Independent and fluvial They will face each other for the tenth round of the League Cup. On matchday 10 of the League Cup, Independiente will host River at the Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini this Saturday 9 March, starting at 7.15pm (Argentine time). The refereeing team will be made up of Nazareno Arasa, Diego Bonfa and José Castelli as line judges and Jorge Broggi as fourth referee. Lucas Novelli will be responsible for VAR, while Laura Fortunato will be responsible for AVAR.
El Rojo comes from an away draw against Barracas Central. The Ducó match ended 2-2 and in a very tense atmosphere regarding the refereeing. Pablo Dóvalo finds himself in the eye of the storm: Carlos Tevez’s team asks for a penalty and Alexis Domínguez is sent off for a harsh challenge on Ivan Marcone, which doesn’t happen. In the end, it was the Guapo player who made it 2-1 and the situation worsened, continuing after the match.
At the end of the match, Apache came out with the walls against the referee: “It is very difficult and very evident because we said that Pablo (Dóvalo) has a history with Barracas. This has been installed all week and he comes and steals from you anyway… “This guy is crazy,” he said annoyed. Since Tuesday there has been a crossfire between Carlitos, Pablo Toviggino (treasurer of the AFA) and Kun Agüero, who defended the coach. Furthermore, through Federico Beligoy, the Argentine Referees Association has assured that it will take legal action against Tevez.
In any case, Independiente is 4th with 17 points. In front are River, Argentinos Juniors and Instituto – also with 17 points -.
In the run-up to the match, Tevez spoke about what will be a new edition of the Classic. “It will be nice. We know that River has a very large squad. It is number one in terms of squad, so they can rotate easily, they always bring in players from the national team”, the coach began to analyse.
And he added: “I think that today it’s the one that makes the most difference. It’s the one that consolidates the most as a team, so the match will be good.”
El Millonario just beat Independiente de Rivadavia 2-0 at the Monumental, with a brace from Miguel Ángel Borja. River managed to interrupt a long series of draws and returned to victory with their people. In the qualifying positions, now is the time to visit Rojo in a key match.
In the match preview, Martín Demichelis referred to the refereeing situation after the recent dispute between Independiente and Tevez after Barracas Central: “I think from the first day I’m here I’ve never talked about the referees, we’ve had actions where we could have been favored and in another disadvantaged and I have never talked about the referees, I won’t do it now, I analyze what we are, what we want to become because we are not what we try to be and I also analyze a rival who has the same number of points and since historically it is a difficult team, it will be an open game to be played on equal terms. It’s not my job to talk.”
He also added: “The first thing we have to worry about is Independiente. We have the same points and we will propose a match to try to win.”
Formations
Independent: Rodrigo Rey; Mauricio Isla, Juan Fedorco, Joaquín Laso, Ayrton Costa; Gabriel Neves, Ivan Marcone, Alex Luna; Lucas Gonzalez; Matías Giménez Rojas, Gabriel Ávalos. DT: Carlos Tevez.
River: FrancoArmani Andrés Herrera or Agustín Sant’Anna, Leandro González Pirez, Paulo Díaz or David Martínez, Enzo Díaz; Rodrigo Villagra, Nacho Fernández, Esequiel Barco; Claudio Echeverri or Nicolás Fonseca; Miguel Borja and Facundo Colidio. DT: Martin Demichelis.
Source: Clarin
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