The bearer of the Racing captain’s armband for the last 16 games, Íñigo Saínz-Maza, is suspended and will not be able to play in Logroño on Saturday. Isma López, captain in the first two rounds of the championship, has not started since September 11, four months ago, and it is unlikely that he will start on the pitch against SD Logroñés. The same as Lucas Díaz, another of the members of the 21/22 captains’ commission, Parera’s substitute since October 3. The only one of this season’s ‘official’ captains who seems to have a chance of starting at Las Gaunas is Álvaro Mantilla. And not many.
The return of Unai Medina and Pablo Bobadilla, both already at 100%, may leave the Canargués, starter in the last two days, out of the starting eleven, which could mean that for the first time so far this season, none of the four captains is in a position to wear the armband at the start of SD Logroñés-Racing. Is there a fixed criterion in the club to resolve these issues or does the coach decide? The answer is clear: Romo will choose.
Although in Racing, as in most teams, the factor of seniority in the club is usually taken into account and most coaches respect it, as well as the choice of players in the week prior to the start of the league, the truth is that There are many technicians involved in deciding who will wear the bracelet during matches. The most significant case was that of Pedro Munitis (himself captain of the team for several seasons), who when he took over the team to replace Paco Fernández, in 2015, decided that the captain on the field would be Fede San Emeterio, then a week of turning 18 years old. Romo himself appointed Isma López this summer as one of his interlocutors with the locker room without being one of the oldest in the club.
In the event that he decides not to align neither Lucas Díaz, nor Isma López, nor Mantilla and Romo and has to choose a captain to make the draw for fields in Logroño, the player from Madrid is completely free to choose any of the eleven starters. If I wanted to take tradition into account, of those who have been playing regularly, the one who made his debut before in an official match is Marco Camus, who was given the alternative by José Luis Oltra, in the Second Division, at Extremadura-Racing on July 1, 2020 Three months later, on the first day of 20/21, Pablo Torre, Bustos and Cedric made their debut on the same day.
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