All Boys and Nueva Chicago play Ascent Superclásico again after five years

The Superclassic climb. That’s what they call it, without anything else. This duel with history, which finds its first milestone 103 years ago, will have its 121th official edition this Saturday from 2:10 pm, when All Boys and Nueva Chicago will face off at the Islas Malvinas de Floresta stadium (TyC Sports will broadcast). It will be the highlight of the 20th day of the First National Team, which this Saturday will have two other regional derbies.

Almost five years have passed since the last confrontation between the two: it was October 1, 2017, when the little bull he won 2-0 with the goals of Christian Gómez and Alejandro Martinuccio at the República de Mataderos for the third round of the 2017/18 tournament of the then Primera B Nacional. The descent that season’s white (returned a year later) and the particular design of the second division competitions meant they never met again.

Expectations are high in both Mataderos and Floresta at the moment. On Friday, a good number of All Boys fans raised a flag in support of the squad led by Aníbal Biggeri during the last training session before the duel. This Saturday they promise to fill the Islas Malvinas stands to encourage their team, which is fifth, 11 points behind leader Belgrano, and has 10 unbeaten games.

The Chicago campaign is more modest than that of his opponent, as he ranks in 20th place, even if it is only two points from the positions that give access to the reduced one in which the second promotion to the Professional Soccer League will be defined. Fans, who will gather at the club’s sports center buffet to watch the game on television, are confident that the team led by Alfredo Grelak will extend their streak of three unbeaten appearances.

The official history between these two teams, which began to be written on June 15, 1919 with All Boys’ 2-0 win in Floresta for that year’s Intermediate Division tournament, spans 120 chapters and is even as it couldn’t be. 40 wins each and 40 draws. Since the beginning of professionalism there have been 100 clashes, with 35 victories by the white32 of black-green and 33 equalities.

At the time of remembrance, All Boys fans remember the 3-0 victory achieved by the team led by Ricardo Rodríguez on March 20, 1999 with three goals from Gabriel Bordi. Chicago players remain 3-0 at Floresta on 21 October 1997, with two goals from Ariel Jesús and one from Pablo Goberville, or 4-0 at the Vélez stadium on 8 April 1989 from one of the semi-finals of the Primera B reduced (with two goals by Sergio Falce, one by Esteban Del Río and one by Claudio Lepera).

Just 12 kilometers from the Malvinas Islands and when the Superclassic climb is entering its decisive segment, the ball will begin to roll into another stadium where two teams will face each other that treasure a long territorial rivalry: the Almirante Brown will receive the Deportivo Morón from 15:30 at the Fragata Presidente Sarmiento stadium in San Justo (DirecTV will broadcast Sport).

For him Aurinegro, this will be the ideal opportunity to start picking up the pieces of a very complicated season, which was the reverse of last season, in which they fought for promotion to the Professional League. The Matanzas team are 27th and have not won in their last 11 appearances. This streak of consecutive victories led to the farewell of Fabián Nardozza, who was replaced two weeks ago by Jorge Benítez.

His opponent’s present is also not too bright, even though he defeated Villa Dálmine 1-0 on the last date. The Rooster He is 24th and has already seen three coaches on the bench this season: first Alejandro Orfila and then Walter Gastón Coyette left the position now held by former goalkeeper Alejandro Migliardi.

As if these two duels weren’t enough for this Saturday, far from the metropolitan area of ​​Buenos Aires, in Mendoza, there will also be a derby: Gimnasia will receive Deportivo Maipú at the Víctor Legrotaglie stadium from 15:30. The confrontation can be seen through TyC Sports Play.