Racing Football Team Makes Unconventional Decision Before Crucial Match with Belgrano

Sebastián Grazzini and Ezequiel Videla have more than one point in common with the way of working that Fernando Gago developed at the Academy. They follow the same offensive line of play with the search for prominence as their flag, during the week they never set the formation that will be used in the matches (to keep all the players motivated) and now they added another coincidence in terms of concentration: by decision of the Academy technicians, Racing with Belgrano did not concentrate one day before the match, in this case to receive by the last date of the regular phase.

The duo made this decision for the first since leading the team. In his seventh game in charge of the team, as the match time is at 9:30 p.m., Academy technicians determined that the players, instead of staying at the Savoy hotel, sleep at their homes. “Those summoned to face Belgrano will be gathered this Monday, before noon,” the club announced on its official social networks.

By decision of the duo, the Racing team with Belgrano did not gather on Sunday: the players will meet in the morning.

During Gago’s cycle, the coach and the referees had agreed not to be saved for the late-season games to avoid the lead-up to those night games becoming so long and tedious. Of course, Pintita at that time needed the commitment and professionalism of his management to maintain that methodology. The same, of course, will apply to the duo. And this was repeated in the run-up to Racing’s concentration for the duel with Belgrano.

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Gym.
Then, on the auxiliary court: tactical and set-piece tasks.
Nicolás Oroz, with pain in his right knee due to patellar tendinopathy, worked in kinesiology. Therefore he will not be among those summoned for the match on this 14th date… pic.twitter.com/cowrqfsYH7

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Without concentration, but the Racing footballers will get together this Monday morning waiting for the night crossing with Belgrano

When the group meets this Monday morning, one of the focuses of attention will be on Iván Pillud. As a result of a cervical spasm that caused a contracture in the neck area, in the last two training sessions he worked differently. During these hours he will be evaluated by the Academies’ technicians. And depending on how they see it, they will confirm if, at the very least, he will take it to the substitute bench.

During a note that Gago gave to ESPN, when he was still at the club, he revealed that the Racing squad often did not concentrate before the team played home games in the evening. And he recalled experiences from his time as a player for Real Madrid, Valencia and Rome. “I have had to concentrate and not concentrate. Both are fine. But there comes a time when you play at 10 at night and you say, am I going to be concentrated since 12 the day before? What do you do all day ? Head wear comes. There, coming in the morning, training for a while, having lunch and resting. I believe in that, I trust the players. I believe in the possibility of not concentrating. There are situations that are, situations that are not.” With the addition of wear and tear if you play every three days. Something that doesn’t happen now. The truth is that Racing’s concentration with Belgrano will begin this Monday.

Pintita had told this, without mentioning in the run-up to which game he left the players at home. “It is the conviction of what we play. Nobody knew it and it was won. We had many hours in the hotel and I told them to go home,” said the coach who presented his resignation after the defeat in the Avellaneda classic. Today, Grazzini and Videla, the Academy’s technicians, returned to that idea.

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2023-11-27 10:51:39
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