It rains in the Paternal, although for the fans who sing, get excited and say goodbye to the players with an ovation, the water is the equivalent of a blessing. Argentines He beat Rosario Central, the last Argentine soccer champion, with a soccer demonstration in which he combined play and dedication: the superiority was overwhelming. A victory that pushed him to the top of Zone A of the League Cup, along with River and Vélezthree dates from the closing of the regular stage of the tournament.
Be part of the best four teams in the group and compete in the playoffs It is an expectation that offers arguments on the court, but that A handful of months ago it needed very strong support from the leaders: When criticism was destabilizing, they endorsed a project that is paying off. A silent task, without giving up and in which desires often collided with reality. Conscientious work to enjoy a dream present, which from the first week of April will begin the adventure in the Copa Sudamericana.
On November 28, with a draw against Barracas Central, Argentinos ended their participation in last year’s League Cup. Twelfth among 14 teams, with the same points (14) as that afternoon’s rival and just one more than the relegated Arsenal, the lack of results was irritating. A week before, at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, The public pointed out their discontent against coach Pablo Guede: “Go away Guede, the p… who gave birth to you,” he reverberated..
The beginning of the cycle, after the resignation of Gabriel Milito, with victories over Banfield and Talleres was dyed black, with four draws and five defeats. Argentines chained nine games without celebrations and the effervescent climate enveloped everyone. The fans insulted the coach and the players, and those who run the club had two options: blow up a contract that was valid until 2027 or support the election that they themselves rehearsed Two months before. Not getting carried away by the overflow, analyzing the situation and planning for the new year, was the recipe with which the scenario was modified.
The victory over Rosario Central
The weak campaign and some ridiculous things, such as the high-sounding words that Guede fired at the team after the loss with Rosario Central, in Arroyito, fueled the bad mood. “We gave away the three goals and that can’t happen. In the third we lose the ball and we don’t come back to get it back, it’s complicated. We need a cure of humility. The shield is above everything“exploded the coach, who had already had disagreements with San Lorenzo leaders, in 2016, in which it was the only experience as a coach in the first division in Argentine soccer.
In that hostile climate, the President Cristian Malaspina launched in a meeting that took place in the stadium – the technical secretary, Raúl Sanzotti– a phrase to a group of partners that now takes on greater significance: “Trust Guede”. They were not comfortable days and the heads of the football project made the call to talk, debate and exchange opinions.
“When we put together the squad with Sanzotti and Cristian Malaspina everyone said ‘signings are missing’but We were calm, because we believed in these kids. I don’t want to mix the result with reality, because the reality is that there is a lot left”, Guede slipped on Tuesday night. From one tournament to the next, Argentinos dismembered the backbone of the lineup, sold experienced players and two of their latest gems: Gabriel Ávalos (Independiente), Miguel Torrén (Unión), Lucas Villalva (Cruzeiro), Alexis Martín Arias (free, signed with Cerro Porteño), Marco Di Césare (Racing) and Federico Redondo (Inter Miami)…
To reinforce himself, he located names that had no space in other clubs and whom he trusted to exploit: Nicolas Oroz y Maximiliano Romero They entered as part of the operation with the Academy by Di Césare; the archer Diego Russian Rodríguez He arrived free of Godoy Cruz; Alan Lescanofrom Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, and Fernando Meza, from Palestino (Chile), two operations that mixed a bet on the future, in the case of the midfielder, and seniority, with the defender. All names that make headlines and that oxygenated the group on the field and in the locker room.
“We handle ourselves in one way and there are three legs: the leadership, with Cristian [Malaspina], the coaching staff and me, with the technical secretary. Pablo [Guede]Beyond names, he gave us characteristics of the players he wanted. The secretary monitors and we meet every week to analyze. We divide the tasks: one group watches Primera and Primera Nacional and others analyze South American leagues such as Paraguay, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile and Ecuador, which have profiles of players that may interest us. That follow-up then it is analyzed with the scope of the wallet. There are important players, such as [Matías] Arezo, from Peñarol, which came and went from Europe: it is interesting, but it escapes economic reality,” said Sanzotti, in a talk with Argentinos Pasión, in which he also communicated that the intention was to value and offer filming to the youth .
The list of new jewels includes: Tobias Palacios, Thiago Santamaría, Roman Vegathe paraguayan Juan José Cardozo, Matías Perelló… The first, a 17-year-old defender, with summons to the youth teams, debuted on the first date of the League Cup at the Monumental, with River; On that same day, full-back Santamaría, from Pilar, 21 years old, showed up. Vega, also a full-back, 20 years old, made his debut in 2021 and had a stint at Barcelona B. Guaraní Cardozo, midfielder, 20 years old – he joined the club ten seasons ago – spent 25 games on the substitute bench as a relief from Redondo and appeared two weeks ago against Gimnasia y Esgrima. Perelló, forward, had the opportunity with Independiente and scored the winning goal over Gimnasia y Tiro, for the Argentine Cup…
“Palacios did preseason in the first team for the first time.” [en total fueron nueve futbolistas] and it was not that he would debut immediately, because the intention of adding him was so that he could gain experience, live with the group… There are other boys, like the case of Santamaría, who had projection, but sometimes it depends on the position, where there are more or fewer players… The methodology for monitoring the youth players is that the coaching staff attends the reserve matches and reports are made. At the end of the year, the technical office compiles a compilation of the entire calendar, which includes GPS information, attack and defense concepts… all data so that the coach can finish knowing the characteristics of each boy and analyze them,” explains Sanzotti.
He Seedbed of the World It continues to nourish Argentinos, which in the days of crisis rebuilt itself with courage and without deviating from the path it set for itself. La Paternal is a strength, where the team won the six games it played. The fan renewed the illusion and now applauds the driver who months ago was failed. Argentine football, many times you wouldn’t understand it.
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