The second semester of Argentine soccer forced the coaches to face casualties in their teams and Julio César Falcioni, technical director of Independiente, was no exception: the driver of Rojo, one of the teams that cheers on the Professional Football League tournament from above, He regretted this Thursday the sale of striker Sebastián Palacios to Greece, while also denying an offer from Turkey for the right back Fabricio Bustos.
“The departure of a player complicates us. If it were at the end, one would take precautions, but now it is necessary to achieve the same productivity with a different name”Falcioni was sincere in the press conference he gave in the previous Sunday’s classic against River. The DT also wished “good luck” to Palacios, a player who “performed well” for the team on the nine dates of the tournament that were played until his departure to Panathinaikos, Greece.
The man who manages the destinies of the Avellaneda club, however, already knows of strategies to rearm the team after important losses. Since the beginning of the second semester, Falcioni lost at least four regular starters: Alan Franco, Adrián Arregui, Jonathan Menéndez and now Palacios.
As for the offer that the right-back Fabricio Bustos would have received to emigrate to Fenerbahce, from Turkey, the experienced DT assured that neither the player nor the leaders did not inform him “anything” about it. “We have been talking permanently with Bustos and he has no knowledge about any possible offer”, said Falcioni.
Although he did not confirm the eleven to visit River at the Monumental -since there are still players with some discomfort-, in principle Falcioni would return to the 4-3-3 scheme with the return of Lucas Romero for Sebastián Palacios. Facing the classic that will be played on Sunday night, this possible line-up is glimpsed: Sebastián Sosa; Bustos, Sergio Barreto, Juan Manuel Insaurralde and Thomas Ortega; Alan So Señora, Lucas Romero and Domingo Blanco; Alan Velasco, Silvio Romero and Andrés Roa.
Facing the game against those led by Marcelo Gallardo, precisely, Falcioni repeated a phrase that his millionaire colleague once used, by highlighting the importance of “be on high guard, and if possible, double guard”, when he was consulted by the arbitration. Although he praised his rival, whom he called a “great team” and highlighted “a definite way of playing for a long time”, the Independiente DT also recalled that the competition has only just begun: “It will be a very difficult game, but more than 60% of the championship remains to be played. The tournament is long, there is a lot of parity, and that causes the points to be divided.”
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