Boca Juniorswho had two-game hitting streak in the Professional League and just suffered a setback in the Libertadores Cupreceive the irregular this Sunday Tigerwhich alternates good performances with other disappointing ones, in continuity with round 18. The match will be played from 19:00 at La Bombonera, refereed by Niccolo Ramirez and transmitted by TNT Sports.
“Xeneize” has 24 points in the national tournament, is far from the leader River Plate (40), and has improved its image with two series wins, against Belgrano de Córdoba (2-0) in La Boca and against Argentinos Juniors (1-0) in La Paterna.
Tigre, for its part, have 22 points and have not won for more than a month, when they beat Huracán (1-0) on April 25 in Victoria, then drew three times and lost once again.
Meanwhile, Tigre, managed by Diego Martínez, will appear at La Bombonera with his best line-up, including scorer Mateo Retegui, whose pass belongs to Boca and the decision to loan him has caused discomfort among his fans.
– Probable formations –
Boca Juniors: Sergio Romero or Javier García; Marcelo Weigandt, Bruno Valdez, Nicolás Figal and Frank Fabra; Luis Advíncula, Alan Varela, Ezequiel Fernández and Cristian Medina; Miguel Merentiel and Sebastian Villa. DT: Jorge Almiron.
Tiger: Gonzalo Marinelli; Martín Garay, Víctor Cabrera, Abel Luciatti or Emanuel Aguilera and Lucas Blondel; Lucas Menossi, Agustín Cardozo, Cristian Zabala and Alexis Castro; Facundo Colidio and Mateo Retegui. DT: Diego Martinez.
Referee: Nicolas Ramirez.
VAR: Ariel Penel.
Field: Boca Juniors.
Start time: 7pm.
TV: TNT Sports.
Source: Clarin
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