San Lorenzo Prepares for Hectic Schedule: Godoy Cruz Showdown and Copa Libertadores Debut Looming

2024-03-21 04:50:05

San Lorenzo suffered a few hectic but ultimately positive days. After the great victory against Sarmiento at home, which allows him to be excited about accessing the next phase of the 2024 League Cup, and the draw for the Copa Libertadores, he is already thinking about catching up with the match against El Tomba in the middle of the FIFA date and on the eve of his debut in the continental tournament.

The truth is that San Lorenzo’s calendar is very complicated from now on. After Godoy Cruz, he must visit Boca, receive Palmeiras for the first date of the CONMEBOL Libertadores and will travel to Varela to face Defensa y Justicia. However, the Ciclón will go step by step and has its head set on the Mendoza team.

For this match, the only known loss (excluding Gastón Hernández, who underwent successful surgery), will be that of Adam Bareiro who is with his country’s team. In addition, he managed to reach an agreement with the U-23 team so that Gonzalo Luján can be available against Godoy Cruz and then travel to join the concentration.

In this way, the coach plans to follow the same steps of the weekend that culminated in the victory against Sarmiento: the mystery. Insua did not define the team and today’s training was behind closed doors. Added to this is the variant of the tactical scheme: Will he maintain the line of 4 or return to the line of 5?

In principle, El Gallego would be inclined to continue with the four defenders behind and would keep the same team, removing Bareiro. The Paraguayan’s place could be occupied by Cristián Tarragona or Diego Herazzo. A priori, the forward from Gimnasia de La Plata has a slight advantage to start as a starter.

The possible team?: Facundo Altamirano, Gonzalo Luján, Jhohan Romaña, Gastón Campi, Malcom Braida; Agustín Giay, Elián Irala, Cristián Ferreira, Nahuel Barrios; Cristián Tarragona and Iván Leguizamón.

Concentrated: The club did not inform the players concentrated for tomorrow’s match.

On the other hand, Godoy Cruz arrives as a leader led by Daniel Oldrá. Tomba will have the return of Hernán López Muñoz, who had been sent off against Newell’s, and will have the important loss of Thomas Galdames, a defender who was called up to the Chilean team. The Mendoza team is the undisputed leader of group B with 23 points (seven wins, two draws and just one loss), four points above Lanús, the runner-up and 11 more than San Lorenzo.

The possible team?: Franco Petroli, Lucas Arce, Pier Barrios, Federico Rasmusen, Thomas Galdames; Nicolás Fernández, Bruno Leyes, Hernán López Muñoz; Juan Bautista Cejas, Tomás Badaloni and Tomás Conechny.

Concentrates:

19.00 San Lorenzo – Godoy Cruz (Zone B) -ESPN Premium-

Referee: Andrés Gariano

Assistant referee 1: Maximiliano Del Yesso

Assistant referee 2: Mariano Ascenzi

Fourth referee: Jorge Broggi

VAR: Franco Acita

AVAR: José Carreras

RECORD

They played 29 times

San Lorenzo won 14 times

Godoy Cruz won 7 times