renew the hope in Racing de Nueva Italia

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Manuel Pérez moved the pieces quickly. In five dates, Racing has not won, yet. Very little for the not at all hidden ambition of its president and the fans to fight for promotion to the first division in the year in which the club celebrates its 100 years of life.

There was a common characteristic in each of the matches, except for the goalless equality in the good draw achieved against All Boys, in Floresta. In the other four games, those led by Diego Pozo started winning, after which they only obtained draws and defeats in equal parts.

These stories are not unpublished in New Italy. Already at the time when the coach was Carlos Bossio, Racing showed its most vulnerable flank when the ball approached its goalkeeper. The team had a hard time defending itself from its opponent’s logical response. That is why “Chiquito” left, after returning the club to the second category.

His replacement was Diego Pozo, who continued the campaign not without scares due to the possibility, until not long before the end of the tournament, of returning to Federal A. The episodes were repeated, almost identical. A match against Miter de Santiago del Estero is remembered. At the end of the first half, La Academia led 4-0, with a midfield goal from Axel Oyola. The stands were a party. However, in that period, Javier Mattalía had experienced several dangerous situations. In the second half the not-so-unforeseeable thing happened: Miter scored two goals and ended up cornering an opponent who had not been able to sustain such an advantage without problems.

There were many players on that team who are not there today. But the disease persists and the symptoms recur. The aggravating factor is that there are many new faces in this contest. The Mendoza coach having been fired, the one who will now make decisions is Juan Carlos Olave. The former Las Palmas coach has surely watched videos, consulted reliable sources and evaluated the level of those who are going to be his managers before accepting the position.

Olave is from Córdoba, and beyond his historical link with Belgrano, he knows about the genes of the soccer player from this city and the behavior of the fans, who, as in other places, will act as the results order.

In Racing, the former goalkeeper will have the opportunity to show his resources to prevent Racing from continuing to “do things around” with favorable results. Will he go for an open, blow-by-blow game? Or will his style be more measured and calculating, pragmatic enough to prevent a temporary triumph from turning into another of many defeats.

In its initial steps, prejudices and some hasty criticism may rebound. In addition to his being from Cordoba, a rarity in an area that in terms of coaches has always pointed outwards, he has as a precedent his very good campaign in Las Palmas in the Regional Amateur Tournament and a solid career as a footballer, in which his personality It has led him to experience unique episodes in the history of football in this province. That’s his background.

Your mission? May Racing recover ground and be the protagonist. There’s time. As always, numbers will lead the way in this new story.