Last year, Boca and River played for the first time for the Copa Argentina and are now one game away from repeating it. Photo: REUTERS / Demian Alday Estevez.
River Plate beaten this Wednesday by 4-0 to Defense and Justice to obtain the passport for the quarter-finals of the Argentine Cupwith a triplet of Pablo Cesare Solari in a game played in the northern capital of Chaco.
The team of Marcello Gallardo He left no doubts and continues his path in the competition by qualifying for the quarter-finals where he will face Patronage of Paranàwho a couple of weeks ago beat Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 2-1.
In another match played this Wednesday also for the round of 16 of this edition of the Copa Argentina, Banfield won 2-0 against Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy with goals from Ramiro Enrique and Jesús Dátolo.
The “Drill” with this victory was mentioned Godoy Cruz to the quarterfinals, after the victory of ‘Bodeguero’ this Wednesday on penalties 5-4 against Belgrano after having drawn goalless in regulation time.
The other qualified for the quarter-finals is the title holder Boca Juniorswho had already beaten Agropecuario 1-0 and is waiting for a rival for the duel he will cheer on on 7 September Quilmes and Deportivo Madrynthe only two First National teams still alive in the tournament.
In the event that River beats Patronato and Boca does the same against Quilmes or Deportivo Madryn, the Argentine Cup will once again have an edition of the Superclásico, a unique situation experienced in 2021 when Xeneize beat Millo on penalties, at La Silver . It would be in the semifinals, yet without an expected date or game scenario.
On the other side of the table, to the aforementioned Banfield and Godoy Cruz, who will define the semi-finalists, there are four other teams with their own weight in the quarter-finals who dream of reaching the final and owning a Cup that not only gives glory but gives the opportunity to play the Libertadores Cupwith the economic advantage that this privilege represents.
On the one hand, Cordoba workshops is facing Newell’s old boystwo teams that had their moment in the semester and that now have only the Copa Argentina as their main objective: the match is scheduled for September 7 at 21:10 at the Juan Gilberto Funes stadium in San Luis.
And the winner of that duel will face the one who wins Independent in view of Velez, two greats with different realities, in what is presumed to be one of the great matches of the definition of the Argentine Cup. The clash is expected to take place on Thursday 15, but its confirmation will depend on Fortín’s fate in the Copa Libertadores.
Source: Clarin
