Flat River AND Banfield They are looking for a place in the final of Champions Trophy 2020 in view of Mouth facing each other in Córdoba, in what will be the first melee of the trial of Martín Demichelis.

It will begin at 21:00 at the Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium, broadcast by ESPN Premium and TNT Sports, and refereed by Facundo Tello, assisted by Ezequiel Brailovsky and Gabriel Chade, together with Silvio Trucco in VAR.

The new manager of River Plate, successor of Marcelo Gallardo, has the possibility of accessing a final against Boca after the two won by Millionaire in 2018 for the Argentine Super Cup and the Copa Libertadores.

The Champions Trophy is a National Cup that pits the two champions of the year against each other and was not held in 2020 due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic in the seasonal calendar. The match will be defined by penalties in the event of a tie..

Boca, who await the final, have won both tournaments, the Super League Cup and the Diego Maradona Cup, which is why the AFA has organized a tie-break with the runners-up of both competitions in order not to leave a title vacant .

River were Boca’s runners-up in the 19-20 Super League which ended a week before the lockdown and Banfield lost to Boca on penalties in the final of the Diego Maradona Cup staged to complete the year after the return of the soccer.

The Champions Trophy was played in 2021 with River’s victory against Colón 4-0 and recently Boca and Racing met – they agreed after eliminating Tigre in the tie-break – with a 2-1 victory for Avellaneda’s team.

Probable formations

Banfield: Facundo Cambeses; Emanuel Coronel, Alejandro Maciel, Emanuel Olivera and Emanuel Insúa; Alan Di Pippa, Eric Remedi, Alejandro Cabrera and Juan Bisanz; Alejandro Piedrahita and Milton Gimenez. DT: Javier Sanguinetti.

River Plate: Franco Armani; Robert Rojas, Jonathan Maidana, Enzo Diaz and Milton Casco; Enzo Pérez, Ignacio Fernández, Esequiel Barco and José Paradela; Miguel Borja and Pablo Solari. DT: Martin Demichelis.

Referee: Facundo Tello

Stadium: Mario Alberto Kempes (Cordoba)

Start time: 9pm

TVs: TNT Sports / ESPN Premium.