Newell’s, defeated at home in the classic against Rosario Central, and San Lorenzo, with only one victory in seven dates, will meet this Sunday at the Parque de la Independencia looking for a comeback in the Professional Football League Cup (LPF).
Coloso Marcelo Bielsa’s match, valid for the eighth day of Group B, will take place starting at 9.30 pm, with the refereeing of Andrés Merlos and broadcast by the TNT Sports signal.
His figure and his captain will return to Newell’s, the attacking midfielder Éver Banega, who had missed the classic due to his expulsion the previous autumn with Estudiantes in La Plata.
After an excellent start, with four wins in four matches, Newell’s lost three matches in a row (4-0 with Racing at home, 2-0 with visiting Estudiantes and 1-0 with Central at home), which so he needs a lift.
Rosario’s team is sixth with 12 points, as is Defensa y Justicia, one point behind Lanús, the last one who currently qualifies for the quarterfinals.
For its part, San Lorenzo is experiencing an irregular present, with a well-known deficit of play that has not allowed it to win more than one match in seven rounds of the LPF Cup. In his previous appearance, again away from home, he saved a lackluster goalless draw in the classic with Huracán and then made a successful debut in the Argentine Cup against Federale A tournament rivals Independiente de Chivilcoy.
= Possible formations =
Newell’s (Rosario): Ramiro Macagno; Armando Méndez, Gustavo Velázquez, Ian Glavinovich and Ángelo Martino; Rodrigo Fernández, Julián Fernández and Éver Banega; Francisco González, Juan Ignacio Ramírez and Brian Aguirre or Franco Díaz. DT: Maurizio Larriera.
San Lorenzo: Facundo Altamirano, Jhohan Romaña, Gastón Campi and Gastón Hernández; Agustín Giay, Elián Irala, Manuel Insaurralde or Iván Tapia or Cristian Ferreira and Malcom Braida; Ivan Leguizamón, Adam Bareiro and Nahuel Barrios. DT: Rubén Darío Insúa.
Referee: Andrés Merlos.
VAR: Sebastian Zunino.
Stadium: Coloso Marcelo Bielsa.
Starting time: 9.30pm
TV: TNT Sports.
Source: Clarin
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