Vélez asked Liga Profesional to move the Unión match, Unión okay | OneFootball

“El Fortín” faces a tight schedule between the Apertura and the Copa Argentina and requested that the match against “El Tate” be moved up: “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 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 with Unión, who in principle would have no issue changing the day. In the coming hours, barring any setbacks, an official statement could be released.

If the request from “La V Azulada” is not accepted, Barros Schelotto’s side will play 3 matches in one week. On Monday they will 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 results of Matchday 16).

“Hopefully it can be changed,” Guillermo said flatly

In light of the news, Barros Schelotto spoke about it and prepared for a possible change: “Honestly, we don’t have a 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 a problem,” he said, adding: “That way we have more time to rest for the Copa Argentina match, and besides we don’t even know when we’ll 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 earlier, to moving 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 will be welcomed: “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 would be better, 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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