Argentina-Croatia, for the Davis Cup: without Schwartzman, Báez plays with the need for victory to reach the quarters, minute by minute

Argentinawho lost both matches played in Group A of the Finals of Davis Cupis measured this Saturday against Croatia in the city of Bologna with the obligation to win to maintain their chances of passing to the quarter-finals, an instance to which they qualified Italy and which you want to access too Sweden.

The series will be played for the Albiceleste team led by Guillermo Coria at the Unipol Arena in Bologna (broadcast by TyC Sports) and the first point Sebastian Baez37th in the ATP world rankings, compared to Borna Gojo (164).

For the second point of the series, Coria has designated Francisco Cerúndolo (27), who will face the number one of the Balkan formation Borna Coric (26), who comes from being champion of the Cincinnati Masters 1000.

The “Mago” Coria made a strong decision by excluding the second game Diego Schwartzmann (17), the number one of the Argentine team.

The series will end with the double point in the middle Horacio Zeballos and Maximo Gonzalez against the strong Croatian duo formed by Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic.

Losses against Sweden and Italy, both 2-1, forced Argentina to win over Croatia to maintain their chances of qualification, although it will also depend on the result of the other match to be played on Sunday.

With this scenario, he will have to wait to find out if he will accompany Italy as runner-up in the group for the quarter-finals to be played in Malaga, Spain, from 22 to 27 November.

What are the options? Argentina qualifies if they win 3-0 and Italy wins 2-1; if they both score 3-0; and if Argentina wins 2-1 and Italy 3-0. Meanwhile, Sweden will keep the ticket if they lose 2-1 and Argentina win by the same score.

Meanwhile, in the other areas of the Davis Cup, they have already obtained the ticket for the quarter-finals Australia and Germany for Group C which is played in Hamburg; United States and the Netherlands from Group D which is played in Glasgow; and Group B which takes place in Valencia and in which they compete Spain, Canada, Serbia and South Korea.