There is still a long way to go, yes, but the alarms have already started to go off in Chimbas. The thing is Sportivo Peñarol’s start in Federal “A” was not as expected: four games played and still without victory, fulfilling a free date this coming weekend and visiting Juventud Unida de San Luis on the sixth date in a condition that was always unfavorable for him.
The start in the Federal was foreseeable taking into account the framework in which the preseason of the squad took place, immersed at that time in a leadership dilemma that ended up being resolved with just hours left before the start of the tournament. With two teams training at the same time and two different coaches, The one who won the fight was President Oscar Cuevas and the team led by Cristian Bove was chosen to start the contest.
The first false step was in La Pampa against Ferro, already at home and after training for the first time that week on their own playing field (they did the entire preseason on the Trinidad field) the debut against their people was not as expected either. and ended in a draw against Estudiantes de San Luis. For the third date, Bohemian went to Monte Maíz to face Argentino but due to their own mistakes, this time they ended up falling 2-1. On the fourth date this Sunday, Bove’s team could not break zero against Ciudad Bolívar.
Those two points achieved at home place the chimbero team last in the positions along with Estudiantes de San Luis. Now the Bohemian will fulfill a free date and on the sixth date he must visit Juventud Unida in San Luis. Peñarol will go to San Luis with the sole premise of winning, not only to straighten the course but also to break the statistics. It is that in this tournament they lost in the two outings of San Juan but going further and although it is a different team from the one that played in the last contest, outside of San Juan Peñarol has not won since August 20, 2022 when they beat Argentino in Monte Maíz for the 25th date. On that occasion it was a 1-0 victory for Bohemio, then they never celebrated again as a visitor: they lost to Liniers in Bahía Blanca (0-1), lost to Ferro in General Pico (0-3), lost to Sansinena in General Cerri (0-1) and lost again against Villa Miter in Bahía Blanca (0-3). That streak of six consecutive defeats outside of San Juan will be the one that Peñarol tries to break on the weekend of April 15 and 16 when he has to visit Juve from San Luis. The reunion with his people will take place on the 7th date, receiving San Martín de Mendoza.
Although the Federal has a long way to go with just over 30 games still to go, the only representative from San Juan in the category should not be neglected. The panorama is already beginning to worry both their own and others in Peñarol, especially since their squad has names with plenty of experience in the category. Although of course the results are the ones that rule in football and if one takes into account that the leadership crack in Peñarol opened precisely because of the election of Bove as DT, surely the coach is already beginning to feel that pressure on his back and should begin to clear up rumors in that visit to San Luis lands.