Since the ball started rolling on the first date of the Professional League All Argentine football teams dreamed of the same thing: to become champions. The road was tough and not everyone got to the end with the chance to raise the trophy. With only three dates up for grabs, a squad of clubs cheers the end of the national competition and adds a pinch of unique emotion to this definition.
Boca Juniors dominate the scene with 45 units and 80 minutes due against Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. Hugo Ibarra’s team started the tournament very badly, but the Black he has straightened the ship and dreams of getting on the podium later 12 unbeaten games. The Xeneize He overcame some serious injuries with several Underdogs and climbed to the top of the leaderboard along the stretch.
appears behind Racing with 44 points. The Academy by Fernando Gago sealed a great tournament overall, with some ups and downs, but it’s the leader of the annual table with 74 units. Enzo Copetti, with 9 screams, is the third top scorer in the Professional League behind Mateo Retegui (15) and Franco Cristaldo (11).
Then comes the surprise Atletico Tucumánalso with 44 units. The team led by Lucas Pusineri started the tournament with the aim of adding points to maintain the category. But with a short, dynamic and hard-to-beat team, they quickly took the lead and they were the leaders of the national tournament for much of the semester.
What Boca needs to be champion
The calendar is limited. If Boca wins 9 of the 12 points it has up for grabs, it becomes champion because it depends on itself. What games does Xeneize have up for grabs? This Wednesday 12 October he visits Sarmiento, Sunday 16 he visits Newell’s, Wednesday 19 he recovers the game against Gimnasia and on Sunday 23 he receives Independiente. Against the Red it will be the only home game of this series of races.
In case of not winning three in a row, the group leading the Black Ibarra can also consecrate himself with two draws and two wins, or adding 8 units. In that case, risks playing a playoff with Racing or Atlético Tucumán. One of them has to win the three remaining games to get that game.
If there is a final, it will take place on a neutral pitch, 72 hours after the last date. The hypothetical definition match will have extra time and penalties in case of a tie in regular time. The playing field is not yet defined.
The possibility of the triangle
In case the Xeneize get eight points and both Dean as the Academy win their three games, the tournament should be defined between the top three teams. Hence the possibility of a hypothetical triangular between Boca, Atlético Tucumán and Racing that, if these speculations occurred, they would have 53 units.
The last time the national tournament was defined with a triangle was in the 2008 Apertura. On that occasion Boca de Carlos Ischia became champion in a definition together with San Lorenzo and Tigre. The Bullfighter and the Xeneize they finished on equal points, but the blue and gold team became champion by goal difference. Javier García and Facundo Roncaglia played that tournament with the Boca shirt.
Does the river have a chance?
Despite starting from behind (41 points), mathematically also Marcelo Gallardo’s River has a chance to win. You should expect Boca to win 1 game, talk about another and lose the other two. And that Racing and Atlético Tucumán win one match and draw the remaining two. If this happens, e The band winning their three games in a row, they can be champions.
There is also the possibility of a triangle between River, Racing and Atlético Tucumán. This could happen if River wins all three games, Racing adds six points, Atlético Tucumán adds six and Boca doesn’t score more than four. In that case there may be a definition between the Deanthe Academy and the Millionaire.
The occasion of the home run
Another option, much more remote, is for the tournament to be defined with a home run between Boca, Racing, Atlético Tucumán and River. The three dates at stake give all kinds of speculation.
This could happen if Boca only added five of their 12 points up for grabs, Racing and Atlético Tucumán added six points out of nine and River got nine out of nine. That way everyone would end up with 50 units.
Source: Clarin
