By Edgardo Avelar
Nov 26, 2024, 10:27 PM EST
Cruz Azul’s Celestial Machine The Apertura 2024 tournament group is preparing to debut with the greatest expectations against the Lorenzo Faravelli.
With this cocktail of questions he traveled to the northern border, the cement cadrewhere it is expected that the Argentine strategist can find the eleven best players to try to achieve a result that allows him to get a place in the semifinals next Saturday at the Azul stadium.
Many consider that Giakoumakis will be the one chosen by Anselmi to take charge of the offensive tasks with a single nominal forward, while they will have four midfielders and five defenders, to find the options to satisfy the Xolos attack and at the same time have offensive arguments.
In this way the most probable alignment of the Machine would be with Kevin Mier in goal; Jorge Sánchez, Willer Ditta, Gonzalo Piovi, Erick Lira, Carlos Rotondi, in defense; Luis Romo, Alexis Gutiérrez, Carlos Rodríguez and Lorenzo Faravelli in midfield and only Giorgios Giakoumakis up front.
But if in the end you decide to play with two nines, that is, with Ángel Sepúlveda and Giorgios Giakoumakis, The sacrificed will be Lorenzo Faravelli, just as they did against Tigres in their last game 12 days ago at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium.
But there is also the option of the Greek striker remaining on the bench. and whoever is the nominal forward is Ángel Sepúlveda, but from then on the rest of the players chosen by the Argentine coach will be the same ones who have been acting in the starting eleven of the Machine.
“Toro” Fernández on the bench
TIt was also confirmed that the Uruguayan striker Gabriel Matías “Toro” Fernández He will go to the bench, after recovering from his muscle problems that he had when he reappeared in the starting lineup after an absence of almost nine months due to a fracture of the tibia and fibula in a duel against Atlético de San Luis in the Clausura 2024 tournament .
Fernández is a great addition, because in the last tournament the Machine suffered from a reliable bench in the most critical moments that the cement team had and that ended up costing them the title in the grand final against América with that controversial goal that the Argentine Rotondi committed against Israel Reyes.
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