A muscle tear disrupts Vélez's plans ahead of Unión | OneFootball

With a place in the round of 16 already secured, Vélez is focused on this final stretch of the Torneo Apertura regular season on not repeating past mistakes and continuing to pick up three points at a time to secure home-field advantage and keep up the pace in the overall standings. After the latest draw with San Lorenzo, the team knows it fell short in its play and is already thinking about bouncing back on Monday against Unión.

For now, this Wednesday confirmed what had seemed inevitable: the injury that forced Lisandro Magallán out early in the match at Bajo Flores is a muscle tear, specifically in his left hamstring, so he is expected to miss three weeks of competition, a significant absence considering the tournament has just over a month left.

In any case, Guillermo Barros Schelotto has solid replacements in that area. At the Nuevo Gasómetro, he turned to Aaron Quirós to fill in for Licha, and Quirós has the advantage of being left-footed and therefore a natural second center back.

Another option on that side of the defense, although right-footed, is Thiago Silvero, but the coach sees him more as an alternative to Emanuel Mammana because of his profile. In fact, he had ended last year as the starter in that role when the former River player was injured. By contrast, the youngster, who just turned 20, has only started in 2026 as an improvised right back when Joaquín García got injured.

It remains to be seen, then, whether the Twin sticks with Quirós or takes a chance on Silvero, while in the coming days he will also have to decide how to set up the midfield and attack, bearing in mind that he usually changes them depending on the opponent and that against El Ciclón the team showed serious shortcomings in winning the ball back.

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