With just four points ahead of the relegation places, Sporting is forced to react now against Tenerife, who go to Gijón with many casualties in attack.
For this match, Sporting coach Miguel Ángel Ramírez can rest Cali Izquierdoz and, after various pretensions, choose a defense of four in the match against Tenerife, where another novelty is the return of midfielder Christian Rivera.
Ramírez trained this week with a back four but it is not the first time he has done so and in the past he has always ended up with three central defenders and two full-backs, although in Andorra he has already played of four. defenders for several minutes in the second half.
The coach may choose to rest Cali Izquierdoz, who has accumulated many minutes, leaving the defense composed of Guille Rosas, Insua, José Marsá and Cote, an option that will have possibilities if finally considered- Ramírez thinks that Christian Rivera has recovered his physical condition and is regaining his position in the middle of the field.
The formidable offensive baggage is a burden for the Asturian team, as the forwards have not scored since January 3 when Uros Milovanovic, a player who barely played minutes in the league, scored two goals against Rayo Vallecano in the Copa del Rey, since then the people from Gijón scored only three goals and all three were through midfielders, Queipo, Otero and Pedro Díaz.
The squad held its last session yesterday and at the end of the session Ramírez gave the list of those summoned to receive Tenerife: Cuéllar, De Amores, Guille Rosas, Cote, Insua, Bruno, José Marsá, Aitor García, Pedro Diaz, Jony, Campuzano , Cristo González , Jeraldino, Queipo, Christian Rivera, Zarfino, Otero, Milovanovic, Pol Valentín, Djurdjevic, Izquierdoz, Diego Sánchez and Varane.
CD Tenerife, meanwhile, comes to Gijón with a lot of casualties, they are all concentrated on attacking players, so their coach, Luis Miguel Ramis, has to adjust his strategy to try to surprise Real Sporting.
The Catalan coach will not be able to count on Waldo Rubio and Elady Zorrilla due to the accumulation of yellow cards, or the Ghanaian Mo Dauda, who is injured, while Samuel Shashoua is traveling but has had physical problems for several weeks , so his attack variants are greatly reduced , not only when it comes to making the initial eleven, but also possible changes during the match.
Ramis is left without offensive players for one of the bands, with the only option being Teto, because if he decides to delay Iván Romero as a winger, he will lose the striker position, where only Borja Garcés and Enric Gallego is there, so some of the playing full-backs can advance their position.
So, Aitor Buñuel will have options to play on the right, and even Riza Durmisi on the left, who hasn’t made his debut since he signed in the winter transfer window, and center-back Kike Salas is still out.
The only player Ramis has back is the defender Sergio González, when his suspension expires, and he has to choose whether he will return to his position in the axis of the back after his unfortunate game in Granada, two days ago, or if he stays. the Montenegrin Nikola Sipcic.
Likely lineup:
Sports: Cuéllar, Guille Rosas, Insua, José Marsá, Cote, Christian Rivera, Pedro Díaz, Otero, Zarfino, Cristo González and Djurdjevic.
Tenerife: Soriano; Mellot, Sipcic, José León, Nacho; Aitor Buñuel, Aitor Sanz, José Ángel, Teto; Ivan Romero and Enric Gallego.
Referee: Ivan Caparros Hernandez.
El Molinón, (9:00 pm / LaLiga Smartbank)
Source: La Verdad
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