Ricardo Zielinski, notebook in hand, facing what is to come / EDLP Press
Students have already left behind the first part of their very busy 2022 calendar, in which they qualified for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores de América, placing first in zone 2 of the Professional League Cup after seven dates, extend the streak without defeats in the classic platense with Gimnasia, and stay alive in the Copa Argentina after the hard-fought victory against the humble Puerto Nuevo on Friday in Córdoba. In total there were 12 official matches for Pincha over 42 days, with eight wins, two draws and the same number of losses.
That is why the match against the team that plays in the First C of Argentine soccer barely ended, Ricardo Zielinski and his coaching staff made the decision to release the squad for 48 hours, since the next training session of the Pincha thinking about the domestic contest It will only be given tomorrow afternoon at the facilities of the City Bell Country Club.
After playing 12 games in 42 days, Pincha prepares what will be April and May, very loaded
Thinking about the clash with Godoy Cruz next weekend in Mendoza, but above all in a new series that León will face, with Libertadores, a domestic tournament and also the chance of the Copa Argentina (all in a period of 51 days), the Ruso and his team are already planning what will be the next two months of Students, in which they will practically define their semester of competition.
As was said, the action will begin within the framework of the eighth date of the domestic contest in Mendoza, date and time still to be defined, and will conclude on Tuesday, May 24, when Pincha will close Group C with Vélez in Liniers. the Libertadores Cup of America.
Despite this, it is not ruled out that in the middle the crossing for the 16th final of the Argentine Cup will be added, at the same time that it will be necessary to see if the León also advances in the Professional League Cup, where today it is one of the four teams that would continue to compete for the quarterfinals of the tournament.
In this way, the 13 games in 51 days could be even more, an issue that depends on what Zielinski and his team do.
GENERAL REST LOOKING TO RECOVER SEVERAL TOUCHES
In the run-up to the Copa Argentina match against Puerto Nuevo, the Estudiantes coaching staff added more casualties to a squad that had already been burdened by the competition.
Zielinski seeks to recover several protagonists for what is coming to his Students
At the last minute, the Uruguayan Agustín Rogel got off the plane to Córdoba due to muscular overload, and joined a list that already included Matías Pellegrini, with a severe blow to one of his ankles, Leonardo Godoy, with a grade 2 muscle injury in his right hamstring, Mauro Boselli, who will only be able to see action in May due to the injury to his left ankle, and Ezequiel Muñoz, already ruled out for the remainder of the semester due to the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee left.
In this way, the two days off came at an ideal time for the team, which will only resume preparation tomorrow afternoon, already thinking about the Tomba.
From the long list mentioned, Rogel and Pellegrini will be evaluated one day to see if they can be in the game.