Argentine football tries to make a word it has never had: predictability. And on that tour, this afternoon the fixtures of the Professional football leaguethe League Cup Professional and the Argentine CupThe most federal of the roads.
The organization of the tournament table that will face 64 teams, where those of the first, the promotion and even those of Federal who fight to reach B, are mixed, took place at the end of the event that brought together most of the leaders of The clubs of our country, with the president of AFA, Chiqui Tapia, at the helm.
One of the happiest was Luis Fabián Artime, the brand new president of Belgrano who returns to Primera this year and will have to face Independent Rivadavia de Mendoza. The man who leads the pirate, with flawless blue, was consulted in TYC sports on the possibility of repatriation Matias Suarez: “It is true that we are talking, but every six months we call all the former players of the institution. The doors are open but we have to see what the player wants and even if the club can pay him what he deserves”
There was also the president of Olimpo, who participates in Federal A and fight to jump to the National B and dream of reliving his best years: “Since we were promoted in 2002, we spent 14 of the last 20 years in the first division. Now. We are going with a great team that we have already faced, but we have never met in the Argentine Cup, “said its president, Alfredo Dagna.
Another of those who walked for the property of Ezeiza was the elected president of Independent, already in office, Fabián Diu, who observed the fate of Rojo both in the draws for the professional alloy and in those for the Argentine cups and of championship.
Martín Gorostegui, the president of Estudiantes de la Plata, spoke of the difficulty of the Argentine Cup: “It was elusive for us”, accepted the man from Pincha who will go with the CAI. Those of La Plata are others looking for DT and the name indicated is one: “We are still talking to Abel Balbo to be the DT”, he accepted him.
The draw started with the coupon for the 18 sown teams, among which the teams appeared with most of the history of our country. The first ball to go out was River that will face Cordoba Racing. Mouth He came out in eighth position, remaining on the side of his classic rival, so that there could be a superclásico in the quarterfinals. Naturally, those from Ibarra also have a difficult duel, against OlimPo, a team that was a classic in the first division.
The data: River, Boca, Independiente and Racing have remained the same frame side. Avellaneda’s classic? The Academy, which has not had good experiences in this competition, will play with San Martín de Formosa. And the red with Sarmiento de Resistencia, which once eliminated the academy directed by Chacho Coudet. If they go on, independent and the races could also meet in the quarterfinals.
Huracán was facing San Lorenzo, so you can only see their faces in the final. The long journey of the globe begins with Yupanqui. The cyclone, on the other hand, will face Sarmiento De Resistencia.
Boca’s possible rival in the second round would have come out of the winner between Barracas Central and Estudiantes de Buenos Aires. And River could also be quickly with a strong rival: if he passes, the millionaire will face the winner of the duel between Tolres and Chacarita Juniors.
The latest champion, the patronage relegated, who will have a demanding program to return to the first division in B Nacional, in addition to playing Copa Libertadores, begins with a goat game: Gymnastics and Salta shooting.
The most federal of all tournaments was conflict and also the most insidious, the one with the big shots and where the weakest can be the strongest. Otherwise, ask the Foundation Council, the latest champion of the competition that, to breed the Argentine Cup, had to go down to the river, to the Boca and a giant of Cordovan as Talleres.
All games of the Argentine Cup
Source: Clarin
