Once again tinkering with a team filling up the treatment room

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·16 April 2026

Once again tinkering with a team filling up the treatment room

For Ezequiel Medrán, the match against Deportivo Morón stopped being just a risky away trip and turned into a real test of squad depth. With the confirmed absences of Julián Marcioni and Mauro Peinipil, the Sabalero’s structure enters a phase of “in-flight repair,” where rotation will be key to keeping up the pace.

The forced board: The tactical puzzle in defense and attack

Without Peinipil (quadriceps tear) or Marcioni (muscle fiber injury), the coaching staff must activate “Plan B” in two key areas:

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The defensive lock: Peinipil’s absence, which will sideline him for at least three weeks, gives Emanuel Beltrán his starting spot back. The task is no small one: to maintain balance on a flank that had been running smoothly and now loses immediate attacking thrust.
The question mark of creativity: Up front, Matías Godoy is shaping up as the “firefighter” to fill Marcioni’s vacancy. The doubt is whether Medrán will go for pure verticality or decide to reshuffle Ignacio Lago’s role to make up for the lack of width on the wings.

Resisting the “Injury Room Effect”

It’s not just the latest two. Colón has been carrying an accumulation of absences that is starting to stretch the squad thin:

Leandro Allende is still working on his recovery to become an option again.
Matías Budiño remains on preventive rest due to his kidney condition, which confirms Tomás Paredes’ continuity between the posts.
Facundo Castet’s case is the most striking: although he is a natural option, he is currently lower in Medrán’s consideration, leaving left back with few strong alternatives.

The challenge: Winning with “what’s available”

Being at the top means everyone wants to bring you down, and doing it with a depleted team doubles the merit. Colón travels to Morón with the obligation to reinvent itself. It is no longer about who is missing, but about how much those who now have their chance because of necessity can deliver to prove that the Sabalero is not just a team of 11, but a squad with serious ambitions. With Leandro Allende still being handled carefully because of his own tear, Medrán is left without his starting “wings,” forcing pieces like Emanuel Beltrán onto the field without a safety net.

But the injury list does not end with muscular issues. Goal remains a point of uncertainty. Matías Budiño is still feeling the effects and remains under strict preventive rest after that heavy blow to the kidney area that kept him off the field. Although his progress is being closely monitored, the coaching staff already knows it will have to wait “a while longer” to have the former Patronato man available, reaffirming full confidence in the young Tomás Paredes to guard the goal in the next test against Deportivo Morón.

Colón travels to Buenos Aires with the mission of defending the lead, but above all with the challenge of showing it has the structure to absorb the blows. In a tournament as long and physical as the Primera Nacional, the difference between those who make it and those who fall short usually lies in the response of those waiting on the outside. Today, more than ever, the Sabalero needs its replacements to rise to the occasion so that the dream of promotion is not brought to a halt by a medical report.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.