From side to side. From here to there. Non stop. This is how Racing is between the League Cup and the South American Cup, with its flame well lit on both fronts. Today with the priority set on trying to finish first in Group B of the international tournament (only the leaders will advance to the round of 16), It is a fact that Racing will once again have an alternative team, in this case against San Lorenzo, from 6:30 pm this Friday, for the domestic competition.
Pintita must take care of its owners more than ever. He has no room for setbacks. As Melgar beat River Plate in Uruguay and is still at the top of the Group, this Tuesday starting at 9:30 p.m., the Academy will face a kind of final with the Peruvian team. If he beats him in the Cylinder, then it would be enough to draw with River Plate, also in the Presidente Perón, to win the ticket to the next phase of the international competition.
Beyond the alternative team against San Lorenzo, Gago wants to go on all the fronts that Racing plays: local tournament, Sudamericana and Copa Argentina
Already classified to the quarterfinals of the League Cup (if it equals with the Ciclón it will secure 1st place in Zone A), if the team finally gets into the round of 16 of the South American, a string of matches will come in the that the Academy will begin to play decisive instances in each tournament. That is to say, you will need your best players to face each contest. “We are not going to prioritize one tournament over another. As long as they give us the numbers in mathematics, we are going to try to compete in all the tournaments,” assured Gago, ambitious, during the press conference he gave after the victory against Cuiabá . After going down on the scoreboard, the team turned the result around and won 2-1 with goals from Aníbal Moreno and Enzo Copetti.
Will these be the 11 or will there be a surprise at the Academy before the Cyclone? Gaston Gomez; Iván Pillud, Nery Domínguez, Lucas Orban, Eugenio Mena; Jonathan Gomez, Maico Quiroz, Matias Rojas; Benjamin Garré, Javier Correa and Edwin Cardona. The latter comes from going to the bench against the Brazilian team, at the Arena Pantanal World Cup stadium, although he did not add minutes. And everything seems to indicate that he will be at the New Gasometer from the beginning, with the need to turn his image around after being whistled at by Racing fans when he was replaced in the match against Drill.
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