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Bruno Zuculini sufrió un desgarro

BUENOS AIRES -- Bruno Zuculini, el mediocampista de Racing Club, padece un desgarro de cinco milímetros en el isquiotibial izquierdo y tendrá alrededor de un mes de recuperación.

Zuculini se lesionó durante el primer tiempo en el choque ante Lanús por la Copa Sudamericana, a los 26 minutos de juego, y este jueves luego de realizarse estudios se confirmó la lesión.

El juvenil volante fue reemplazado en el partido inmediatamente por Diego Villar y se retiró del campo de juego acusando muchísimo dolor.

Para el partido del domingo ante Tigre, podría actuar por Zuculini Villar o Rodrigo Battaglia, en búsqueda de la primera victoria en el certamen.

Benitez tragedy can galvanise Ecuador

On July 29th, at around midday GMT, news began to filter through about the tragic passing of Christian Benitez. It was announced later that the Ecuadorian international, better known as Chucho, had died of a heart failure after he was admitted to hospital suffering from severe stomach pains, shortly after making his debut for Qatari club El Jaish. He was just 27-years-old.

Tributes flooded in from teammates and fans around the world, stunned by the sudden and unexpected nature of Benitez’s untimely death. Nowhere was the loss was felt harder than back in his native Ecuador where thousands turned out to mourn and pay respect to their idol in the Coliseo Ruminahui sports arena in Quito. Such is the esteem for 58-cap Benitez that the Ecuadorian FA has since retired the national team number 11 in his honour.

Benitez, the all-time third-highest scorer for the national team, burst onto the scene with El Nacional in 2004 before spending the majority of his playing career in Mexico, enjoying prolific spells first with Santos Laguna and then with Club America, scoring 108 goals in just 186 games.

But he will be best known to English fans for his loan spell with Birmingham City during the 2009-10 season. A powerful, explosive pocket-rocket of a forward, Chucho may have only scored four goals but that shouldn’t taint his wonderful goal scoring ability. A hugely likable character at all his clubs, Benitez made enough of an impression in his short time at St Andrews that a minutes silence was held in their recent game versus Watford.

Upon returning to Mexico he quickly rediscovered his form in front of goal, finishing top scorer three times, and began to attract attention from Europe’s top clubs once again. Linked with Tottenham among others, Benitez eventually opted for £10million move to Al Jaish.

A surprise selection for Germany 2006, a teenage Benitez only made one substitutes appearance but, now reaching the height of his powers, everything pointed to a much more prominent role for Chucho at next year’s World Cup. His four goals in qualification had helped to put La Tri in a great position to qualify for Brazil with just four games remaining. The dream was right on track.

So what does his death mean for the national team? The loss of their star striker is obviously a huge blow, not just in terms of missing his attacking qualities, but also the effect it will undoubtedly have on the team’s morale. With a tricky run-in against Colombia and Bolivia away in September followed by Uruguay and Chile in October so much will depend on how the players react in the face of the adversity. Manager Reinaldo Rueda will hope that it will serve to unite his squad, transforming their sadness into a positive force to ensure that Benitez’s efforts were not in vein.

Benitez’s tragedy also possesses some eerie similarities to the shooting of Paraguay striker Salvador Cabañas before the last World Cup. Thankfully Cabañas – also an ex-America player – recovered and is miraculously even back playing but nevertheless the incident represents another occasion in which tragedy robbed a South American national team of a star player before the tournament.

Paraguay, under new Barcelona boss Gerardo Martino, went on to the reach the quarter-finals and were close to dumping champions Spain out had it not been for a missed Cardozo penalty and wrongly ruled out Valdez goal. Their example should serve as inspiration for their Ecuadorian counterparts.

Though qualification for Brazil looks probable, it is still not assured and Ecuador must not rest on their laurels. While Quito has been a fortress for them (six wins and a draw from seven), they have struggled on their travels and with three of their four remaining fixtures away from home there is still plenty of work to be done. Let’s hope they can do it for Chucho.

