Leandro Fernández kisses the Independiente shirt shield.
The Independiente visits the tough Union of Santa Fe on Monday with the intention of prolonging the revolt that began two dates ago, for the twentieth round of the Professional Soccer League (LPF). The match is played at the 15 de Abril stadium from 19:00, with arbitration by Jorge Baliño and broadcast by ESPN Premium.
Independiente added two consecutive victories, against Aldosivi de Mar del Plata (3-0) and Sarmiento de Junín (2-1), which calmed the waters in Avellaneda due to the weak “Rojo” campaign.
The mood relaxed even more last Thursday in Jujuy when Julio Falcioni’s side beat Vélez (2-0) and finished in the top eight of the Argentine Cup.
With that momentum he arrives in Santa Fe, where the Unión will seek a victory that will keep him ahead of qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana 2023.
The “tatengue”, with a victory in the last four dates, needs to recover from the 0-1 suffered by Vicente López against Platense in order not to compromise their international goal for next year. With 43 points in the annual ranking, it is 4 behind Defense and Justice, the last to have obtained the cup ticket so far.
Independiente has almost no chance of playing a cup next year because they are 6 points behind Unión in total, although they still have the illusion of the Copa Argentina, which grants a place to the Copa Libertadores.
The history by league in the First Division marks a lead of 16 games for “Rojo”, with 27 wins, 29 draws and 11 wins for “tatengue”.
= Possible formations =
Union: Sebastian Moyano; Franco Calderón, Juan Portillo or Facundo Agüero and Diego Polenta; Federico Vera, Juan Nardoni, Portillo or Enzo Roldán and Lucas Esquivel; Mauro Luna Diale, Jonathan Álvez and Brayan Castrillón. DT: Gustavo Munua.
Independent: Milton Alvarez; Alex Vigo, Sergio Barreto, Juan Insaurralde and Edgar Elizalde; Damián Batallini, Iván Marcone, Lucas Romero and Tomás Pozzo; Leandro Fernandez and Leandro Benegas. DT: Giulio Cesare Falcioni.
Referee: Jorge Balino.
VAR: Nicola Lamolina.
stage: Union of Santa Fe.
Start time: 19.00.
TV: ESPN Premium.
Source: Clarin
