San Lorenzoboosted by his last victory against Argentine Juniorsseeks to ratify his career and receives a Students from La Platawhich reserves its starting team to define the advance to the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores. The match, valid for the twelfth date of the Professional Football League (LPF), is played in the New Gasometer, with arbitration of Silvio Truco and transmission of TNT Sports.
Since the arrival of Ruben Insua as DT, the Cyclone began a slow reconstruction with the aim of regaining prominence in sports, which has as a necessary condition the obtaining of results. In the current competition, the Raven records 3 wins, 7 draws and only one loss, campaign that keeps him waiting in the middle of the table (he is 11th with 16 points), a shot away from fighting in the top lot if he chains a series of wins.
That is precisely the great pending account of the team, which does not achieve two consecutive victories in the Argentine tournament for more than a year ago. The last time he got it was in July 2021 when successively imposed on Central Cordoba of Santiago del Estero Y Boca Juniors at the beginning of the technical cycle of the Uruguayan Paolo Montero.
The agonizing success of the past date in La Paternal opens a new opportunity for him against a rival that has its head in the international arena and has a discreet performance in the League (22nd with 12 units).
Students tied last Thursday in his visit to Athletico Paranaense of Brazil and define that key quarter finals next Thursday at his stadium, so he will arrive at New Gasometer with a substitute formation. As long as San Lorenzo will feature the same team that beat Argentineswith the goalkeeper Augustus Battle again instead of the historical Sebastian Torrico.
The track record in professionalism reflects a difference of 20 games in favor of the Boedo club (71 wins, 51 draws and 51 losses).
Formations
San Lorenzo: Augustus Battle; Federico Gattoni, Cristian Zapata and Gastón Hernández; Jalil Elías, Juan Ignacio Méndez, Gonzalo Maroni and Nicolás Fernández Mercau; Ezequiel Cerutti, Adam Bareiro and Nahuel Barrios. DT: Ruben Insua.
Students (La Plata): Jerome Pourtau; Eros Mancuso, Bruno Valdéz or Luciano Lollo, Nehuén Paz and Carlo Lattanzio; Hernán Toledo or Brian Orosco, Benjamín Rollheiser, Gonzalo Piñeiro and Franco Zapiola; Leonardo Heredia and Mateo Pellegrino. DT: Ricardo Zielinski.
Referee: Silvio Trucco.
Stadium: New Gasometer.
TV: TNT Sports.
POSITIONS
With information from Telam
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