Even if the 2022 season of national football is still one game away, the one that will be played Mouth Y Racing Sunday at La Pedrera Park in San Luis to define the winner of Champions Trophythe programming of the 2023 campaign has already been outlined, which will start in 12 weeks and will have Professional League as an initial race, unlike what happened in the last two years.
The route for each of the 28 participating clubs in the best tournaments in the category was outlined by the draw that took place on Thursday in the property of Julio Humberto Gondona owned by the Argentina football association in the city of Buenos Aires in Ezeiza. The lively and smiling ceremony was presided over by the president of the parent company, Claudio Tapiawhich was accompanied on stage for Francesco Duartemanaging director of the Professional football leagueY Luigi SilvaManager of the organization of the AFA tournament.
The black spheres that the leaders extracted from a transparent hemisphere configured the crosses of the first date of Professional League, which will be held on the weekend of January 27th. On that day of a race in which all the participants will face each other in a round, the Boca champion will receive Atlético Tucumán, the river will have to face Central Córdoba in Santiago del Foretero, the races will be local against Belgrano promoted, TaleRES will receive unwanning e San Lorenzo will play Arsenal in Sarandi.
In this first tournament of the year, which will last until August 5th, the Super classic Enter Mouth Y River The 15th appointment will be held at the Monumental at the request of the companies holding the broadcasting rights. As for the rest of the classics (scheduled between day 3 and day 25), Independent Y Racing They will face each other in the Libertadores de América in the 12th, Huracán will host San Lorenzo in the 6th, Newell’s and Rosario Central will play to the Coloso Marcelo Bielsa in the tenth, Gimnasia will clash with Estudias El Bosque in the 8th, Lanús will host Banfield at the 25th, Unión And Colón will meet on April 15 in the 4th and Belgrano and Tallres will reside the 17 at Julio César Villagra in Barrio Alberdi a duel that has not been played for four years.
For lovers of curiosities, in The two matches that defined this year’s champion will be repeated in the last round of the championship Less than two weeks ago, although this time the scenarios will change: Boca will travel to Avellaneda to face Independiente Y The runs cross with the river at Núñez.
Next year, the League Cup will take place in the second half: It will start on August 20th and end on December 16th, when the final will be played. The competition will maintain the format of the latest edition: two groups of 14 participants, 13 given more one of the interrezonal duels, four qualifications from each area and head matches of the quarter -finals to the definition. The classics will be played on the seventh date (that of the interzonals) and in them the location will be reversed with respect to the clashes in Professional League.
For that classic date there will be some changes. Argentinos Juniors and Platense will now be rivals.This new couple was formed at the request of the two clubs. I’m glad they’re both happy,” praised Luis Silva, who officiated the draw as master of ceremonies. For this Vélez, who last year had as opponent the Insectwill now meet Tiger, who had been the rival of Squid.
Other changes are determined by promotions. Talleres, who teamed up with Godoy Cruz in 2021, will be Belgrano’s opponent. The You will have to wait to meet your new partner, who will be Gimnasia de Mendoza or Instituto if any of them are the winner of the reduced of the first national team. In that case, Barracas Central will retain Sarmiento as the odd partner. On the other hand, if Defensores de Belgrano or Estudiantes are promoted, they will be aligned with the Beautifulwhile Juninenses and Mendoza will integrate the other duet.
At the end of a season that climar the Champions Trophy on 23 December among the winners of both competitions, there will be three relegations. Two of them will be resolved as was the custom in vernacular football for four decades: based on the average points of the last three years. The other will suffer the group that will add less units only in 2023, as happens in almost all the corners of the planet Earth.
Argentine Cup
To complete an afternoon with the bolillas for all tastes, the gathering in the premises of Ezeiza was completed with the draw for the 2023 edition of the Argentine Copa, which will participate the 28 teams of the professional alloy, 15 of the national first. from Primera B, 4 from Primera C, 2 from Primera D and 10 from Torneo Federal.
In the 32nd round, the Big Five will face teams from the so -called internal: Boca will face Olimpo, River will meet Racing de Córdoba and San Lorenzo will clash with Sarmiento de Resistencia. These three teams are contesting the semifinals of the reduced federal tournament that grants the only promotion to the first national team (the other semifinalist is Villa Miter, who will be the rival of Arsenal). In addition, Racing will play with San Martín de Formosa and Independiente, with Ciudad de Bolívar. The current monarch of the tournament, patronage, will debut with Gimnasia y shooting de jump.
A question arises almost automatically every time the tree of this competition is traced: in what instance could there be a superclásico? In the quarterfinals. To do this, both Boca and River must exceed three shifts. Independent and Racing could also meet in the quarterfinals.
Source: Clarin
