Boca Juniors and River Plate They will play a new super classic of Argentine football next Saturday, but the coaches of both teams analyze with the help of an alternative formation so that the usual starters arrive rested for the semi-finals of the Liberators cup From the coming week.
River Plate will host Palmeiras on Tuesday, January 5 and Boca Juniors will play against Santos at La Bombonera the next day.
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In the past, ‘xeneizes’ and ‘millionaires’ face each other on the fourth day of the second phase of the Diego Maradona Cup (the Argentine League).
With two days to go, Boca Juniors and River Plate lead Group A of the Championship Stage with seven points, followed by Argentinos Juniors (4), Independiente and Huracán (3) and Arsenal (1). A win would lead the winner to the final, but neither would that place.
For this reason, and due to the eventual lack of rest, both Miguel Ángel Russo (coach of Boca Juniors) and Marcelo Gallardo (River Plate) plan to make variables in the starting line-up.
Colombian attacking midfielder Edwin Cardona recovered from an enterocolitis he contracted and is at the disposal of Russo, who has all his players in optimal physical condition. Besides, it is almost a fact that forward Carlos Tevez, 36, will be sitting on the bench to arrive rested for Wednesday’s game, but the partisan pressure ensures that the ‘Apache’ asked the coach to play River Plate as well.
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The reigning champion of local football has a better goal difference (+4 to +3) and would not frown at a draw at La Bombonera. Despite the secrecy, Russo is expected to have a mixed team, with some starters and other regular substitutions.
Russo would use other Colombians in the headline: Sebastián Villa and Jorman Campuzano. Frank Fabra may also have minutes.
The alignment of the ‘xeneize’ would be: Esteban Andrada; Julio Buffarini, Carlos Zambrano, Carlos Izquierdoz, Emmanuel Mas; Sebastián Villa, Nicolás Capaldo, Jorman Campuzano; Edwin Cardona, Ramón Ábila and Mauro Zárate.
On the other hand, everything seems to indicate that River Plate, which will have one less rest day because it receives Palmeiras on Tuesday, will play with an alternative team, with substitutes and youth.
Striker Lucas ‘Oso’ Pratto, who had lost his title but was important, left for the Netherlands this week to play for Feyenoord on a rental basis. In addition, the ‘millionaire’ will suffer from injuries to the two left backs (Milton Casco and Fabrizio Angileri) and those of Chilean center-back Paulo Díaz.
River Plate would play with Enrique Bologna; Elías López, Santiago Sosa, Javier Pinola, Jorge Moreira; Leonardo Ponzio, Bruno Zuculini, Ignacio Fernández; Lucas Beltrán, Federico Girotti and Julián Álvarez.
Colombians Rafael Santos Borré and Jorge Carrascal would not be starters, but they would come into the game if necessary.
The other parties in this group are Independiente-Arsenal and Huracán-Argentinos Juniors.
Tournament modality
After a match against each rival, the winners of Championship stages A and B will face each other in a final to determine the champion of the Diego Maradona Cup (the Argentine league), who will qualify for the 2021 Copa Libertadores. of each Complementation Phase compete against each other and the winner takes on the team that lost the Championship Phase Final. The person who wins that game will qualify for the South American Cup in 2022.
Match schedule for the fourth date of the second stage (from January 2nd to 5th):
Saturday 2: Boca Juniors-River Plate and Rosario Central-Defense and Justice.
Sunday 3: Independiente-Arsenal, Patronato-Lanús, Newell’s-Velez and Central Córdoba-Racing Club.
Monday 4: San Lorenzo-Gimnasia, Talleres-Banfield and Aldosivi-Unión.
Tuesday 5: Huracán-Argentinos, Atlético Tucumán-Colón and Godoy Cruz-Estudiantes.
EFE