River vs Boca, Superclásico of the Professional League: schedule, preview, how to watch it and probable lineups

Flat Riversolid pointer of Professional soccer league (LPF) even if with a shaky gait in the Copa Libertadores, he receives Boca Juniorswhich has raised its performances and improved its results with the arrival of Jorge Almirón as DT, in a new edition of the Superclásico which will be the exclusive match of the 15th date of the national tournament.

The match will be played this Sunday starting at 17:30 at the River Más Monumental stadium, located in the Núñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires, will be refereed by Darío Herrera of Neuquén and will be broadcast by ESPN Premium and TNT Sports.

The challenge between the two giants of Argentine football finds them in dissimilar positions, both in the local tournament and in the Libertadores, even if this will matter little or nothing when the ball starts rolling, since it is a separate game that always involves a psychic boost for whoever wins it, and in turn leaves sequelae for whoever must lose it.

River, in the first Superclásico with Martín Demichelis as coach, will take over the match as the comfortable leader of the professional league with 34 points, an abysmal difference from Boca, who have just added 18 points, although they are the current champions of the competition.

River’s overwhelming pace contrasts with his participation in the Copa Libertadores, since he is bottom of Group D with one win and two defeats, the last one by a landslide in Rio de Janeiro against Fluminense 5-1 last Tuesday. which seriously stripped defensive flaws.

On the side of the “Xeneizes”, he has just achieved two consecutive victories and is having his best moment since Almirón took office on April 9, one against Racing (3-1) for the local tournament and the other in the Libertadores , in Chile against Colo Colo (2-0) last Wednesday leading the positions in Group F with 7 points out of 9 played.

As for the teams, on the side of the “Millionaire” the main unknown factor to reveal is the presence of Chilean defender Paulo Díaz, who suffered a muscle strain on 23 April and will arrive with just enough, to the point that Demichelis doubts that for include it input.

If Paulo Díaz returns to the squad, the starting line-up will also include the return of left-back Enzo Díaz, who was suspended both in the local tournament due to accumulating yellow cards and in the Libertadores after being sent off against Alianza Lima.

So the starting team, compared to the one beaten by Fluminense, would have two changes: Paulo Díaz for Emanuel Mammana and Enzo Díaz for Andrés Herrera.

Up front, River’s strong point, Demichelis will keep Esequiel Barco and Lucas Beltrán as forwards, provided by a luxury midfield with captain Enzo Pérez, Nicolás de la Cruz, Ignacio “Nacho” Fernández and Rodrigo Aliendro.

In Boca, Almirón has preferred not to give clues about the tactical approach he will use and it is assumed that he will favor a line of five defenders, an approach that aims to strengthen the defense and hurt with escalations on the sides of the Peruvian Luis Advíncula and de the Joya of the club: the 18-year-old Valentín Barco.

Boca will not have an important piece at the beginning of Almirón’s cycle, midfielder Martín Payero, sent off against Racing, and his replacement will be Cristian Medina, according to the last essay in which he won the match against Ezequiel “Equi” Fernández.

The other change to utilize the line of five defenders will be the introduction of defender Nicolás Valentini for winger Marcelo Weigandt.

In Boca’s attack there will be the Colombian Sebastián Villa, the most unbalanced player in the squad, and Luis Vázquez of Santa Fe, who slowly recovers his best version despite failing to score goals that would allow the team to resolve matches without problems , something that was seen in Chile when they failed two heads up and another very favorable play.

Almirón will take on a proposal with the best he has available in a scenario with major injuries that would have been starters such as Darío Benedetto, Luca Langoni, Frank Fabra, Bruno Valdéz and Juan Ramírez, and others that would have given him more variations on the substitutes bench such as Exequiel Zeballos del Santiago.

The Superclásico of Argentine football will have its version number 215 and history favors Boca, who have won 78 times against River’s 70, while drawing 66 times.

The last Superclásico played at the Monumental stadium was last year for the League Cup, won by Boca led by Sebastián Battaglia and with Marcelo Gallardo as River coach.

On that occasion Boca won 1-0 with a goal from the Colombian Villa and supported by a great performance from goalkeeper Agustín Rossi.

– Probable formations –

Flat River: Franco Armani, Milton Casco, Leandro González Pírez, Paulo Díaz and Enzo Díaz; Enzo Pérez, Nicolás de la Cruz, Ignacio Fernández and Rodrigo Aliendro; Esequiel Barco and Lucas Beltran. DT: Martin Demichelis.

Boca Juniors: Sergio “Chiquito” Romero; Luis Advíncula, Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Figal, Nicolás Valentini and Valentín Barco; Guillermo “Pol” Fernández, Alan Varela and Cristian Medina; Luis Vazquez and Sebastian Villa. DT: Jorge Almiron.

Referee: Dario Herrera.

VAR: Silvio Makeup.

Basketball court: More Monumental, from the River Plate.

Start time: 5.30pm.

TV: TNT Sports and ESPN Premium.