Mauro Boselli must be the lighthouse in this difficult moment for Estudiantes. Photo: EFE / Demian Alday Estevez.
Estudiantes de La Plata, which had a weak campaign and was eliminated in the Argentine Cup during the week, visits Tigre this Sunday, in a match for the eighth round of the Professional League (LPF). The match will be played at the José Dallagiovanna stadium, in the town of Victoria, Buenos Aires, starting at 6 pm, with the referee by Silvio Trucco and the television broadcast of ESPN Premium.
Estudiantes qualified for the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores, where they will play against Athletico Paranaense from Brazil, but locally they have lost four games without winning in the LPF and were eliminated by Belgrano in the Copa Argentina.
The newly promoted Tigre played a great League Cup, in which he reached the final (lost to Boca) after eliminating River in the quarter-finals, but in LPF they are going through a difficult period.
Diego Martínez’s side beat Unión on their debut away games and have now lost six matches without winning with three points out of 18. A defeat could leave the manager on the brink.
The student technician, the “Russian” Zielinski, tested positive for coronavirus and will not be able to take the field with his team.
probable formations.
Tiger: Manuel Roffo; Lucas Blondel, Víctor Cabrera, Nicolás Demartini and Sebastián Prieto; Lucas Menossi, Ezequiel Fernández, Ijiel Protti and Alexis Castro; Facundo Colidio and Mateo Retegui. DT: Diego Martinez.
Students: Mariano Andujar; Eros Mancuso, Luciano Lollo, Fabián Noguera or Bruno Valdez and Emmanuel Más; Manuel Castro, Jorge Morel, Fernando Zuqui and Franco Zapiola; Pablo Piatti or Leonardo Heredia and Leandro Díaz.
Referee: Silvio Trucco.
stage: Tiger
Program: 18.00.
TV: ESPN Premium
Source: Clarin
