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Although he has not yet met his new players in person, the hand of Rafael Dudamel it is already beginning to show in the U. The Venezuelan coach arrived this week, but still cannot fully assume his duties after testing positive for Covid.
However, that has not prevented him from preparing what was to be his official debut: tomorrow against Santiago Wanderers, at 6:30 p.m. at the National Stadium. In conversations with interim coach Marcelo Jara and monitoring practices via Zoom, Dudamel has thrown lines for the game against the Caturros.
In fact, in the last practices he has arranged via streaming a formation never before seen in the U this season. And it is that if one of the big complaints of the fans against Hernán Caputto was his defensive profile, the “virtual premiere” of the Venezuelan promises to be the opposite.
Three forwards
In defense, to make up for the absence of the selected Jean Beausejour, Dudamel will use Diego Carrasco, who although he is a natural central defender, can be accommodated without problems as a left back. With Osvaldo González and Luis Casanova in the middle of the rear, the big news will be the return of Matías Rodríguez, who in the last games of the Caputto era was used as a right pointer.
But it is from then on where the great bet of the new blue DT will be seen. Contrary to what his predecessor used, he would be opting for only two central midfielders with a defensive cut, Camilo Moya and Gonzalo Espinoza, leaving four men with an offensive profile to try to violate the Buenos Aires fence.
Walter Montillo, already recovered from his injury, will be the captain as a classic “number 10”, with freedom of action and with the mission of going back to take balls. And in front of him, three forwards: Nicolás Guerra, Ángelo Henríquez and the championship scorer, Joaquín Larrivey.
The first two would be more midfielders, outlined on the sides to open spaces, while the Argentine will occupy the center of the rival area.
And on the bench, waiting for his opportunity, one of the three new blue reinforcements: Brandon Cortés, the Argentine of Chilean blood trained in Boca Juniors.
