Vélez ask to move Unión match for more rest, Unión won't object | OneFootball

“El Fortín” faces a tight schedule between the Apertura and the Copa Argentina and asked to move its match against “El Tate” forward: “Hopefully it can be changed,” said the coach. For now, there is no decision from the LPF. Details.

Professional to modify the match against Unión corresponding to Matchday 16 of Zone A.

El Fortín asked for the clash against “El Tate” in Liniers to be played on Sunday the 26th instead of Monday the 27th at 6:45 p.m., as currently scheduled. According to the club, the reason is the run of matches the squad will have to play between the Apertura and the Copa Argentina on Thursday the 30th.

Vélez is now awaiting a formal response from the Professional League, which will have to consult Unión, who in principle would have no issue with changing the day. In the coming hours, if there are no setbacks, an official statement could be released.

If the “V Azulada” request is not accepted, Barros Schelotto’s team will play 3 matches in one week. On Monday they face “El Tatengue” in Liniers, on Thursday they will take on Gimnasia y Tiro in the Copa Argentina in Caseros, while the clash with Newell’s for Matchday 9 is still to be confirmed (it will depend on the Matchday 16 results).

“Hopefully it can be changed,” Guillermo said firmly

Following the news, Barros Schelotto spoke on the matter and prepared for a possible change: «Honestly, we have no problem playing during the week. Now, if you ask me, I’d like Monday’s match to be played on Sunday.»

«Unión played last Friday, so I don’t think there should be any problem,» he said firmly, adding: «That way we have more time to rest for the Copa Argentina match, and besides we don’t even know when we play again. In other words, we can play 3 matches in 6 days, we have no problem doing it, but if the schedule allows it and the other clubs have no objection to playing, to moving it up, to changing the date, I think it would be great to be able to play Unión on Sunday.»

On another note, the head coach made it clear that any decision would be welcome: «We have a squad to do it on Monday, Thursday, Sunday, which I figure is when we’ll play the last round, and we have no problem with it; it doesn’t really change the schedule we had planned.»

Obviously, if you play Unión on Monday in the league and Gimnasia on Thursday in the Copa Argentina, you only have a little over two days or three days to recover; well, I don’t even know if you get a full three days. So it’s better, and ideally, to play the match on Sunday, since Unión is also well rested because they played three days ago; but I don’t know, hopefully it can be changed,” he concluded.

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