Barticciotto closes doors to the press for soccer practice

SANTIAGO.- More than one hundred Colo Colo fans were allowed to observe a team practice session from up close this morning. The same was not true, however, for the press.

Coach Marcelo Barticciotto asked the media to stay away from the training fields and only allowed them to enter at the very end of the practice session.

Even still, the practice was able to be seen from afar, although the line-up to be used against Huachipato this Saturday at the quarter finals of the Clausura tournament is still not clear.

One thing is certain: Arturo Sanhueza has returned to the team. He was viewed participating in a normal practice while wearing a knee brace on his left leg during the formations directed by Barticciotto.

First, the coach tried out Cristián Muñoz; a line of three defense players made up of Jorge Carrasco, Luis Mena and Miguel Riffo; with Luis Pedro Figueroa, Arturo Sanhueza, José Domingo Salcedo, Roberto Cereceda and Macnelly Torres in the midfield, leaving Daúd Gazale and Lucas Barrios in the offense.

Next, there were some changes made. Jorge Carrasco was sent to the back up team and Rodolfo Moya was put in to play, although not in his normal position. The attacker played further back behind Barrios and Gazale and generally took over the right side of the field.