Boca-Belgrano for the Professional League: timetable, anticipation, how to watch it and probable formations

Boca Juniorsstill dazed after losing the Super classicabove all for the way in which the defeat was consummated, he receives Cordoba Belgrainof an excellent campaign, in a match valid for the date 16 of Professional Football League (LPF) in which he will try to improve his image and little else, because he was at an astral distance from the leader River Plate.

The match will be played this Sunday starting at 19:00 in La Bombonera, it will be refereed by Fernando Espinoza and broadcast by the ESPN Premium signal.

Boca, current champions of Argentine football, added just 18 points when more than half of the championship had already been played and their Superclásico defeat left them 19 points adrift of River (37), so retaining the title has become a challenge. utopia.

That defeat left some consequences as the poor performance of the Neuquén referee Darío Herrera which affected the outcome was accompanied by the sending offs of Ezequiel “Equi” Fernández, Uruguayan Miguel Merentiel and Juninense Nicolás Valentini, who joined Guillermo ‘Pol’ Fernández and Alan Varela, both with five bookings, both had a string of suspensions.

This situation plus the significant number of injuries has conditioned the assembly of the team at DT Jorge Almirón, who will change the tactical scheme (we will go from 5-3-2 to 4-4-2) with a formation that will not have any midfielder of brand in midfield.

However, and beyond the losses, Almirón will recover two important players such as Colombian Frank Fabra and striker Darío “Pipa” Benedetto, both recovered from injuries.

Those who will enter, in relation to the previous match against River, will be Marcelo Weigandt, Fabra, Martín Payero, the Paraguayan Oscar Romero and Benedetto, instead of Nicolás Valentini, “Pol” Fernández, Varela, Luis Vázquez and Valentín Barco.

The only unknown factor in Boca was resolving the situation of the Peruvian Luis Advíncula, who has become an important player since Almirón’s arrival and hasn’t trained in the last two days due to a muscle problem, although that doubt was dispelled in the football training and will be from the beginning, so Norberto Briasco will not play as assumed.

The reigning Argentine champion will start a series of four matches in 15 days this Sunday, which will then be extended against Argentinos Juniors (Friday, May 19), Pereira in Colombia (Wednesday, May 24) and Tigre at home (Sunday, May 28), two for the national tournament and the other for the Copa Libertadores.

His rival, Belgrano, added 27 points from a 1-0 home win over Atlético Tucumán, capping off a season that thrilled half of Córdoba.

To visit Boca, the Cordovan “Pirate” will not have defender Alejandro Rébola, sent off against the Tucumans, and Nicolás Meriano will enter his place, while Juan Barinaga will be expected until the last moment and if he does not arrive in his place, he will play Gabriel Compagnucci.

The record between the two stands at 36 matches and favors Boca, who have won 18 times to the “Pirata’s” 10, while they have drawn eight times.

The last time they met at La Bombonera was on 25 October 2017 and Boca, who would later become champions of that first division tournament, won 4-0 with two goals from “Pipa” Benedetto, one from the Colombian Edwin Cardona and others by Cristian Lema against his goal.

On that occasion, Belgrano had Erik Godoy in defense, who will start this Sunday, while the aforementioned Benedetto and Fabra were playing for Boca.

– Probable formations –

Boca Juniors: Sergio Romero; Marcelo Weigandt, Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Figal and Frank Fabra; Luis Advíncula, Martín Payero, Cristian Medina and Oscar Romero; Darío Benedetto and Sebastian Villa. DT: Jorge Almiron.

Belgrano de Cordoba: Nahuel Losada; Juan Barinaga or Gabriel Compagnucci, Erik Godoy, Nicolás Meriano and Matías Ibacache; Ulises Sánchez, Santiago Longo, Bruno Zapelli and Ariel Rojas; Franco Jara and Pablo Vegetti. DT: Guillermo Farre.

Referee:Fernando Espinoza.

LAUNCH: Luke Novelli.

Basketball court: Boca Juniors.

Start time: 19.

TV: ESPN Award.