Liverpool added another injury in the 1-1 draw against Racing

Jorge Bava, coach liverpool, Added this Saturday in 1-1 draw against Racing New player in the long term List of wounded since its captain Fabricio Diaz He bruised his left knee so badly it didn’t even allow him to finish the first half.

In the run-up to this match on Date 11 of the inaugural tournament played at Palermo Park in the morning hours, the Belvedere team’s medical department detailed the seven footballers who were in recovery.

Goalkeeper Sebastian Lentinelli, defender Federico Pereira and striker Rodrigo Rivero have various muscle injuries, left back Agustín Caetano is still recovering after tore his cruciate ligament in December, defender Juan Izquierdo has a left knee injury and midfielder Matias Zunino is still recovering. Suffering from degenerative knee disease, midfielder Lucas Lemos sprained his left elbow last Monday in the match against Plaza Colonia.

In the first minutes of the match against Racing, Diaz collided heavily with an opponent, taking a huge blow to his left knee. The footballer was left lying down, but seemed to recover and continued to play, but with still signs of pain, it was decided to finally replace him in the 33rd minute of the first half.

This panorama is even more worrying for the ranks of the black and blue ahead of the series of matches that they will have to face in the coming weeks, for example, having to visit Independiente del Valle this Tuesday, April 18 for the second date of Group E of the CONMEBOL Libertadores competition.

Graphic 1-1 with the race

Against Racing, the cast, led by Bava, took the lead after six minutes with a great pass from left-back Gervasio Oliveira and a superb header from Robin Bentancourt, who scored his second opener in his second match.

Liverpool were vastly superior in the first 20 minutes of play, but then Escuelita de Sayago struck back and had several chances to equalize before half-time.

In addition, the team, led by Argentine coach Gustavo Firmani, continued to insist and managed to score a 1-1 goal only in the 83rd minute with a formula similar to that of its rival: a good pass and a better cross from his left back (Diego Sosa). ) and the header in the region, in this case for the wheel Javier Mendez.

On the following date, Racing will visit Cerro Largo on Friday, April 21st, playing at 7:00pm at the Obela de Melo Stadium, and Liverpool will return on Monday, April 24th, against Cerro at 3:30pm in Belvedere.

match sheet:

hour 10 o’clock. Palermo Park.

the reviewer: Diego Rivero, Carlos Barrero, Javier Erazuki, Andres Martinez. VAR: Daniel Rodriguez and Martin Sopi.

race: Nicolas Gentilio Augustin Pereira, Santiago Mourinho, Matias Velasquez and Diego Sosa; Javier Martinez and Jose Varela; Agustin Alaniz (67′ Matias Benitez), Tomás Veron Lope (56′ Rodrigo Rey) and Juanci Rivero (90′ Axel Pérez); Luis Gorosito. DT: Gustavo Firmani.

Liverpool: Sebastian Britos, Gaston Martina (77 Gonzalo Pérez), Ignacio Rodriguez, Mateo Anthony and Gervasio Oliveira; Marcelo Mele (59′ Gonzalo Napoli), Fabricio Diaz (33′ Matias Silva) and Martin Barrios; Alan Medina (59′ Luciano Rodriguez), Rubén Bentancur (59′ Maicol Cabrera) and Leandro Otourmin. DT: Jorge Bava.

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Objectives: 6′ Bentancourt (left), 83′ Mendes (racing).

yellow: 57′ Rodriguez (left), 71′ Oliveira (left), 72′ Silva (left), 80′ Mendes (Racing), 85′ Mourinho (Racing), 90′ Rodriguez (left).