there is not much to hide ”, explained Marcelo Gallardo at the press conference.
Gallardo chose not to publicize the team.
Photo: Andrés D'Elía.
Thus, the Doll confirmed that the mystery game does not serve much.
But he played it anyway.
At a certain point, hiding is understood so as not to facilitate the work of the rival technician, although more and more emphasis is placed on hiding, on confusing, when it is known that the result is null.
Gallardo himself assured: “I am not carried away by information that is not official.
In general I do.
It doesn't change anything at all to know the rival team, although I know the importance of some rival footballers for their performance ”.
Boca started to play the mystery game and River joined in the last hours.
The first discarded was Mauro Zárate, who ended the week with possibilities of being from the start.
Then the ankle injury of Carlos Tevez and a muscular discomfort of Edwin Cardona were added.
"Tevez plays yes or yes," said those close to Apache.
With the Colombian something particular happened: first it was said that he had a discomfort in his right leg and then they assured that it was in the left.
On Thursday he did not finish the practice, on Friday he did not train and left the Ezeiza field with a face of deep concern.
"It is almost ruled out," they say.
From River, meanwhile, they wonder why they do not do studies to determine the severity of the distension.
The possibility of Russo planting a line of three central markers with Marcos Rojo as a stopper on the left also loomed strongly.
"He is a defender with the ideal temperament to play a classic," they let the coaching staff reveal about the footballer who last played on February 17, 2020 (Students 1-2 Defense and Justice).
Russo won calmly after 7-1 over Velez.
Photo: Marcelo Carroll
And River was not left behind, of course.
There were no great doubts in the team, beyond the possible irruption of Jonatan Maidana (of good minutes last Monday against Argentinos Juniors) instead of David Martínez to reinforce the defensive line.
But he also had to install the River mystery: he could not leave the privilege only to Boca.
Then the bib appeared in the color of the starting team for Jorge Carrascal, the Colombian who seemed to lose his place due to poor performances.
"Although be careful, we must not rule out Julián Alvarez, who is one of Gallardo's favorite footballers," they say.
And there were other tests, because the coach of the cast of Núñez is concerned about the freedom with which the Colombian Cardona could play.
"An alternative is to add an extra steering wheel to help Enzo Pérez in the brand", was the sentence.
It was made known that the Doll had rehearsed for 30 minutes with Leonardo Ponzio marking a youth "who played Cardona."
"It is known that Ponzio is an ideal warrior for this kind of game," they released.
And they continued to put the accent on Agustín Palavecino, that midfielder who entered almost all the games of the local tournament and showed great qualities.
"If Gallardo had Nacho Fernández, he would play without hesitation and the one most similar to Nacho is Palavecino," explains the media echo.
The last information of the bulletin was the alternative that Milton Casco leaves to plant a scheme with four defenders on the field.
"To speak cautiously and reservedly, or with affected darkness to suggest a hidden meaning", is one of the many definitions of the word mystery according to the Royal Spanish Academy.
"An arcane or very hidden thing that cannot be understood or explained" is another.
And no matter how much your search, in the RAE nothing is related to the mystery of how to start winning a football match ...
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