The left side Lucas Squirrel and the attacker Gonzalo Mastriani live undefined in Athletic. After tie against Cianorte, coach Maurício Barbieri revealed the situation of the gringos.
Esquivel was related, but he stayed in the reserve bank. According to the commander, the lateral is not yet able to act for 90 minutes due to ankle injury.
"The idea is I could be with the group. If he had a chance to get in, it would be for a very short time, ten or 15 minutes, for the internship he's in. But during the warm-up, he wasn't feeling comfortable yet."
revealed Barbieri.
It is worth remembering that Esquivel received a proposal from River Plate. The Argentine press came to give the business as right, but Hurricane plays hard to sell the 23-year-old athlete. River has increased the offer to $5 million, over R$ 30 million, but still the transfer has not had a positive outcome so far.
With the situation of Esquivel and the departure of Léo Dérik, who felt cramps during the game, Barbieri still had to improvise the Dudu side-right from the left side. In fact, Athletico's coach said he didn't even notice Lucas Esquivel was in the reserve bank.
"I figured he didn't even go back to the bank. I didn't notice if he was in the bank or not. That's why we had to use Dudu on the left side. I understand the question because you have no information, neither does the fan. This is a bit that the group is in the process of structuring and gaps to fill".
It did.
Athletic gunner in 2024 is close to returning to the lawns
Last year, with 16 goals, Gonzalo Mastriani is in the final phase of transition. The 31-year-old Uruguayan striker had South American football polls and was in the crosshairs of VictoryBut it must remain until the end of the year at Athletico.
After performing knee surgery in November, which caused him to miss the end of the relegation season, the centeravante is close to being available to the coach.
"The Mastriani is in transition. He took part in a training session with us. For Sunday [game against Andraus], it should not be available but from next week. It will depend on those days and on his evolution," said Barbieri.
With this, the tendency is for Alan Kardec to have the first chance as holder of Hurricane before Andraus. That's because Lucas Di Yorio, Rubro-Negro's state goalkeeper with four goals, is out of the next game for taking the third yellow card. The duel of the seventh round is scheduled for next Sunday (2), at 16h, in Vila Capanema.
Negative series and Petraglia's reaction to the crowd
Without winning four games in the 2025 Paranaense Championship, Athletico is experiencing a moment of turbulence.
O time vem da derrota para o Azuriz, pela terceira rodada, e três empates seguidos, contra Operário, Coritiba e Cianorte. Para piorar a situação, the crowd's demands were reacted by president Mario Celso Petraglia, who insulted fans with obscene gestures..
Com nove pontos conquistados em seis jogos, o Furacão aparece provisoriamente na sexta colocação do Estadual. O time pode perder ainda duas posições caso o FC Cascavel derrote o Paraná Clube nesta quarta (29), às 20h, na Vila Capanema, em Curitiba, e o Coritiba vença o Andraus na quinta (30), também às 20h, no Couto Pereira.
