Unión head to La Plata with a doubt in defence | OneFootball

Tate visits a needy Estudiantes at the UNO Stadium. With Lautaro Vargas out due to yellow-card accumulation, the Uruguayan Álvarez would win the battle over Nico Paz. Falcón Pérez will be the referee after that controversial Merentiel goal.

With the top spot in Zone A firmly in their sights, Madelón’s team is already hard at work thinking about Saturday’s clash against Pincha. The big question mark of the week is at right back: Lautaro Vargas picked up his fifth yellow and will have to watch from the sidelines, leaving a gap that hasn’t been so easy to fill.

Even though there’s still time, all signs point to Emiliano Álvarez. The Uruguayan seems to be edging out Nico Paz to take the right-back spot. Álvarez is coming off a bittersweet run: he started in the win against Agropecuario but limped off before the end of the first half, and he also got a few minutes off the bench in the loss to Defensa in Varela.

Emiliano Alvarez

Although it’s still too early to pencil in the lineup, the XI shaping up to take the field in La Plata would be Mansilla in goal; a back four of Álvarez or Paz, Maizon, Ludueña and Del Blanco; in midfield would be Palacios, Mauro Pittón, Profini and Cuello; leaving the attacking duo of Tarragona and Estigarribia up front.

The match is this Saturday at 5:15 PM at the UNO Stadium. Tate comes in on a high after beating Riestra at the 15 de Abril and wants to take advantage of an Estudiantes side that has been stumbling after losing to San Lorenzo. “Cacique” Medina is on the ropes, and Unión knows it has to strike in troubled waters to stay on top of its zone.

One thing to watch: the referee will be Yael Falcón Pérez. In Santa Fe, there is still anger over that Merentiel goal he did not disallow in the draw against Boca, so tensions with the officiating are already running high. On VAR will be Fernando Espinoza and José Castelli, a duo that always gets people talking. The on-field officiating team is completed by Hugo Páez and Daiana Milone.

Madelón knows that winning in La Plata would be a statement victory to show that this Unión is capable of big things, something he has been emphasizing quite a bit in recent press conferences.

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