Boca will face the Defense in the toughest duel of the quarterfinals. Photo: Marcelo Carroll
Boca Juniors will face Defense and Justice for the quarterfinals of this Professional League Cup Tuesday from 21.30 sa The Bombonera. The match is televised by TNT Sports and the designated referee for the match is Andres Merlos.
Xeneize, in the middle of a busy semester, made it into the top eight of the first Professional League tournament of the semester after finishing second in Zone B with 27 points, one behind Estudiantes de La Plata.
Sebastián Battaglia’s team rounded off a campaign of 7 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss, with 19 goals for and 11 against.
The fact is that only one of those victories was at the Alberto J. Armando stadium and it was in the final performance against Barracas Central (2-0), on the 13th date. Exactly, now he will be local at home for finished better classified than his rival.
Defense and Justice is the third best classified in Zone A with 25 points, the product of 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, but has more goals recorded than its rival (26) and a weaker defense (19).
“Xeneize” closed out the quarterfinals classification with an early date and on the final day they defeated the Tigers (2-0) in Victoria, in a match that meant a third consecutive victory.
“Halcón” had a good start to the tournament, falling in the middle and coming back from the end with wins against Unión (2-1) in Santa Fe and the narrow victory on Sunday over Florencio Varela against Patronato (1- 0). ).
Despite the controversy over the break and the public complaint by coach Sebastián Beccacece, the match will be played on the day and time set by the LPF before the definition of qualifiers.
In the last ten days, Boca pointed out its possible classification in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores and confirmed its presence in the final round of the local tournament.
possible formations
Boca Juniors: Agustin Rossi; Luis Advíncula, Carlos Zambrano, Marcos Rojo and Frank Fabra; Guillermo Fernández, Alan Varela and Óscar Romero; Eduardo Salvio, Darío Benedetto and Sebastián Villa. SD: Sebastian Battaglia.
Defense and Justice: Ezekiel Unsain; Nicolás Tripichio, Adonis Frías, Nazareno Colombo and Alexis Soto; Kevin Gutierrez and Gabriel Hachen; Francisco Pizzini, Walter Bou, Carlos Rotondi; Michael Merentiel. SD: Sebastian Beccacece.
Time: 21.30
stadium: Alberto J. Armando
Referee: Andres Merlos
TV: TNT Sports
Source: Clarin
