One by one: the story of the 11 Racing (C) players who will face River

The game this Wednesday will undoubtedly be special for Cordoba Racingto. The team led by Little Bossio will face River for the 32nd final of the Argentine Cup, searching make history with a team that has 17 reinforcements, but which also has several pieces that were part of the process that led the team to ascend to La Academia Cordobesa to the First National with the incredible record of achieving 41 unbeaten home games…

Therefore, in olé We tell you the story of the 11 players who will go to the Madre de Ciudades with the dream of going to the round of 16.

leonardo rodriguez: Nicknamed “Quality”, the goalkeeper was inferior in Racing and has been part of the starting team since 2014. In 2017, while playing for Federal B, He had an offer to go to Minnesota United of the MLSbut he could not emigrate because he did not get a work visa. Today he is a historic goalkeeper for the club, where he was promoted to Federal A and the First National. He is very good in penalties (he covered 10 in definitions), He even held off two for San Lorenzo when they eliminated him in the last Argentine Cup and was decisive in the team’s promotion to Federal A and the First National.

Jorge Scolari: He arrived at the club at the beginning of the year after rescinding with Independiente Rivadavia. The 33-year-old defender has a long history of promotion, passing through teams like Miter de Santiago del Estero and Defensores de Villa Ramallo, among others.

Juan Francisco Mattia: Another post promotion incorporation. He came from Alvarado on loan for a year. He came from Flandria, a club in which he played between 2006 and 2011. He also spent 11 years in San Martín de San Juan, where he came to play in the First Division. In fact, He played twice against River and did not lose: a 1-0 victory for the 2015 Tournament and a 1-1 draw the following year. On the other hand, he was the first to convert in this category against Brown de Adrogué.

Marcio Gomez: A product of the house. He played Federal A and got promotion to the First National. He was just the first to convert in this category against Brown de Adrogué. He was also a starter in the match that La Academia Cordobesa eliminated San Lorenzo for the 2022 Argentine Cup.

Gianfranco Ferrero: He arrived in 2022 from Central Norte de Salta and was promoted. He is the only one with European experience since he emigrated to Oliveirense de Portugal in 2020. However, he was only four months and played three games until landing at Central Córdoba. In turn, a few days ago he beat the meeting before River noting that “We left San Lorenzo outside”

Emanuel Gimenez: At 39, he is the team’s oldest and captain. He arrived in mid-2021 and was one of the key pieces of the team that achieved promotion. Despite his age, #5 was present in all the games that Nueva Italia played this year. He went through several clubs in the First National (Agropecuario, Morón and Temperley, the most prominent) and had a brief stay in Antofagasta in Chile.

Augustine Berrondo: He arrived at the beginning of the year from Central Norte de Salta, the club where he made his debut and was a figure. The 23-year-old winger comes from being key in Racing’s 3-1 victory against Deportivo Madrynwhere he converted the tie 1-1, after starting losing.

Leandro Fernandez: Left winger who played inferiors in Belgrano and even signed a contract with El Pirata. However, he alternated loans at Crucero del Norte and Guillermo Brown until he bought it from Sportivo Las Parejas, where he began to start. In the middle of 2021 he joined Racing and is a fixed piece that does not usually leave 11.

Axel Oyola: At the age of 22 he went to try out at Talleres and Racing and ended up in both. However, the attacker leaned towards La Academia and made his debut in the Regional Amateur. At that time he worked in a cleaning company, which he left to settle in the club.

Franco Coronel: A player who will have mixed feelings against River, since he has been a fan since he was a child. In 2002 he visited the Monumental and was able to take photos with several of the campus of that time. In addition, in dialogue with La Página Millionaria, he said that “I am not one to ask for shirts, but I would like to take the one of Maidana, Enzo Pérez or Nacho Fernández.” He arrived at Racing this year and won ownership. Bossio considers him one of the players with the most weight in attack.

Alan Murialdo: The Tank is another of the weight strikers that Bossio has. With an extensive career that led him to clubs in Mexico, El Salvador, Peru, Ecuador and Chile, the 31-year-old striker has a resilience that is not so common among his age. An example of this is that he missed the preseason due to a broken arm, but on his return to the team he showed a very high performance that led Chiquito Bossio to include him again among the starters.