Barracas Central, with a practically new squad, will today receive Godoy Cruz, who will have the coach Diego Flores, former collaborator of Marcelo Bielsa, back.
The match will be played from 17:00 in the Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia stadium, with the refereeing of Pablo Echavarría and will be broadcast on ESPN Premium and on public television.
The “Handsome” will begin his second year in the top flight with 16 new players obtained in the last transfer market, in which he also intends to close the arrival of former Racing, Boca and San Lorenzo Ricardo Centurión.
Rodolfo De Paoli and Alejandro Milano’s side lost important offensive players such as Neri Bandiera, Pablo Mouche and Fernando “Chiche” Valenzuela but kept Iván Tapia, who was sought after by San Lorenzo.
Godoy Cruz, meanwhile, also lost his figure from last year when Martín Ojeda was transferred to US MLS side Orlando City.
After the departure of the duo Sergio Gómez and Favio Orsi, the management of “Tomba” opted for a new cycle of Flores from Cordoba, who worked with “Loco” Bielsa at Olympique de Marseille, Lille and Leeds United, for which earned the nickname “Translator”.
It will be the third confrontation between Barracas and Godoy Cruz in the First Division and the previous two were also with the local Buenos Aires team and with the same result: 3-1 in May for the League Cup and in September for the 2022 tournament.
= Probable formations =
Central Barracks: Cristian Arce; Mauro Peinipil, Nicolás Capraro, Fernando Prado and Juan Díaz or Nicolás Tolosa; Facundo Mater, Iván Tapia or Rodrigo Herrera, Carlos Arce or Marcos Benítez and Brian Calderara; Manuel Brondo and Alexis Dominguez. DT: Rodolfo De Paoli-Alejandro Milan.
Godoy Cruz: Diego Rodriguez; Pier Barrios, Gianluca Ferrari, Federico Rasmussen and Thomas Galdames; Gonzalo Abrego, Juan Andrada and Nahuel Ulariaga; Matías Ramírez, Tadeo Allende and Tomás Conechny. DT: Diego Flores.
Referee: Pablo Echavarría.
VAR: Hernan Mastrangelo.
Stadium: Central Barracas.
Start time: 5pm
Television: ESPN Premium.
Source: Clarin
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