“We understand Thursday’s game as a final”said Leandro Atilio Romagnoli after losing 1-0 to Deportivo Riestra on Sunday. Saint Lawrence has his head in Libertadores Cup y he needs to beat Liverpool no matter what to keep alive their chances of progressing to the round of 16. Pipi must resolve several casualties.
They will not be Adam Bareiro y Jhohan Romañasuspended, and Facundo Altamirano (torn). The arch will occupy Gaston Gomez. Gonzalo Lujan is heading to replace the Colombian, while Diego Herazo I would go ‘9’.
The new Barça coach tries not to complicate matters. It is his turn to put his chest into a brave stand. He raised his hand and faced the challenge of assuming the technical direction of Ciclón after the departure of Ruben Darío Insua in the middle of the cup competition and with a very complicated classification panorama.
But Romagnoli goes. He brought in substitutes to cross Varela Avenue and visit Riestra in the debut of the local League to take care of his best legs in the face of the momentous clash that is coming against the Uruguayans. He paid for it with a hard fall, but the focus is on the international level.
The fight for second place in group F is on fire. Palmeiras with 10 points is already in the next phase. Boedo’s team has four units like Independiente del Valle and Liverpool. Between the azulgranas and the Ecuadorians they are equal in goal difference (-1), but Independiente del Valle would be qualifying since it has more goals in its favor (5 against 3).
Pipi knows that there is no margin for error. San Lorenzo must win at home to play everything on the last date against Palmeiras in Brazil. He will seek to give continuity to the base of the formation that was imposed last week against the Ecuadorian team.
Thus, Alexis Cuello will remain in the eleven. And also Eric Remedi. The two were little used by Insua and with the help of Romagnoli they want to earn a permanent place in the team.
The formation that is outlined is with: Chila Gómez; Agustín Giay, Gonzalo Luján, Gastón Campi, Malcom Braida; Elian Irala, Eric Remedi; Iván Leguizamón, Nahuel Barrios, Alexis Cuello; and Diego Herazo.
It should be remembered that Cristian Tarragona still has a suspension date and may only be available for the last match of the group stage of the Cup.