silver studentswith the debut of coach Abel Balbo, it will be local against the always dangerous Tiger, which continues under the command of Diego Martínez, in an attractive meeting to be held today for the first round of the Professional Football League (LPF).
The match will take place at the UNO Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium in La Plata, starting at 19:15, with refereeing by Fernando Espinoza and VAR by Jorge Baliño. The TNT Sports channel will handle its broadcast.
Estudiantes and Tigre qualified for the 2023 Copa Sudamericana, even though the expectations of the La Plata team were higher and they unsuccessfully sought the pass for a new Copa Libertadores.
The “Pincha” played in the Libertadores 2022 and was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Athletico Paranaense from Brazil, and in the LPF was 18th. He started the year with Ricardo Zielinski, who was then replaced by Pablo Quatrocchi and before the end of the year he signed with Abel Balbo for the whole of 2023.
The 56-year-old former centre-forward has just managed Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero, finishing in 16th place. position in the league with 27 points, the result of 10 wins, 13 defeats and four draws.
Tigre started badly last season but Martínez’s team had a great comeback (they remained unbeaten for 11 matches), mainly thanks to goals from Mateo Retegui (19), who continues in the “Matador” as Facundo Colidio.
In history he played 76 times for Estudiantes leading 41 wins against 21 and 14 draws.
Probable formations
Students: Mariano Andujar; Leonardo Godoy, Santiago Nuñez, Zaid Romero and Emmanuel Mas; Benjamin Rollheiser, Jorge Rodríguez, Santiago Ascacibar and Matías Godoy; Matteo Pellegrino and Mauro Boselli. DT: Abel Balbo.
Tiger: Gonzalo Marinelli; Martín Garay, Víctor Cabrera, Brian Luciatti and Sebastián Prieto; Lucas Menossi, Agustín Cardozo and Alexis Castro; Blas Armoa, Mateo Retegui and Facundo Colidio. DT: Diego Martinez.
Referee: Fernando Espinoza Stadium: Estudiantes (La Plata).
Start Time: 7:15pm TV: TNT Sports.
Source: Clarin
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