Preparation time is short, but Julio César Falcioni wants to get the most out of it. The brand new Independiente coach wants to give his mark to the team as quickly as possible. He has only been working for 16 days, although he took advantage of all the practices and friendlies to arrange many tactical trials and test different schemes in order to put together a pragmatic team that is capable of mutating the system to adapt to the rival on duty. This morning’s friendly match against Arsenal was no exception.
Unlike what happened in last Wednesday’s match against Godoy Cruz (1-1), when the Emperor arranged a 5-3-2 that turned into a 4-3-1-2 in the second stage, this time the The technician arranged a line of three in the back as both Fabricio Bustos and Gastón Togni, those in charge of going outside, stood up high. The drawing this time was a 3-5-2 with Alan Franco as Libero, Sergio Barreto and Ayrton Costa as stoppers. Falcioni has not yet defined which scheme he is going to use when the tournament starts, but he wants players to familiarize themselves with different schemes.
The owner of the goal was Milton Álvarez and not Sebastián Sosa, who had saved against Tomba, which shows that the competition for the position is still open. Independiente handled the ball in the first half, with two lanes playing loose to drill down the wings and supply the forwards. Pablo Hernández played loose and stepping on the area. After a good pressure on a rival side, the Chilean nationalized from Tucumán sealed the first goal of the match with a definition in which he exhibited his technical qualities. In addition to the goal, he had two more situations that he could not specify.
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As in the match against Godoy Cruz, Falcioni ordered modifications, changed the scheme in the second stage and the team was defending with four: Bustos, Franco, Barreto and Ortega. Arsenal, a team with an oily functioning, always tried to dispute the possession of the ball to Red. Those of Sarandí grew with the passing of the minutes and tied it thanks to a penalty converted by Alan Ruiz. In Red, a clear intention was once again noticed not to complicate the start and that was in evidence when the forwards of Ass, Bruno Báez and Sebastián Candia, exerted pressure: Independiente’s defenders tried to reject the ball without shame so as not to make mistakes that already cost the team dearly in the previous semester.
Independiente will debut in the tournament on Monday 15, against Lanús, in Avellaneda. Arsenal will do the same on Saturday the 13th, against San Lorenzo in the new Gasometer. Falcioni will have to continue working to fulfill his premise of hardening the team. At least in this friendly, the Emperor left with better feelings than in the duel against Godoy Cruz.
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SYNTHESIS OF THE PARTY OF HOLDERS
INDEPENDENT (1): Milton Álvarez; Sergio Barreto, Alan Franco, Ayrton Costa; Fabricio Bustos, Domingo Blanco, Lucas Romero, Pablo Hernández, Gastón Togni; Alan Velasco and Silvio Romero. DT: Julio Falcioni
ARSENAL (1): Nicolás Navarro; Julián Navas, Emiliano Méndez, Gastón Suso, Emiliano Papa; Jesús Soraire, Leonel Picco, Nicolás Castro, Alan Ruiz; Bruno Báez and Jhonatan Candia. DT: Sergio Rondina.
GOALS: PT 12 ‘P. Hernández (I). ST 16 ‘A. Ruiz -of a penalty- (A). ENTER: L. González, S. Palacios and T. Ortega by L. Romero, A. Costa and G. Togni (I). F. Pons by J. Candia (A). COURT: Libertadores de América Stadium. DETAIL: Two 30-minute halves were played.
IN THE SUBSTITUTE DUEL, THERE WAS ALSO A TIE
The second friendly in the morning reinforced something that Julio César Falcioni has been thinking: Sebastián Palacios will be followed by Independiente’s first change. The footballer who returned after having been on loan at Newell’s was the most destabilizing of Rojo in the alternative teams duel and is highly regarded by Falcioni. The match ended in a draw: Brian Martínez, who seems to be running from behind, entered a few minutes and scored the goal for Avellaneda’s team, while Facundo Pons scored the Arsenal draw from a penalty. Before Godoy Cruz, the Red substitutes had fallen 1-0, but this time they showed a better image.
SYNTHESIS OF THE PARTY OF ALTERNATES
INDEPENDENT (1): Sebastian Sosa; Gonzalo Asis, Patricio Ostachuk, Ayrton Costa, Thomas Ortega; Jonathan Menéndez, Lucas González, Alan So Señora; Andrés Roa; Sebastián Palacios and Nicolás Messiniti. DT: Julio Falcioni,
ARSENAL (1): Alejandro Rivero; Marcos Abreliano, Ignacio Gariglio, Joaquín Pombo, Leonardo Marchi; Alejo Antilef, Lucas Kruspzky; Ramiro Luna, Lucas Necul, Matías Belloso; Facundo Pons. DT: Sergio Rondina.
GOALS: B. Martínez (I) and F. Pons -de penal- (A). ENTER: B. Martínez and R. Bacchia by S Palacios and S. Sosa (I). R. Balbuna, D. Barbera and J. Denis by M. Abreliano, A. Rivero and M. Belloso (A). COURT: Liberators of America. DETAIL: Two 30-minute halves were played.