After several months suffering, la U is about to ensure their permanence in First Division. After the weekend’s victory over Unin Espaola, the Blues only need to defeat Curic Unido this Wednesday to finally forget about the dreaded Weighted Table.
That is why in Azul Azul they have already accelerated the procedures to form their squad for the following season. There are already several weeks in which the sports management led by Rodrigo Goldberg and Sergio Vargas He has been analyzing ups and downs in the squad, but now that his place in First A seems guaranteed, it is time to begin to consolidate things.
And that is why the U already assumes that it has closed what should be the pair that should give it stability for the next campaign and, if all goes well, for the near future. Is about Luis Casanova and Ramn Arias, the pair of central defenders who should give protection to Fernando de Paul this 2021.
The first has been one of the great revelations of this season. Coming from Deportes Temuco, he arrived at the express request of Hernn Caputto and although it was difficult for him to have continuity at first, after the recess due to the pandemic, he gradually consolidated, meanwhile Osvaldo Gonzlez and Diego Carrasco do not meet expectations.
But with Rafael Dudamel on the bench, the one formed in O’Higgins simply won the starting shirt and did not release it again. In recent dates, including the Classics against Colo Colo and Catlica, he was one of the best elements of the team and that is why what was an idea in the Azul Azul board a couple of months ago has already taken on a decisive character: the club will acquire 50% of your pass to ensure you at least one more season in the team.
Not bad for a 28-year-old defender who had stagnated after being one of the figures of La Roja Sub 20 almost a decade ago, but who revived with the blues.
“The new Victorino”
And his partner, in no way an unforeseen last minute, will be Arias. After the failures of other foreign central defenders in recent times, such as Luis Aveldao or a Luis del Pino Mago who can start on loan, Azul Azul are convinced that “Cachila” be different.
“It has a lot of (Mauricio) Victorino“, they point out in the CDA, pointing to the memory that the Uruguayan left more than 10 years ago. Charra like him, and with a personality that all who have directed it stand out, there are very advanced conversations to arrange his arrival after not being considered by San Lorenzo de Almagro.
Bad augury? In the U they are convinced that his lack of play was due more to a problem of trust with their respective technicians than of quality or conditions, the same ones that made him participate in a Junior World Cup and the London Olympic Games in his beginnings as a professional.