One step forward. San Lorenzo looks for another style: the drastic decision that Insua made in the victory for the Argentine Cup

Saint Lawrence He was a semi-finalist in the previous Argentine Cup that Estudiantes de La Plata won. Its presentation in the 2024 edition before Chivilcoy Independent, one of the representatives of Federal A, went with a light victory. He still doesn’t play well, he doesn’t take off, but the 1-0 victory in the round of 32 gave him other tools for the future. The new bet of Ruben Insua It worked halfway: now it seeks to be offensive, to change the face of a team that is usually conservative.

El Ciclón will have to wait for the resolution regarding the classic that Tigre won against Chacarita (1-0) and was suspended for the attack on footballer Fernando Brandán, from Funebrero, who was hit by a bottle thrown by a fan. El Ciclón appeared in the domestic competition after the goalless draw in the classic against Hurricaneas a visitor, last Saturday for the League Cup.

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San Lorenzo’s determination to become a more offensive team, at the same time, brought complications in the last line, well resolved by Altamirano, the goalkeeper, with a couple of dangerous interventions. With Bareiro A little further from the area, Herazo in his comfortable habitat and a kind of hook like Tapia, the Ciclón attacked everything he could, but lacked creativity and power in the final meters. The difference in category was noticeable from the start, although the Chivilcoy team felt comfortable under the heat of the counterattack.

He Puppy Neighborhoods He found an accomplice in the Barça creation, which is no small thing. However, they could not together provoke dangerous plays, excessively stopped, structured. Independiente took note of a certain fragility on the left sector (another of the surprises for Gallego, the Colombian Nicolas Hernandez) and advanced through that sector with enthusiasm, from 4 to 7, as the manuals say.

Rubén Darío Insua ordered a tactical change, in search of a more aggressive teamFotobaires

San Lorenzo couldn’t. He couldn’t during the entire first half.

Rubén Insua surprised by having a bold formation. He is daring, at least, if you compare it with a good part of his career, especially in the second part of his time as coach of San Lorenzo. When he won the Copa Sudamericana, with a huge Leandro Romagnoli, played differently. At least she was risking something more. “We played this way in 2002, when we won the cup. Now we modify just one link, instead of a libero in the background, we have him in the middle of the field,” he acknowledged, a few minutes before the match, in a chat with TyC Sports.

Four defenders. A hitch, Iván Tapia, the son of the president of the AFA, with a good track record in Barracas Central. And with two forwards, two heavy number 9s, Bareiro and Herazo, the Lukaku from this part of the world, as it is known in the San Lorenzo World. Of course: most acquisitions must continue to wait. Are they physically ill or is it due to a political decision?

“I don’t think it’s mandatory that players who join the team have to be starters. There are players who arrived five days before the start of the tournament. Here nothing and no one is above the shield of San Lorenzo”, he signed. And he went further, by avoiding confrontations that are usually commonplace on social networks. “I think that because they are reinforcements, the players don’t have to play. The team understood it very well. To play in the first of San Lorenzo “You have to overcome many obstacles,” he said.

San Lorenzo achieved an acceptable victory in its debut in the Argentine CupFotobaires

Without magic in the first half, he kicked the scoreboard for the second half. Inside Tarragona, Braida and the boy Medina, out Tapia, Herazo and Hernández, which confirms the trend: how little patience the DT has with the reinforcements. After a while, Tarragona, who is not usually taken into account, captured a short clearance from Aquino and had a distant cross shot that established the opening of the score.

The start of Ciclón during 2024 is not good. It is in position number 9, with 7 points in zone B, 12 behind Godoy Cruz, the leader. A victory: 2-0 over Tigre. And little more. “The team has normal physical responses and we hope to start being strong. We have to become a strong team againreliable and winning,” he enthused.

Independiente de Chivilcoy was the protagonist of the promotion last season, as it reached the quarterfinals of the Federal A tournament, although it was eliminated by Olympus, from Bahía Blanca. The Chivilcoy team was left without a coach after the departure of Alberto Salvaggio, who was replaced by his assistant, Daniel Olmedo. While preparing for the new Federal A, Rojo put together a practically new team with 12 reinforcements. He was up to the task, even with a shot at the end that Altamirano saved.

And he freed San Lorenzo. A relief: keep going.

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