Uruguay also benefit if Suarez stays at Liverpool

"Football is won with goals," Uruguay coach Oscar Washington Tabarez said Wednesday, "and not with percentages." It is one of his favourite lines, and a 4-2 away win over Japan had given him the opportunity to roll it out once more.

His side had been on the back foot for much of the game. But they had won with some comfort. Tabarez likes to reel out a statistic from the previous World Cup -- where, after struggling to qualify, Uruguay reached the semifinals. In all seven of their games, apparently, the opposition had more time of possession (with the exception of the group game against South Africa, which was 50-50). But Uruguay usually had more shots.

But there are obvious risks in a situation where the opponent has the ball longer. You must defend efficiently for longer, and make full use of those chances you have to attack. Put simply, your margin for error is reduced.

This helps explain the disastrous season Uruguay endured in 2012-13. After winning the Copa America in 2011, they made an excellent start to World Cup qualification. Last June, with a third of the marathon tournament played, they were second in the table with a game in hand. Then the wheels fell off. They were held to two home draws and accumulated four heavy away defeats before, in typical backs-to-the-wall fashion, winning 1-0 away to Venezuela -- their direct rivals for a place in Brazil -- in the last round of games two months ago.

The side had grown old together -- the same group of players have been together since the Copa America of 2007 -- and they were no longer defending and attacking with the same efficiency. Uruguay have conceded 21 goals in 12 matches, three times as many as second-place Colombia.

The solution has been to defend deep, with the covering midfielders close to the centre backs. That way, captain Diego Lugano is not drawn out into open space, where his lack of speed can be dangerously exposed.

This means that the strikers can be left isolated. It is just as well, then, that Uruguay can count on a forward who can tear defences apart on his own. Luis Suarez was the difference between the two sides in Wednesday´s win over Japan. There was panic in the opposing ranks every time he was involved. Suarez has the speed to burst behind the defensive line, and the unpredictable skill to pick up possession in front of the opposing centre backs and charge his way through. He was involved in almost everything that Uruguay produced.

The first goal was scored by Diego Forlan, but set up by Suarez, who latched on to a pass in the deep left channel, made progress towards the bye-line and squared for Forlan to side-foot home. Forlan scored the second with a superbly struck free kick -- awarded for a foul on Suarez. The third came from Suarez himself with an emphatic right-footed-cross finish. And he was even involved in the interplay that helped set up the fourth goal by Alvaro Gonzalez. Take Suarez out of the equation and Japan probably would have won.

With an on-form Suarez, Uruguay always have a chance. They can defend deep and play up to him with a realistic expectation that he will come up with something. He is so important for Uruguay, and playing for Uruguay is so important for him -- which may well be what Liverpool are banking on.

There is, of course, an inherent risk in Liverpool´s decision to hang on to Suarez. Generally speaking, few things are more useless than a footballer who does not want to play. Liverpool can sell him for a hefty transfer fee. If they keep him, they lose that money, and may not effectively have the player if his motivation suffers.

It is hard to think of that happening to Suarez, anyway. It would appear that giving his all is the only way he knows. But that is surely especially true in a World Cup year. Suarez will want to be as sharp as possible in order to reproduce the form he showed against Japan, in more important circumstances.

After that disastrous 2012-13, Uruguay face a battle merely to make it to Brazil. At the moment they lie fifth in the table, the playoff spot. But they only lead Venezuela on goal difference, and their next opponents are Peru, who can overtake them with a win in Lima Sept. 6. Then Uruguay close their campaign against the top three sides in the table -- home to Colombia, away to Ecuador, home to Argentina. They will have to scrap every inch of the way just to make the playoff.

They desperately need a match-fit Luis Suarez -- so if he must resign himself to spending another year at Liverpool, Uruguay will hope he does. Percentages may not win matches, but Uruguay’s chances of victory are always a few points higher if Luis Suarez is raring to go.

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