Flat Riverwhich is looking for its best version under the guidance of Martín Demichelis, faces Cordoba raceof the First National team, in a match valid for the 32nd round of Argentina cup.
The match, which is played with fans of both teams, will start at 21:10 at the Único Madre de Ciudades stadium, in Santiago del Estero, will be refereed by Sebastián Zunino and broadcast by the TyC Sports cable signal.
The “millionaire” comes from the victory over Lanús (2-0) as visitor for the sixth round of the Professional Soccer League, a match in which he is in sixth place with 12 units, one of the leaders of Defensa y Justicia and San Lorenzo (both with 13 points).
River Plate will begin their journey to try and win their fourth Argentine Cup after being crowned champions in the 2015-2016, 2017 and 2019 editions.
Meanwhile, Racing de Córdoba is in eighth position in Zone B of the First National Team with eight units, and prevailed over Deportivo Madryn (3-1) on the final day.
The winner of the tie will play in the round of 16. final to the winner of the cross between Talleres de Córdoba and Chacarita Juniors.
The record between River and Racing de Nueva Italia stands at 16 games and favors Núñez’s men with 10 wins against Cordoba’s 4, plus 2 draws, the last time they met 33 years ago, in 1990.
Probable formations
River Plate: Franco Armani or Ezequiel Centurion; Robert Rojas, Jonathan Maidana, Paulo Díaz and Elías Gómez; José Paradela, Rodrigo Aliendro, Nicolás De la Cruz or Agustín Palavecino and Santiago Simón; Lucas Beltran and Miguel Borja. DT: Martin Demichelis.
Cordoba racing: Leonardo Rodríguez; Jorge Scolari, Francisco Mattía, Marcio Gómez and Gianfranco Ferrero; Augusto Berrondo, Emmanuel Giménez, Axel Oyola and Leandro Fernández; Franco Coronel and Alan Murialdo. DT: Carlos Bossio.
Referee: Sebastiano Zunino.
Stadium: City of the Mothers (Santiago del Estero).
Starting time: 21.10
TV: TyC Sports.
Source: Clarin
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