Madrán to keep same Colón XI for Defensores de Belgrano trip | OneFootball

The brand-new coach of Colón would repeat the starting lineup that recently drew against Chacarita. The last precedent, when did it happen?

Next Monday, Colón will visit Defensores de Belgrano at the Juan Pasquale stadium, starting at 19:10, for matchday 29 of Zone B in the Primera Nacional. The main news beforehand is that Ezequiel Medrán could repeat the lineup that drew 1-1 against Chacarita at the Brigadier López, which was his debut as the sabalero coach.

The last precedent at Colón

To find the last time Colón repeated the same starting eleven from one match to the next, you have to go back more than six months, to the start of the championship. It was in matchdays 3 and 4, when the team then managed by Ariel Pereyra won consecutively against Mitre de Santiago del Estero (1-0 away on February 23, with a goal by Brian Negro) and then against Chaco For Ever (2-1 on March 2 in Santa Fe, with goals from Emmanuel Gigliotti and Federico Jourdan, while Facundo Sánchez —own goal— scored for the visitors).

In those matches, Colón lined up with: Marcos Díaz; Guillermo Ortiz, Nicolás Thaller and Brian Negro; Facundo Sánchez, Alan Forneris, Nicolás Talpone and Facundo Castet; Christian Bernardi, José Barreto and Emmanuel Gigliotti.

From that starting lineup, today only Guillermo Ortiz, Facundo Castet, Nicolás Talpone and José Barreto remain as starters. The rest are in different situations: Gigliotti is suspended for this match, Marcos Díaz has been dropped from the squad, Bernardi is injured, and Forneris was transferred to Racing.

Medrán, will he trust the same 11?

Thus, Medrán would bet on the continuity of the lineup that debuted in his cycle against Chacarita, with the following probable lineup to face the Dragón: Tomás Giménez; Gonzalo Bettini, Gonzalo Soto, Guillermo Ortiz and Facundo Castet; Federico Jourdan, Oscar Garrido, Nicolás Talpone and Ignacio Lago; José Barreto and Facundo Castro.

The chance to repeat the lineup after so long is no minor detail for a Colón side seeking stability and consistency in the decisive stretch of the tournament, where they are far from a chance to play in the Reducido, also far from the risk of relegation, but with the clear objective of improving their image.

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