Racing de Gago is in the quarterfinals. (Juano Teson)
racing clubqualified for the quarterfinals, is looking for a home victory against banfield to secure first place in Zone A, in a match on the 13th and penultimate date of the Professional League Cup.
The match will be played from 4:00 pm at the Presidente Perón stadium, in the city of Avellaneda, with arbitration by Germán Delfino and on Fox Sports television.
The Academy, with Fernando Gago as DT, is ahead and undefeated in the area, despite having equalized in its last performance against Newell’s at home, which cut the series to seven consecutive wins.
But not everyone has been shining in the Racing since then, after losing last Wednesday on their visit to Peru’s Melgar by 3-1 in South American Cupsaw the culmination of 16 consecutive undefeated matches and complicated their classification in the round of 16.
The race, which had moments of superb football in that winning series, will consist of a team with substitutes considering that on Tuesday a large part of the South American classification will be played against Cuiabá from Brazil, as a visitor.
Banfield also participates in South American and it comes with defeat against Universidad Católica de Ecuador and on Thursday it will also have, at home, a decisive match against La Calera de Chile.
As for the League Cup, it depends on Banfield a miracle to qualify because they need to win tomorrow and on the last date against Atlético Tucumán. In addition, they must wait for Newell’s to lose their last match against Gimnasia, and the Argentinos and Sarmiento did not add more than two points and the Defense won just three, in addition to considering the balance of the purpose.
Historically they have played 111 times with a Racing advantage by 51 wins against 30 and 30 boards.
possible formations
Racing Club: Gaston Gomez; Iván Pillud, Nery Domínguez, Lucas Orban and Gonzalo Piovi; Jonathan Gómez or Maico Quiroz, Fabricio Domínguez and Carlos Alcaraz; Edwin Cardona; Benjamin Garré and Javier Correa. DT: Fernando Gago.
Banfield: Enrique Bologna; Emanuel Coronel, Alejandro Maciel, Luciano Lollo and Franco Quinteros; Juan Pablo Álvarez, Alejandro Cabera, Giuliano Galoppo and Julián Palacios; Jeremias Perales and Juan Manuel Cruz. DT: Diego Dabove.
Referee: German Delfino.
Field: Racing Club.
Start time: 16.
TV: Fox Sports.
Source: Clarin
