This Friday, Karera visited San Lorenzo to take first place in Zone A. Photo: Juano Tesone.
Argentine football is holding a weekend of pure emotion, with the closing of the first round of the League Cup, which will determine the pairing for the quarter-final matches in the first tournament of the year for the local area. There are eight teams involved in the dispute for the classification, with simultaneous matches and two standings that could make a classic between Estudiantes and Gimnasia de La Plata attractive.
This Friday, at exactly 6:30 pm, the start of the day will be marked by San Lorenzo – Racing, a fascinating duel due to the historical duel, which won’t have much influence on the immediate future either. The local, displaced and plunged into an institutional crisis, will only try to win to raise their average for the future. For the Academy, which is already classified, it is enough in the tie to secure the first position in zone A.
Plus, at exactly 9:30 pm, Barracas Central and Godoy Cruz will end their participation in zone B, without a hitch.
A Saturday of super action
On Saturday will start strong, because the day will have the resolution of zone B, the one that is insured Students from La Plata (visiting Rosario Central at 7:00 pm) as leader. No one can take that privilege away from you. And Boca have been confirmed in second place, so both will determine the next local key (Tuesday and Wednesday) regardless of their games.
However, there will be meetings “at the same time”, 4:30 pm With success, Tigre (20 points and +7 on goal difference) will host Boca to seek success that will ensure classification. And the tie? I will leave him almost inside, although pending another result and the goals being changed by others. In case of defeat, the Matador will need Huracán not to win to celebrate the goal achieved. Broadcast TNT Sports.
Estudiantes de La Plata are the best team in the first period and await rivals in the quarterfinals. Photo: Fernando de la Orden.
In Mar del Plata, Aldosivi (20 points and +2 goal difference) will also be looking to qualify for the next stage. For that, Martín Palermo’s team has to beat Arsenal (televised by Public TV) or hope Huracán doesn’t win. If they are drawn, their luck will depend on the result achieved by Parque Patricios in Avellaneda.
Independiente, already removed and flirting for last place at the table, will be the jury of the fate of Hurricane (18 points and +1 goal difference). To dream of accessing meaning, those led by Frank Kudelka are obligated to win. But even keeping three points depends on other outcomes: that Tigre and Aldosivi beat or that they tied and bet to beat them on goal difference. ESPN Premium TV.
happy sunday to some
The League Cup has been so fascinating that the AFA has warned that it will continue into 2023, and an example of this is how close the tournament is to each of the tables. Zone A, led by Racing and River, found several teams vying for third and fourth place (and thus crossing paths with Estudiantes and Boca). Marcelo Gallardo’s team, which will play at 9:30 pm against Platense at the Más Monumental stadium, was left behind in that match, only to try to beat the Academy ahead.
The time set for this Zone A will be 4:00 pm In La Plata, on ESPN Premium, there will be a hand-to-hand duel in between gym (21 points and +4 goal difference) and to Newell (23 points and +6) to get a ticket to the quarterfinals. The local needs a win, though it also depends on what happens at the other stadiums. For Rosario, the account is simpler: the win is on the other stage. If he draws, instead, he will start making accounts.
If Gorosito’s team finishes in fourth place, they will meet Estudiantes as a guest in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
With Florencio Varela, Defense and Justice (22 points and +6 goal difference) will receive the Patronage. Beccacece will start on the classified date, so victory will bring them closer to the goal. Although even then they could not confirm their place. Why? They need Newell’s not to win or the Argentinos Juniors not to win their match with a wide goal difference, as Varela’s staff have the same points in La Paternal but two more goals.
In Zone A, Racing is already inside and Newell’s aims to seal its passage to the next stage. Photo: Juan Manuel Foglia.
Argentine Juniors (22 points and +4) will play at home against Unión (televised TNT Sports) and its calculations are the same as in Defense and Justice. If he wins and Newell doesn’t, he’s on the other stage of the tournament. If tied up and you will also lose Defense and Justice.
Accounts are more complex for Sarmiento (21 points and -6 goal difference), who visited Talleres. To get into the quarterfinals, Damonte’s team needs to win their match and hope that Defensa y Justicia and Argentinos Juniors don’t win their respective matches. TNT television.
On Monday, to come true
With no goals ahead of them, on Monday they will close out date 14 Central Córdoba – Lanús (at 7:00 pm), Colón – Vélez (7:00 pm) and Banfield – Atlético Tucumán (9:30 pm).
Source: Clarin
