Fight against Velez de Barros Schelotto

Bautista Merlini tries to provide play for the Tripero team / Archive

Amidst the calm brought about by the monumental victory, after an unusual week in which the team carried out forced measures due to salary obligations (see separate section), Gymnasia will host Veles this afternoon at 5pm. This match will be spiced up by Guillermo Barros Schelotto’s return to Forest to face his son Nicolas, who will be playing in his third game as a starter for the Sana men’s team.

The referee for this match will be Yael Falcon Perez, assisted by Andres Barbieri and Mariana de Almeida, and the fourth referee will be Franco Asita. Fernando Echenic will be in charge of VAR, working alongside Javier Ujiga. The meeting will be televised on ESPN Premium and also broadcast in La Redonda.

El Lobo arrived at their farewell in the Woods after an unexpected victory over River that ensured their retention (favored by Godoy Cruz’s defeat last night) and provided relief in their fight to avoid relegation. According to global analysis, the Tripero team had a terrible season, scoring only 32 points in 30 games. However, due to the specificity of the championship, if San Martín loses in the category, the chances of qualifying for the play-offs are even higher. If the San Juan team is relegated, Sarmiento, Atlético Tucuman and Instituto will compete with Tripero for eighth place.

Despite the difficult task this week, the coach decided to repeat the team that won the important victory in Monumental and yesterday approved the same formation to face Fortin. The only changes to the squad list are the arrival of youngster Alejo Gelsomino (20 years old, centre-back or left-back, the first of the substitutes) to replace the suspended Gastón Suso, and the return of Franco Torres to the roster in place of Norberto Briasco.

As for the starting formation, coach Lucho Zanilat respects the 4-2-3-1 formation (he said last week that “the idea is to have four attackers in the rival area”), with Augusto Max and Nicolas Ba in the center of the field. The tandem of Los Schelotto, Manuel Panaro and Alejandro Piedrahita on the wings, and Bautista Merlini behind center forward Marcelo Torres, is designed to combine passes to reach the opponent’s goal. With more people, without relying solely on external individual imbalances.

Byleth arrives in the forest under classified conditions. Coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto’s team will miss several matches. Scorer Brian Romero is injured and will be out for three weeks. Dylan Godoy will take his place. In addition, coach Meliso cannot rely on the injured Emmanuel Mammana and Rhysando Magalan either, so Aaron Quiros and Thiago Silvero will be the starting centre-backs, but Vélez tried a line of three absolutely young defenders: Leonel Roldán, Kevin Vázquez and Tomas Kavanagh.

Guillermo and Gustavo Barros Schelotto will be honored in the locker room area before the game. This match will be a special one for Guillermo. Before him, his son Nicholas will wear the 17th men’s Sana jacket. His son Nicolas inherited the surname on the field from Hugo Barros Schelotto, who became interim president of the club and doctor of the professional team in 1983, and continued to spread the blood along with Guillermo and Gustavo under the names of Juan Cataldi (son of Carolina) and Bautista Barros Schelotto (son of Carolina). Pablo), cousin of current midfielder Tripero. Another characteristic is that although there were coaches who coached his children in Lobo (José Varacca and Claudio Varacca, Dario and Nicolas Ortiz), the father was never in the position of a rival coach.