There goes this one Mouth 2026. In a transfer market that in Argentina appears too calm, with few options for attractive footballers to incorporate, the president Juan Roman Riquelme it is not altered. It is handled patiently, slowly. Don’t rush. Strikingly, despite having the immense challenge of competitiveness that the Copa Libertadores represents, for now Román has no additions. Nor did he decide to look for a technician with a lot of experience to replace Miguel Angel Russothe iconic coach who died last year, and opted to confirm his field assistant Claudio Ubeda.
Meanwhile, Ubeda progress is being made in the development of a team that currently presents a problem in the center of the attack. The problem of “9”. The thing is that their three scorers are injured. Two had already been there for several days: Edinson Cavani (lumbalgia) and Milton Gimenez (pubalgia). And on Sunday night, in the last friendly before the official competition, he was replaced 15 minutes into the first half. Miguel Merentielalso with a physical problem.
By Merentiel income Lucas Jansonwho is not a center forward and has been very relegated for a long time, to the point of considering him expendable and offering him as part of payment in many negotiations. At least in this friendly, Janson He surprised by taking advantage of his 75 minutes on the field and weighing in at the center of the attack. What’s more, he nailed two headers that almost didn’t end in a goal.
Yeah Merentiel does not recover, most likely Janson start as starter against Riestra on Sunday, at La Bombonera, for the first date of the Apertura Tournament.
“We are going to do studies”
“I’m worried about Merentiel’s departure. He had discomfort in the place where he was hit tonight. We’re going to see how he evolves these days. We’re going to do studies on him. Let’s hope it’s nothing serious,” he reported. Ubeda.
The coach also referred to the delay in the arrival of reinforcements. The arrival of the Colombian winger remains undefined Marino Hinestroza. And the management does not progress either Alexis Cuelloattacker Saint Lawrence. In this scenario, dedramatizing, Ubeda He noted: “With less than a week before the start of the tournament, I am only dealing with the squad we have at our disposal and I am dedicated to recovering the players we have in that position.”
Zeballos, the maximum illusion
Mouth panicked because of the physical situation of Merentiel last night in San Nicolás, in a friendly against Olympia of Paraguay. The xeneizes won 2-1. They had started it, losing it due to a detour in Juan Barinaga that dislocated Agustín Marchesín and they tied it that way too, after a shot from Alan Velasco (one of the players to recover from a football perspective) who brushed against a defender and went in. Then, they captured the victory with a beautiful overflow of Exequiel Zeballos (the maximum illusion) that included a center-assist for the scoring header of Tomas Belmonte.
One of the good news for Mouthbeyond Zeballos and the quality of Leandro Paredespass by Ander Herrera. The Spaniard again played from the beginning and completed a period with very good rhythm and hierarchy in each pass. We’ll have to see if he holds it.
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There goes this one Mouth 2026, trying to arm yourself with a good Ander Herrerabut without reinforcements and with the curse of “9”.
