The life of Saint Lawrence passes outside the playing field. Telephone calls to establish conversations that are projected on negotiations to seal Rubén Insua’s replacement, the goal of president Marcelo Moretti and the vocal and strong man of professional football, Néstor Ortigoza. On the field, and no longer able to qualify for the playoffs from League Cup, closed its participation with a 0-0 draw against Central Córdoba, from Santiago del Esteroat the Mother of Cities stadium.
The dismissal of Insua, the man who acted as lifeguard, recomposed the team’s sporting Cyclone until qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana 2023 and the Copa Libertadores 2024, it still did not have a closure, because there is no economic agreement. The coach renewed the relationship, for two seasons, last January. Resolve the departure and direct his successor, a slogan that in Bajo Flores intends to give him a cut this week. For now, Luis Zubeldía gave a negative answer; Nicolás Larcamón – recently fired from Cruzeiro – was not enthusiastic and the wink they wish to receive from Gabriel Heinze at this time is not robust and there begins to be a feeling of something far away. An alternative? Matías Biscayfield assistant to Marcelo Gallardo.
The goalless draw at the Madre de Ciudades stadium
A variant provided Leandro Romagnoliregarding the alignment that Insua used in the fall with Independiente del Valle, for the Libertadores: The youthful Medina entered – a classic hitch – to replace Iván Leguizamón. The 4-2-3-1 formation and the attempt to play low to the ground from the start, some tweaks from the interim coach; the projections of Agustín Giay and Malcolm Braida –associating with Perrito Barrios- and the mobility of Adam Bareiro throughout the attacking front, repetitions of the recent past. The image of the first half was not too different from the cycle that ended: a run by Braida that was controlled by goalkeeper Luis Ingolotti and a high, deflected header by Bareiro, the approaches to break the score.
From a promising start to being consumed in an inconsequential way and even cracking in the setback, compared to the quick exits that Central Córdoba executed to hurt. The Santiago team also tried to break through the wings, with Thiago Nuss and Mateo Sanabria, who assisted Rodrigo Atencio, who in the minor area was left in the dark about controlling and finishing, which dismantled the danger. The modifications to try to change the course of the game in San Lorenzo appeared with the arrivals of Erik Remedi – who had little continuity with Insua and who quickly earned the warning – and the Paraguayan Leguizamón, who caused Giay to delay the defense.
A poker of names of an offensive nature imposed the Cyclone, although the associations were missing, putting together passes, breaking with the ball and not with throws for some run. Lacking depth throughout the game, Romagnoli pushed Christian Tarragona and Ezequiel Cerutti to renew the offense, although the changes showed momentum and energy and little imbalance. The last change window was sealed with the Colombian Diego Herazo, scattering to the three No. 9s on the playing field. It was the Colombian who took advantage of a long shot from goalkeeper Altamirano and was about to break the deadlock..
The path of recomposition to avoid suffering from relegation, the one that is defined at the end of the year but that is played throughout the calendar, is the obsession of Central Córdoba. Already without Abel Balbo as driver, Juan Carlos Pollo Roldán took charge to close the League Cup. Ignacio Galván, debutant, a product of the lower divisions of Ferroviario, one of the five modifications that were tested to compete with the Cyclone. Lucas Pusineri, William Farre, Sebastian Mendez and Omar De Philippewho already had a stint at the club, make up the poker of surnames that were established to lead in the tournament that will begin on May 12.