Hope is the last thing lost. This is the slogan of the Esportiu Cali this Tuesday (7.30 am) when it receives in the Tolima, in the game of return of the first phase of the South American Glass, in which the list ‘vinotinto and gold’ gave the first time with a convincing 3-0.
In many occasions this marker becomes lapidary, but in the vallecaucano establishment it has all the confidence when returning honors to the set that guides Hernán Towers, mainly after recovering to Jhon Vásquez.
However, the two starting central defenders would be left out, although Jorge Arias was called up and would wait until hours before the game. If not, he would be replaced by Eduard Caicedo. Meanwhile, Hernán Menosse resented Equitat last Thursday and will surely give way to Jorge Marsiglia. Neither will Ángelo Rodríguez, sent off in the Ibagué game, and the winger Andrés Colorado, who still has a sanction date from the 2020 contest.
The 2-5 victory on Holy Thursday over Equity in Bogotá on the 17th of the I-2021 Betplay League gave the ‘sugar’ team a place in the top eight, but more than that the security that yes he can score goals, with the Uruguayan Gastón Rodríguez inspired and the goalkeeper Guillem D’Amors confirming his good condition under the three posts.
Nor is it a mystery that the reappearance of Jhon Vásquez should give greater imbalance and depth to the Caleño team, while Marc Pérez would be the man at the forefront to fight against the central ears of Tolimenses.
Alfredo Arias will have to come up with a smart match to manage the times, control the Tolimense momentum, but especially score the goals he needs to access the next instance. There can be no despair or distractions because the team led by Hernán Torres will be very attentive to take advantage of them.
Tolima is an eleventh balanced in defense and attack, although Cali seeks to recover all the good things done in the first days of the League and they had him as leader. The good size of the members of the back quartet forces us not to look for the aerial game, while in the middle we must be very careful with the talent of Jáminton Campaz.
On Tolima, Alfredo Arias said: “We will try to put the best team possible, we will go with this hope of being able to turn it around against a very difficult rival that day by day demonstrates its power, we have a strong opponent ahead, win on his track with a very good advantage, but we are going to raise a smart match in which we can have the chance to turn it in. The work has been minimal, because the trip to Bogota, the effort, fatigue , on Sunday it rained torrentially, we couldn’t get on the court, this Monday we did a more tactical job, ball still “.
The Uruguayan helmsman added that “We must always seek to always have the opportunity to turn the game around, either for the procedure or for the possibilities we have, it is important to keep zero in our bow and be constantly creating opportunities, making a game that in the 90 minutes allows us to hope to change the situation. “
For his part, central midfielder Jorge Marsiglia argued that “we have to play a smart game, we want to go back, but we can’t neglect the back, because a goal from the visitor would be fatal.”
stage: Palmaseca (Sport Cali)
time: 7:30 p.m.
Transmits: Directv, channel 610
referee: Carlos Grouse (Bolivar)
attendees: Dionisio Ruiz (Córdoba) and Richard Ortiz (Quindío).
probable formations
Esportiu Cali: Guillem D’Amors; Juan Camilo Angulo, Eduard Caicedo; Darwin Andrade (Kevin Velasco); Jhojan Valencia, Andrés Balanta (Carlos Robles), Yeison Tolosa (Daniel Luna), Jhon Vásquez, Gastón Rodriguez; Marc Pérez.
DT: Alfredo Arias
Tolima: Álvaro Montero; John Narváez, Julián Quiñones, Sergio Mosquera, Anderson Angulo; Juan David Ríos, William Parra, Andrey Estupiñán, Jáminton Campaz; José Ortiz (Gustavo Ramírez), Luis Miranda (Ómar Barnús).
DT: Hernán Torres.
Marc Antoni Garcés
Futbolred Cali correspondent
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