The presence of intense fog in the city of Buenos Aires in recent days has affected several flights and caused delays both in the Aeroparque and in Ezeiza. Thus, the plane that was about to transfer Ferro to La Rioja, where on Wednesday he had planned his duel for the 16th Argentine Cup final against Boca, was delayed and put the meeting at risk.

The Verdolaga team trained in Caballito in the morning and then left for Aeroparque, where they would start their trip to La Rioja around one in the morning. However, the ship was unable to take off due to the weather conditions. “We are going to the hotel. They rescheduled our flight for 21:50”, confirmed Daniel Pandolfi, president of Ferroin a chat with Jogo Bonito.

Furthermore, the duel against Boca is scheduled for 4:00 pm and there is not much room for the journey if the flight were to have complications again. Therefore, one possibility that is being considered is to share the card that the Xeneize campus will use. “There is still the possibility of traveling with the Boca team if there are no seats available on our flight”Pandolfi added. Play?

How does the iron arrive?

After a hesitant start, Purslane is in First National: he has won the last four games in a row (1-0 against Brown, Rafaela and Santamarina and 2-1 against Estudiantes) and will look to continue his record against a rival with history. , which he has already faced 151 times, with 27 wins, 49 draws and 75 defeats.

Of the last seven games against each other, Ferro has only won one: 4-1 at Clausura 98 with three goals from Diego Bustos and another from Beto Yaqué. Boca, led by Bambino Veira, had started winning with a goal from Martín Palermo, the 9th of a team that also included Claudio Caniggia, Diego Latorre, Chicho Serna and Patron Bermúdez. The last match took place at Clausura 2000 and Xeneize won 4-0 at Ricardo Etcheverri’s home with goals from Riquelme, Alfredo Moreno, Julio Marchant and Ariel Groothuis against.

This Wednesday It would be the first time both teams have met for the Copa Argentina, although the faces have been seen in other national cups such as the 1932 Beccar Varela Honor Cup (Boca won 4-0) or the 1945 British Competition Cup (xeneize beat 7-0). On the neutral field, however, 17 games were played: two wins for Ferro, one draw and 14 wins for Boca.

On campus he has several familiar faces from the First Division. Among them, the former Central goalkeeper Marcelo Miño, the former Lanús Darío Cáceres, the former Arsenal Claudio Mosca, the former Tigre Emiliano Ellacopulos and the former Belgrano and Unión, Fernando “Cuqui” Márquez. In addition, he has in Lucas Román his main youth bet and Hernán Grana as captain and reference.

probable formations

Iron: Marcello Mino; Hernán Grana, Gabriel Diaz, Nahuel Arena, Darío Cáceres; Claudio Mosca, Nicolás Gómez, Emiliano Ellacopulos; Lautaro Giaccone, Walter Núñez and Lautaro Torres.

Mouth: Agostino Rossi; Marcelo Weigandt, Nicolás Figal, Carlos Izquierdoz, Frank Fabra; Pol Fernandez, Alan Varela, Juan Ramirez; Eduardo Salvio, Luis Vazquez and Sebastian Villa.