Talleres de Remedios de Escalada ready for key clash with Colón | OneFootball

Franco Buongiorno, journalist for Talleres RDE, spoke with ADN ahead of the clash against Colón, a match in which the Escalada team is playing their last card to try and maintain their category against the saber, who will also be looking to end the torment of this National First Division championship and stay in the division next year.

Yes, the truth is that mathematically, Talleres still has a chance to avoid relegation, which would be an epic feat. It's almost unbelievable, because it's very difficult for Talleres to avoid relegation, they've been a disaster in the championship, losing 20 games, 29, it's a very bad campaign, very poor, which I think is what gives Colón some breathing space.

The campaigns of Talleres and Defensores Unidos are what gave (0:53) more tranquility to the team from Santa Fe.

Well, even so, football-wise Talleres can't find answers, the other day against Temperley it was an even match, it's considered even a classic here in the southern zone of Buenos Aires province, and it always ends up losing, Talleres has lost many games 1-0 in the last minutes, and this week I received information that 5 players are no longer continuing in Escalada, some were not part of the starting team, but others played, like Bedoya or Pulicastro, who played last weekend, and I'm told that these players are no longer training with the team, I understand that the directors already see the relegation coming, which is imminent, and they start to take action, perhaps deselecting players who will no longer be considered, and trying to maintain a base, I estimate for the First Metropolitan championship next year, and well, if it's going to recover players, it's very likely that Masuero will play, Abel Masuero who since his arrival this semester had improved Talleres considerably, at least being stronger in defense, he didn't play in the last 3 games and it showed, but then, well, if Colón tomorrow, on Sunday, comes to seek the draw, which would assure them of staying up, at least in the fight against Talleres.

The state of the pitch, well, it's the worst in the category, for various reasons, Talleres has always, historically, been remembered as a pitch where you could play football, Talleres always tried to keep it well, recent dealings with the groundskeepers have been bad, and the necessary investment has not been made, and today, the pitch has a big problem which is that it doesn't drain, so the water accumulates, the grass rots, it's been planted three times this year, and there are many areas of the pitch without grass, or with irregular grass, which doesn't allow for good ball control, nothing like, for example, the pitch that Colón has, so the players will have to adapt, which I think also gave Talleres an advantage in the last three home games they won, for example against Morón, who is one of those fighting at the top of the championship, couldn't find their game because it's very difficult with the ball at their feet, and Talleres balanced from that side, trying to break the opponent's game, and be aggressive, the other day though when Talleres has to play on a good pitch, like at Estudiantes or Temperley, and the opposing team has the ball, they don't have much to do.

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