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Everything is strange. A mini-match: one time of 22 minutes, and another of 21. In the Malvinas Argentinas stadium, in Mendoza, a magnificent empty stage. They play Godoy Cruz y San Lorenzothe continuity of a shortened match, in the middle of FIFA day, because the original was suspended due to serious incidents involving a group of local fans.
They were 1-1, an asterisk from the third date of the Professional League. Most of the interpreters are no longer there. Agustin Giaythe Ciclón’s scorer that afternoon, for example. EITHER Adam Bareirothe gunner who used to convert so many of all colors. He took water from the stones. He missed penalties, he also made them. One came to bite Bocacelebrated to rage.
This Saturday of full sun and incipient spring nothing was happening: both teams played very poorly. They are reflected by the teams, the players, the tactics and the table. Until…
He Puppy Neighborhoodsone of those admitted (there were changes as if the game lasted 90 minutes), fell in the area after an imperceptible touch from Santiago Martínez. Criminal, according to Jorge Baliño’s approach. The VAR, evidently, endorsed the decision. The modern manager is Iker Muniainthe Basque who wanted to enjoy the folklore of Argentine football, but Ciclón just bought a number 9, Francisco Fydriszewskithe Polish. Raised in Newell’s, he played in the promotion, a fleeting passage through Spain, Chile, Ecuador. Kick and it’s over. San Lorenzo does the math with enthusiasm: it is about getting out of the hole.
San Lorenzo needs it like water, in the doldrums in the treasury and in the two tables. With some internal problems that appear and disappear. And they appear again. The scorer thinks about winning over the fans with the class of those who know. When push comes to shove, cast magic. The penalty kicks (like so many others throughout historyapplauded, idolized), but he hits it badly, forced, without strength and the goalkeeper Petroli returns to his feet and captures the ball. It’s the end.
That’s when Godoy Cruz’s players scold him (can’t you take a penalty?) and the San Lorenzo players defend him and look askance at him with a defiant attitude. All at the same time. Matias Realifrom a previous stint at Independiente Rivadavia, is the most exalted. And the Pole, who has been wearing Barcelona for a handful of weeks, remains in the eye of the storm. Was it necessary to kick him like that? Do you really know the context of San Lorenzo?
El Ciclón is in 24th place among 28 teams. The same position in the annual table, far from any nearby cup possibility. And Leandro Romagnoli, the idol and coach, is once again pointed out of the corner of his eye. A red flag of authority. Especially after hearing his words. “If Muniain is kicking, why didn’t he kick again?”he asks, half an hour after the show.
He signs it. “As I always say, I played for 20 years and there is usually a designated player. Legui (Iván Leguizamón) was kicking, Iker was kicking. Sometimes on the field it is decided by the players. And they decided to let the Pole kick. Sometimes, you are not in the players’ heads, to see what they are going to do or not. If I knew he was going to bite her, I get on the court and tell him not to bite her.”, he claims.
Pipi took the position of Rubén Insua (a strange decision by president Marcelo Moretti) and tried to give prominence and freedom to a team that used to have everything studied. It doesn’t work, obviously. “You don’t know what’s going through the player’s head, they are decisions. There are good and bad decisions. We could have left with the three points, we need them a lot and in the end we leave with a point that tastes like little,” he explains.
And it goes further. “Sometimes We have to understand the situation we are in and it doesn’t always happen. We have to continue working and emphasizing where we are. San Lorenzo is a very big club and the situation in which we are playing is such that it can be understood within a playing field. I’m hot at the end,” he responds. That effervescence is the same that everyone has. San Lorenzo cannot afford new test tubes.
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