5. Gimnasia LP
(11) vs Atletico Tucuman (20)
For the ¡§Wolf¡¨,
it's all about the relegation playoff
TEAM NEWS
Gimnasia
LP center back Ruben Maldonado, right back Alvaro Ormeno
and midfielder Fabian Rinaudo are suspended for this
game after being sent off against Newell's Old Boys.
Left
midfielder Luciano Aued is
available after serving his ban.
Midfielder
Luis Castro picked up his fifth yellow card in the season and is suspended for
one game.
Atletico Tucuman center back Javier Paez
and Paraguayan midfielder Claudio Vargas return to the first eleven after
serving their bans.
Left back
Raul Saavedra, ejected against
Goalkeeper
Lucas Ischuk is doubtful with a sprained wrist.
Gimnasia
LP
Suspended:
Maldonado, Ormeno, Rinaudo
& Castro (one match)
Doubtful:
none
Injured/Unavailable:
none
Atletico Tucuman
Suspended:
none
Doubtful: Ischuk (wrist)
Injured/Unavailable:
Blanes (ankle)
MATCH
PREVIEW
Gimnasia
LP have mind, body and soul focused on the relegation
playoff of May 19 and 23. Atletico Tucuman are already a second
division team.
"There's
no time to feel sorry for ourselves; it was a nasty loss, but we have to use it
to adjust a few things and avoid those same mistakes", said Gimnasia LP manager Diego Cocca
after the 0-6 loss at Newell's Old Boys. They had three players sent off in
that game. However, the manager had already decided to field a lineup full of
reserves against Atletico Tucuman.
This will be the final game for 35-year-old striker Roberto Sosa.
Atletico Tucuman are already relegated and
the board is working to assemble a squad to win promotion quickly. Goalkeeper
Lucas Ischuk could miss this match. The rest of the
team will be the same that drew the last two games with
The
enthusiasm of Gimnasia's reserves should prevail over
a hopeless opponent.
HEAD TO
HEAD
These two
sides have met six times and Atletico have won the
last five meetings. In December, they won 1-0 at home.
The only
win for Gimnasia LP was in their first match: 2-1 in
1973.