Platense-Boca, for the Professional League Cup: what time it is, where it is played and how to watch it

Boca Juniorswith the official start of Diego Martinez As coach, he will visit tomorrow Platenselast place finisher Professional Football League (LPF) Cup.in the first match of zone B. The match will start at 7pm, with ESPN Premium broadcast, at the Ciudad de Vicente López stadium, with on-field refereeing by Leandro Rey Hilfer and VAR by Pablo Dóvalo.

Boca, who will not participate in the Copa Libertadores de América this season and will play in the Copa Sudamericana, had an austere transfer window that sparked criticism from their fans on social networks.

The arrivals of Cristian Lema -free of Lanús- e Kevin Zeno -from Unión de Santa Fe- are so far the only new faces of a team that has suffered the delicate departure of Valentín Barco -he signed the purchase clause through Brighton And Hove of England-.

It is true that in the next few days there could be the arrival of Lautaro Blanco, from Elche in Spain, and this would further marginalize Frank Fabra, who has offers from MLS in the United States.

Furthermore, for the debut, Boca will not have Nicolás Valentini, Exequiel Fernández, Cristian Medina and Leandro Brey, interested in the Venezuelan Under 23 pre-Olympic player; nor with the injured Marcelo Saracchi, who was supposed to start but suffered a muscle injury in recent days, and Marcos Rojo, who was injured before the first friendly match of the set and is in full recovery.

In summer friendlies, Boca beat Talleres de Córdoba (2-1) and Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta (1-0), of the Primera Nacional. In those matches he showed a more solid performance than the 2023 version with Jorge Almirón as coach, although he had no offensive problems and his goalkeepers also had outstanding individual performances.

In terms of the team, the main changes are the presence of Lema in the starting eleven – in place of Rojo -, and the two variations compared to the last preparation match which comes from the match against Talleres: Luis Advíncula has recovered from muscle discomfort who was dragging and will be on the right wing for Lucas Blondel, while Fabra will do the same on the left sector in the absence of Sarachi.

The reality is different for Platense who, after a dream semester, with a historic second place and the fight until the end for entry into the South American league, suffered a strong turnover in terms of players and Martín Palermo also left his place on the substitutes’ bench and was replaced by Sebastián Grazzini.

“I am convinced that I want a leading team that fights against everyone on equal terms. We must not give up on how we are going, we must look for the match with our weapons”, said the new coach in the press conference before his official debut.

The “Marrone” has suffered several losses such as those of Ramiro Macagno -one of the pillars of the campaign-, Juan Infante, Nicolás Morgantini, Franco Díaz and Nicolás Castro.

The arrivals were Iván Gómez (Students), Ignacio Vázquez (bought the pass from All Boys), Braian Rivero (Defense and Justice), Agustín Quiroga (loan from Independiente), Juan Ignacio Saborido (General Caballero), Juan Pablo Cozzani (loan from Independiente). Deportivo Maipú), Fernando Juárez (on loan from Talleres), Óscar Salomón (on loan from Boca), Agustín Obando (on loan from Boca) and Carlos Vilalba (on loan from Talleres).