Estudiantes is very clear that they need to recover within the framework of the Professional League. And with Abel Balbo’s cycle completely forgotten, Eduardo Domínguez took the reins of a team that has been far from what was expected, but from which he wants to bring out his best version in order to achieve the objectives set for a 2023 that in words of the brand new coach “just started”.
Given this, DT continues in search of the eleven in which the protagonists best complement each other for what will be their official debut in front of Pincha, next Sunday in UNO against Huracán, one of their former teams.
And thinking precisely of the Globe, Domínguez slowly begins to define the proper names of a team that he hopes will be “simple” and maintain a fundamental “balance”, words used by the former defender at the time of the press conference in which he was presented in the Country of City Bell.
Thus, little by little the first definitions of a coaching staff are being observed, which logically began with a general diagnosis, of which he was very satisfied, and who now hopes to be able to get the potential he understands he has in his players.
Within a tight schedule and with the classic just around the corner, the debut with Huracán comes first, so Domínguez begins to show some of his cards.
ANOTHER INTENSE DAY AT CITY BELL, WITH SOME DEFINITIONS
Knowing that he will have to make important decisions without so much preparation time and after what will be his first days with the squad, Eduardo Domínguez took advantage of the hot day on Thursday to work double shifts again.
The first of them took place in the morning, starting at 9, while the second took place in the afternoon. In the middle of them, far from releasing the players, there was a lunch at City Bell, another sign of the new coaching staff’s desire to make the most of time.
The truth is that beyond that, little by little Domínguez is showing his cards for the premiere for the points, in which he will see them nothing more and nothing less than against one of his former teams and the one he is most fond of, such as it is Hurricane.
And facing this comparison, there are at least two of the historical references of the current Estudiantes squad that would return to the eleven, one at each end of the pitch.
On the one hand, Mariano Andújar will occupy the goal again after what was his absence on April 15 against Unión de Santa Fe by decision of Abel Balbo for Daniel Sappa to play, while on the attack front everything indicates that he will be Mauro Boselli as area reference, so the Uruguayan Mauro Méndez, starter against Tatengue, will return to the relay bench.
Beyond this, Domínguez tested a lot both in the morning shift and in the afternoon. Not only in terms of the protagonists but also in terms of the scheme. From 4-4-2 in the early hours of Thursday, he went to 4-2-3-1 late in the day.
Mauro Boselli, one of those who fights to get into the eleven / EDLP
In the first instance they were from the beginning Mariano Andújar; Leonardo Godoy, Luciano Lollo, Zaid Romero and Emmanuel Más; José Sosa, Jorge Rodríguez, Santiago Ascacibar and Benjamin Rollheiser; Pablo Piatti and Mauro Boselli. Although Fernando Zuqui, one of those who added important minutes in Balbo’s last games at Pincha, was also part of the work.
The truth is that little by little the hand of a Domínguez who understands and has stated that he needs to rely on the players he has, especially the biggest ones, is beginning to be seen.
The talks he has had with each one of them in his third practice in charge of Estudiantes make it clear that he wants them all ready to play. Precisely among them is Guido Carrillo, who despite having a foot and a half outside the courts due to that nudge from Javier Toledo, has a chance of appearing in the call for the crossing with Huracán on Sunday.
On the contrary, the one who could continue to be left out of everything is the central defender Juan Cruz Guasone, still not fully recovered from that physical ailment that made him miss the last few games.
Sunday is approaching and along with it the opportunity to see the first team of Eduardo Domínguez who understands that the meeting with the Globo is a final.