After his revitalizing victory last Sunday once morest Instituto 3-0, in Alta Córdoba, which allowed him to end a losing streak of a single point won in three straight games, Talleres will try this Friday night to add three more in the Kempes, when from 9:30 p.m. he receives Barracas Central, for the tenth date of the Professional League Tournament. The match will be controlled by Pablo Dóvalo and will be televised by TNT Sports.
In Córdoba, the “T”, fifth with 16 points, has not won for two rounds and needs to become strong once more in that condition to strengthen the victory once morest Gloria and get even closer to the leading River (21 points). His last win at home was once morest Central Córdoba 2-0, on the fourth date, following having lost in the debut once morest Independiente 1-0 and beating Boca 2-1. But, following beating the Santiago team, they fell once morest Vélez 2-1 and Banfield 1-0.
The albiazul coach, Javier Gandolfi, would test a single variant in the team compared to the last date: the return to ownership of Diego Valoyes to replace the Paraguayan Ramón Sosa, on the extreme right. The Colombian did not start that game because he arrived just a couple of days before playing two international friendlies with his country’s team and “Cobija” decided that he would go to the bank and enter 13 minutes into ST, by Francisco Pizzini.
Back, the DT would not make variations. He had to put together an almost new defense on Sunday due to the injuries to Juan Gabriel Rodríguez and Juan Carlos Portillo -they won’t be in the game tonight either- and without having Julio Buffarini and Vicente Fernández available for the same reason. Thus, Lucas Suárez appeared from the start, in the central defense, and Nicolás Pasquini, in the left side, who will continue today as starters.
Gandolfi will also not have center forward David Romero available, who was injured (ankle sprain) once morest Gloria and is the natural replacement for Michael Santos. But the novelty is that among those summoned is Nahuel Bustos, who will be on the bench and might be an option to replace “Pelo”, if necessary, at some point in the game.
On the side of Rodolfo De Paoli, the situation is different: he is ranked 22nd in the table, he has nine units, he has not won for four rounds (two draws and two losses, his last win was over Gymnastics, the February 27) and. As a visitor, out of four games they have lost two, drawn one and won another. He will arrive in Córdoba with the premise of adding something, which is why he is expected to propose a cautious approach, waiting and going once morest, once morest an opponent who comes out on all pitches to attack -and even more so at Kempes- with a frontal, vertical and highly offensive game
The team that represents the club of the president of the AFA, “Chiqui” Tapia, comes from losing at home once morest Boca, 3-0, last week, but his DT would maintain the same formation as in that match. Forward Ricardo Centurión is recovering from a blow to his right knee, but is evolving well and will be there from the start.
Talleres and Barracas met only once in the First Division and it was a 2-0 victory for Guapo, at Kempes, on July 7 of last year, with goals from Facundo Mater and Bruno Sepúlveda. The albiazul team was led by Pedro Caixinha, it was only one point from last place and, at that time, its focus was more on its participation in the Copa Libertadores than in the Professional League Tournament.
The doubts that Dóvalo arouses
The match referee, Pablo Dovalo, has a favorable record for Barracas. He led that club 16 times (it is the club that refereed the most), of which he won seven, drew seven and lost two, between 2020 and 2023, the period in which he went from B Nacional to Liga. He also awarded him four penalties, two of them in a game that “el Guapo” won 5-3 once morest Sarmiento, whose complaints still persist because he had double standards.
Talleres does not have a good memory of him. The freshest was the 1-0 defeat once morest Boca in the League Cup. The penalty that he should have given for the punch that Marcos Rojo applied to Franco in the xeneize area, before scoring the only goal of the game, is still being claimed. The VAR was also questioned because it did not call the Ecuadorian for the infraction and did do so to collect Rafael Pérez’s penalty on Darío Benedetto with which the former Estudiantes LP scored, who should have been expelled for the previous action.
Dóvalo only directed Talleres three opportunities with the balance of a draw, a defeat and a victory.
Probable formations of Workshops and Barracks
Workshops: Guido Herrera; Gaston Benavidez, Matthias Catalan, Rodriguez or Suarez and Pasquini; Rodrigo Villagra and Alan Franco; Diego Valoyes, Rodrigo Garro and Francisco Pizzini; Michael Holy.
Central Tents: Andrew Desabato; Mauro Penipil, Augustin Dattola, Francisco Alvarez, Juan Ignacio Diaz; Facundo Mater, Charles Maple, Ivan Wall, Lucas Colitto; Richard Centurion, Bruno Sepulveda. DT: Rodolfo De Paoli.
- Hour: 21:30.
- TV: TNT Sports.
- Estadio: Kempes.
- Referee: Pablo Dovalo.
