Talleres de Remedios de Escalada ready for crunch 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 to maintain their category against the saber-toothed team, who are also seeking 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 becoming implausible, because it's very difficult for Talleres to avoid relegation, they've been a disaster in the championship, losing 20 matches, 29, it's a very bad campaign, very poor, which I think is what gives Colón a breather.

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

Well, even so, football-wise, Talleres can't find answers, the other day against Temperley it was an even match, it's considered a classic here in the southern zone of Buenos Aires province, and they always end up losing, Talleres has lost many matches 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 by sidelining players who will no longer be considered, and trying to maintain a base, I estimate for the first metropolitan championship of next year, and well, if they are going to recover players, it's very likely that Masuero will play, Abel Masuero who since his arrival this semester had improved Talleres, at least being more solid in defense, he didn't play in the last 3 matches and it showed, but then, well, if Colón tomorrow, on Sunday, comes to seek a draw, which would assure them of staying 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 in good condition, recent dealings with the groundskeepers have been bad, and the necessary investment has not been made, and today, the pitch has a big problem in that it doesn't drain, so the water accumulates, the grass rots, it was planted three times this year, and there are many areas of the field without grass, or with irregular grass, which doesn't allow for good ball handling, nothing like the pitch that Colón has, so the players will have to adapt, which I think also gave Talleres an advantage in the last three matches they won at home, 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 being aggressive, the other day 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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