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Independiente, which is still waiting for the arrival of a new coach, will seek this Wednesday to add its first victory in the Professional League when it receives Banfield, in Avellaneda, within the framework of the fifth day.
The match will be played at the Libertadores de América – Ricardo Bochini stadium from 9:15 p.m., it will be refereed by Nicolás Ramírez, who will be supported by Fernando Espinoza from the VAR and will have the live broadcast of the ESPN Premium sports signal.
Independiente still could not win in the competition, after the frustrated debut with a defeat against Talleres de Córdoba, the Avellaneda team had three draws in a row and needs to reverse its image with the public before the break for the Copa América.
For this commitment, the idea of interim coach Hugo Tocalli is to include captain Iván Marcone among the starters after recovering from the fracture of the first phalanx of a toe on his left foot and who would leave the team is Diego Tarzia.
In this way, the tactical system will change: the line of four defenders will return and instead of having an offensive trident, it will have the duo composed of Gabriel Ávalos and Santiago López, while the youth Lautaro Millán will be the link.
For its part, Banfield comes to this match after beating Newell’s at home by 2 to 0 and thus obtaining its first joy in the competition that places it in twentieth position in the table with four units.
Probable formations
Independent: Rodrigo Rey, Santiago Salle, Juan Fedorco, Joaquín Laso, Damián Pérez; David Martínez, Iván Marcone, Federico Mancuello; Lautaro Millán; Santiago López and Gabriel Ávalos. DT: Hugo Tocalli.
Banfield: Facundo Sanguinetti; Juan Álvarez, Gabriel Aranda, Alejandro Maciel, Aarón Quirós, Emanuel Insúa; Matías González, Cristian Núñez, Ignacio Rodríguez; Milton Giménez and Bruno Sepúlveda. DT: Julio César Falcioni.
Referee: Nicolás Ramírez. Court: Independent. Time: 9:15 p.m. TV: ESPN Premium.
10 years have passed since the rise of Independiente
On June 11, 2014, Independiente returned to the First Division by beating Huracán 2-0 in the city of La Plata and after spending a year in the second category, a fact that should have closed the darkest stage in the history of a club that today, after a decade, remains in the same place of institutional and sporting chaos.
Under a light drizzle that covered the sky of the Único de La Plata stadium that Wednesday afternoon, the Avellaneda team beat the Parque de los Patricios team with goals from Martín Zapata and Francisco Pizzini and returned to the First Division of Argentine soccer, a place where it remained for more than 100 years until the fateful day of June 15, 2013 when it was relegated after losing to San Lorenzo.
That afternoon, Independiente hoped to close the darkest chapter of its award-winning history that has it as one of the most winning institutions in America and the world. A chapter that began in the 90’s with terrible, unreliable and dubious management, filled with leaders who formed an infinite vicious circle jumping from group to group to continue walking through the corridors of the headquarters at Avenida Miter 470 in Avellaneda.
