A bold Italianpenultimate classified of the current chilean leaguebegins this Tuesday his fourth participation in the South American Cup once morest the Argentine Newell´s Old Boys with the aim of recovering the aggressive game that allowed them to surprise Universidad Católica and qualify for the group stage.
Since then, one of the four teams called “from the colonies” has done very badly: Manuel Fernández’s men have only won one of the nine league games played -on the second day once morest current bottom club Copiapó- tied four and lost four, the last three in a row.
Eight days without knowing the victory and with a very poor balance that shows fragility in both areas: He has conceded 14 goals and has only been able to convert eleven timesthree of them in the win once morest Copiapó.
The Itálicos might not pierce the goal of Unión La Calera -which is in the middle of the table- in the last league game, in which they threw the ball 16 times and only two of them between the three sticks.
The Argentine coach does not seem to be working in the midfield, unable to supply balls to the legion of compatriots of the coach who arrived this year to reinforce the team: Gonzalo Sosa, who arrived free from Mazaplan (Mexico) as a scoring solution, has only scored two goals in seven league games and one in Sudamericana.
Neither have Lautaro Palacios nor Gabriel Hachen, who will try to score once morest his former team, improved the figures, nor his number 10 Michael Fuentes, who saw the goal for the first time on the last day but has not yet met the expectations raised by his signing from Iquique , second division team.
The forecasts bet that Sosa will be the starting spearhead, accompanied in attack by the Paraguayan Luis Riveros.
Newell’s, another in need of triumphs
Newell’s Old Boys travels to Rancagua, where the match will be played due to the lack of suitable stadiums in Santiago to host international competitions, beyond the Monumental de Colo Colo.
El Teniente, O’Higgings’ stronghold, has become the refuge for Chilean teams in international tournaments.
According to the Argentine press, Gabriel Heinze, jealously guards the starting lineup, in which there are several doubts: the main one, who will replace the injured Juan Sforza, who was already a sensitive casualty in the recent defeat of the Rojinegro at Estudiantes in La Plata (3-0).
Although Lisandro Montenegro returned on the right wing and Iván Gómez took the helm in midfield, everything points to Heinze doubting whether to accommodate men like Marcelo Esponda, Pablo Pérez or Marcos Portillo in the creation zone.
Most likely, the coach also has in mind next Sunday’s classic once morest Rosario Centralin which you need to score and maintain your strength as a local to look towards the top positions in the table.
possible formations
Bold Italiano: Tomas Smoked; Nicolás Fernández, Carlos Labrín, Osvaldo Bosso, Esteban Matus; Fernando Juárez, Marcelo Díaz, Matías Sepúlveda, Gonzalo Ríos; Gonzalo Sosa and Luis Riveros.
Newell’s: Lucas Hoyos; Jherson Mosquera, Willer Ditta, Facundo Mansilla, Angelo Martino; Ivan Gomez, Marcelo Esponda, Cristian Ferreira; Brian Aguirre, Jorge Recalde and Ramiro Sordo.