finished undefeated San Lorenzo his participation in the Río de la Plata Series. On Sunday night they beat Independiente del Valle on penalties after drawing goalless in the 90 minutes in Maldonado, Uruguay. In this way, Miguel Angel Russo’s team rounded off a perfect summer as it came from victories against Nacional and Peñarol, both 1-0, and is looking forward to its debut against Talleres in the Apertura Tournament.
The full energy lasted just over half an hour for this San Lorenzo who sought to add all the possible filming before the start of the season. Russo took the edge off the friendlies and fielded the same ten starting field players for the three games he played in six days (he only changed Orlando Gill for Facundo Altamirano in goal due to the latter’s injury).
The formation that Miguel put in place was: Gill; Ezequiel Herrera, Jhohan Romaña, Daniel Herrera, Malcom Braida; Nicolás Tripichio, Elián Irala; Ezequiel Cerutti, Iker Muniain, Matías Reali; and Alexis Cuello.
The Cyclone felt the exhaustion on the Uruguayan night of Sunday which, like in Buenos Aires, was flooded. Because he went out with everything to burn the ships despite the fact that the Ecuadorian team had the first danger from a counterattack that if it had not been for the crossbar would have ended in a goal by Layan Loor.
After being saved, San Lorenzo became owner of the ball and managed the times and situations, mainly thanks to the mobility and practicality of resolution of a dynamic Reali who is determined to recover the ground lost last year.
Chucky had three shots, one deflected and two others blocked by Guido Villar. Boedo’s team pressed high with a very flexible 4-2-3-1 scheme that bets on order but also dares to break the mold since when it stifles the rival’s exit it transforms into a 4-2-4, with the rise of the three offensive midfielders to the Cuello line.
Independiente del Valle took the opportunity to grab the ball a little and handle it only when the Argentine team got tired and gave them some respite. Always planted on the counterattack, the Ecuador team had another one with a shot by Michael Hoyos that went over after a good pass behind by Jeison Medina.
Even so, the Blaugranas were always clearer. They should have gone into the break ahead on the scoreboard, but Cuello missed a goal after failing to connect with an assist from Braida.
In addition, the procedure was distorted by the rain of changes. Independiente del Valle made six variations of one and the Ciclón changed little by little to end up with seven kids from the quarry on the field: the two Herreras, Elías Báez, Manuel Insaurralde, Branco Salinardi, Valentín Escalante and Agustín Ladstatter.
The 90 minutes ended at zero and everything was decided after midnight in the honeycombs. Báez hit the post with his shot, Cristian Zabala sent his over the crossbar and Gill saved it from Romario Ibarra, but Salinardi missed and tied the series again. After several successful executions, Justin Bravo sent her out and gave Boedo’s team the victory.