It’s not a game more. San Lorenzo and Godoy Cruz They were going to star in an attractive duel this Wednesday, between those who need to add three in order not to lose their aspirations of qualifying for the quarterfinals of this League Cup and who comfortably leads (four points ahead of the second) zone B of the tournament. However, The Government of the City of Buenos Aires took action on the matter regarding the strong storms that are approaching, as predicted by the Meteorological Service, and decided to suspend the meeting more than three hours in advance. Thus, the meeting that was pending since date No. 9 It will be played this Thursday, at 7 p.m., according to the AFA.
The weather conditions were adverse since Wednesday morning, so – as the hours went by – suspension was already beginning to be considered as a strong possibility. Not because of the state of the playing field. stadium Pedro Bidegainwhat It began somewhat flooded by the powerful morning storm, but the rapid drainage left it suitable for normal development. Rather, for the most important thing: the people who would come to Bajo Flores, between the flooding of the surrounding streets and the orange alert announced for around 7 p.m.precisely the time in which judge Andrés Gariano would begin the momentous duel.
This was reported by the official accounts of the Barça entity: “Due to the weather conditions, the GCBA ordered the suspension of the match between San Lorenzo and Godoy Cruz. In the next few hours, the LPF (Professional Football League), after agreement with the clubs, will reschedule it.”. Of course, the logical thing was that the rescheduling would be immediate for this Thursday, just as it happened. Nevertheless, on the table, there was a tug of war since those hours in which the cancellation was already in the heads of the authorities.
On the one hand, San Lorenzo. The “Ciclón” was one of the first to request the suspension to protect its fans from leaving their homes. Yes indeed: He was the one who insisted the most on getting the ball rolling that Thursday. With some desperation at what could happen to a footballer who is vital for Ruben Darío Insúa.
Adam Bareirotheir scorer, cannot play against the Mendoza team after winning his fifth warning last weekend, during the victory against Sarmiento. That facilitated his quick departure to Sochi, Russia, to join the delegation of the Paraguayan team, which will play a friendly against the host on the FIFA date. What is the problem, then? The next rival of the Boedo team is, neither more nor less, than Boca. If the duel against the leader was postponed beyond the stoppage, his ‘9’ would have to serve his suspension in the Bombonera… A classic maneuver, but one that -sometimes- can suffer unexpected setbacks.
Now, on the other side of the table were the Tombino leaders. With another drawback: they had their return flight scheduled for the early hours of this Thursday, with their heads fixed on Monday. The thing is AFA organized his debut in the Argentine Cup for that day and it will not be one more: in front of him he has San Martín, from San Juan, waiting for him to star in the Cuyo classicin Saint Louis.
Therefore, the team Daniel Oldrá He also had his arguments for not losing days and hours of training in the face of that important confrontation, due to the elimination of the 32nd round of the most federal tournament that Argentine soccer has and the context of the rivalry. Now, playing this Thursday means the leading team in Zone B will be able to train in optimal conditions only on Saturday, two days before the crossing, between the trip to Mendoza and recovery the day after the duel with San Lorenzo. Everything very tight,
To all this, the “Ciclón” also had a favorable card: The match was not played during the ninth round (two weeks ago) because “Tomba” could play at that time for stage 3 of the Copa Libertadores playoffs. It depended on beating Colo Colo, from Chile, but there was no speculation and the match to be played in Bajo Flores was postponed without hesitation to this Wednesday, March 20. Finally, Godoy Cruz was eliminated in the hands of the “Cacique” and the postponement was, in some way, in vain.
For all that, the leadership led by Marcelo Moretti appeared with greater force to finally force the match to be played this Thursday, at the same time they were going to do it today.
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