Boca Juniorswho has resumed his path to victory and recovered important pieces in the structure of coach Jorge Almirón, will visit the always complicated today Young Argentines at La Paternal, in one of the six matches that will give continuity to today 17 of Professional soccer league (LPF) led by River Plate.
The match will be played starting at 21:30 at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, located in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of the fatherlywill be refereed by Fernando Echenique and broadcast by the ESPN Premium signal.
The “Xeneize” team has 21 points, it comes from the 2-0 victory over Belgrano de Córdoba in La Bombonera and the intention is to reach a position more in line with its history despite the fact that the chances of fighting for the title are utopian , taking into account that River (37) has taken a sidereal, practically indisputable advantage.
The Argentines, for their part, added 23 pointsin their last appearance they won in Tucumán against Atlético (2-1) and alternate between very good performances and disappointing ones, even if they are always a dangerous team with their coach Gabriel Milito’s offensive imprint.
Boca will start this Friday against the “Bichitos colorados” an important series of five games in 15 days, three for the LPF and two for the Libertadores.
After the game at La Paternal, the “Xeneizes” will travel to Colombia on Monday to face Deportivo Pereira next Wednesday from 21:00 for the fourth round of group F of the Libertadores, who lead with 7 points.
After that match, Boca will receive Tigre on Sunday May 28, while on June 1 they will be local against Colo Colo for the Cup and will end that series on Sunday June 11 at La Bombonera against Lanús.
The record between Boca and Argentinos stands at 141 matches and heavily favors the “Xeneizes” with 67 wins to the La Paternal team’s 34, while they have drawn 40 times.
The last time they played at La Paternal was on July 19 last year and Argentinos won 2-0 with goals from Gabriel Carabajal and Gonzalo Verón, also with “Gaby” Milito as DT, while Boca were led by Formosan man Hugo Ibarra.
– Probable formations –
Young Argentines: Alexis Martin Arias; Kevin Mac Allister, Miguel Torrén or Marco Di Césare and Lucas Villalba; Javier Cabrera, Alan Rodríguez, Francisco González Metilli, Santiago Montiel and Franco Moyano; Gabriel Avalos and Gaston Verón. DT: Gabriele Milito.
Boca Juniors: Sergio “Chiquito” Romero; Marcelo Weigandt, Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Figal and Frank Fabra; Luis Advíncula, Guillermo “Pol” Fernández, Juan Ramírez and Martín Payero; Darío Benedetto and Sebastián Villa or Norberto Briasco. DT: Jorge Almiron.
Referee: Fernando Échenique.
LAUNCH: Hernán Mastrángelo.
Basketball court: Diego Armando Maradona, of Argentinos Juniors.
Start time: 9.30pm.
TV: ESPN Award.
Source: Clarin
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