River Platewith the return of his scorer Miguel Ángel Borja to the bench, he will visit today Cordoba laboratories in search of the top of group A Professional League Cup in a match of the eighth round, after the classic interzonals and before the second half of the regular phase which determines the qualifications for the quarter-finals. The match at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium, which will be attended by around 11,500 “millionaire” fans, will be played starting at 9.30pm with the refereeing by Fernando Echenique and the broadcast of the TNT Sports signal.
After drawing at home in the superclásico against Boca Juniors (1-1), Martín Demichelis’ team remained in the qualifying zone but the results at the beginning of this date left it in fourth place in the area with 13 units, behind the surprising leader Barracas Central (15), Argentinos Juniors and Instituto de Córdoba, both with 14.
River will try to regain their leading status which he enjoyed until the fifth day in which he must win in La Docta and hopes that Argentinos does not do so in the previous round, in his visit to the Independiente of Avellaneda.
Talleres also comes from a draw in their classic against Belgrano (2-2) in an entertaining match in Barrio Alberdi and needs points to enter the top four qualifying positions in Zone A, after going through two events without winning.
Probable lineups
Laboratories (Cordoba): Guido Herrera; Gastón Benavídez, Matías Catalán, Juan Rodríguez and Miguel Navarro; Juan Portilla and Juan Portillo; Ruben Botta Alejandro Martínez, Federico Girotti and Ramón Sosa. DT: Walter Ribonetto.
River Plate: Franco Armani, Sebastián Boselli or Andrés Herrera, Paulo Díaz, Leandro González Pírez and Enzo Díaz: Rodrigo Aliendro and Rodrigo Villagra or Nicolás Fonseca; Esequiel Barco, Ignacio Fernández and Facundo Colidio; Miguel Borja. DT: Martin Demichelis.
Referee: Fernando Echenique.
VAR: Mauro Vigliano.
Basketball court: Mario Alberto Kempes of Cordoba.
Start time: 9.30pm
TV: TN Sports.
Source: Clarin
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