Boca Juniors defend the Copa Argentina title with Ferro. Photo: AFP
Boca Juniors, the current Argentine Cup champion, will face Ferro Carril Oeste, of the First National team, today in a match valid for the 16th. end of the competition.
The match will be played from 16:00 at the Carlos Mercado Luna stadium, in La Rioja, which will be packed when the public has run out of 30,000 tickets on sale.
The referee of the match will be Hernán Mastrángelo and the television will take care of the TyC Sports signal.
In the event of a tie after 90 minutes, the settlement will be made with shots from the spot.
The winner of the tie between the “xeneizes” and those of Caballito will face the Racing Club or the Agropecuario in the second round, which will face each other from 20 on the Gimnasia y Esgrima field in Jujuy.
Boca started the Copa Argentina with a win against Central Córdoba de Rosario, which they beat 4-1, while those of Caballito beat Justo José de Urquiza 4-0.
The team led by Sebastián Battaglia, League Cup champion just over two weeks ago, began their season in the Professional League last Sunday with a 2-1 win over Arsenal in La Bombonera, a game in which they have habitually played of the substitutes, with the exception of Sebastián Villa and Carlos Izquierdoz.
His rival, Ferro, who hasn’t faced in 22 years, has a streak of four straight wins in the First National, most recently last weekend in Caseros, as host of Estudiantes de Buenos Aires (2-1).
The record between the two in the first division is 140 games, with 69 wins for Boca, 25 for Ferro and 46 draws.
The last official match between Boca and Ferro was played on March 19, 2000 at the Ricardo Etcheverri stadium of the Caballito team and was a 4-0 victory for Boca.
– Probable formations –
Boca Juniors: Agostino Rossi; Marcelo Weigandt, Nicolás Figal, Carlos Izquierdoz and Frank Fabra; Guillermo “Pol” Fernández, Alan Varela and Juan Ramírez; Eduardo Salvio, Luis Vazquez and Sebastian Villa. DT: Sebastian Battaglia.
Western Railway: Marcello Mino; Hernán Grana, Nahuel Arena, Gabriel Diaz and Darío Cáceres; Emiliano Ellacópulos, Nicolás Gómez, Claudio Mosca and Lautaro Torres; Lautaro Giaccone and Walter Nuñez or Enzo Diaz. DT: Juan Branda and Tobias Kohan.
Referee: Hernán Mastrangelo.
Court: Carlos Mercado Luna, of La Rioja.
Starting time: 16.
TV: TyC Sports.
Source: Clarin
