The highlight of this Sunday in the Professional Football League tournament it will be the classic between Mouth and racing, two greats who were shipwrecked at the beginning of the contest and in their double competition before being eliminated from the Copa Libertadores and that now and after two historical idols of each club took their reins, they begin to yearn for the title with more certainties and arguments to dream. Sebastián Battaglia and Claudio Úbeda, two who know each other well from their days as footballers, will meet from 8.15pm at the Bombonera (broadcast by TNT Sports) for the ninth date, knowing that the victory will be another clean and jerk for their incipient cycles.
Battaglia and Ubeda, two cycles that advance
The arrival of Battaglia – who dared to put his hand in the team – renewed the illusions in Boca and in their first two games the team showed a better attitude, with a greater predisposition to seek to unbalance in the opposite field and more offensive variants, especially due to the appearance of the youthful Aaron Molinas, who generated a good partnership with Juan RamÃrez. The result was two consecutive victories, at home over Patronato by 1-0 and in Vicente López against Platense by 3-1.
The xeneize team has 10 points in the championship and will take on a risky challenge against Racing, which added 15 units and went through a situation with similar edges, since Úbeda took over in replacement of Juan Antonio Pizzi, who suffered a lot of wear during the year and his cycle ended after the defeat in the classic against Independiente (1-0).
To receive the Academy, Battaglia will make a couple of adjustments to the team in relation to the formation that he won from Platense, one of a tactical nature and the other for physical reasons. In that context, the entry of Colombian Jorman Campuzano or Esteban Rolón in the midfield by Alan Varela is likely, to have a more positional player with greater ball recovery, while if Briasco does not recover from a muscular discomfort, he will leave his place to Pavón from Cordoba.
In Racing, Ubeda will have the returns of Eugenio Mena and Javier Correa, absent in the last commitment, the draw against Central Córdoba in which their leaders missed a good opportunity to climb to the top of the tournament. Mena will replace Fernando Prado and Correa will replace Enzo Copetti, in a squad that awaits the recoveries of three injured: Lisandro López, Iván Pillud and Juan José Cáceres, who continue to train differently. The coach relies on the good moment of the forwards DarÃo Cvitanich and Tomás Chancalay, plus the arrival by the bands provided by the Chilean Mena and the Uruguayan Fabricio DomÃnguez, to violate the goal of the Battaglia team.
Aldosivi challenges Lanús in Mardel
Beyond the prominence of the classic, the ninth date continues this Sunday with the presentation of one of the teams that landed their match as leaders of the Professional Football League, with 16 units. At 3:45 p.m. Lanús will visit Aldosivi in ​​Mar del Plata (televises Fox Sports Premium) with the illusion of snatching a victory from Fernando Gago’s team, which advanced to pure victory and added the best statistics of the DT cycle until River beat him 2-0 at the Monumental, last date.
To play in Mar del Plata, coach Luis Zubeldia recovered defender Guillermo Burdisso and midfielder Ignacio Malcorra, absent in the last two commitments due to muscle strains. In the Shark -which arrives with only three days of rest-, Gago will not be able to count on Fabricio Coloccini in the defensive back, due to his expulsion in Núñez, and in his replacement could enter the Paraguayan Mario López Quintana, although he will also have to wait for the midfielder Francisco Cerró, who had been ruled out against River due to a muscle injury. It will be a more than interesting game, between one who wants to regain his firm footing and not be left out of the top squad and another who does not want to give up his leadership in the tournament.
Urgencies go through the day
The rest of the action on Sunday for the local tournament refers to the emergency scene. Has them Arsenal, which is shipwrecked in the last step of the standings and exhibits the largest number of goals against (13), which is why it will seek to take flight from 3:45 p.m. (Fox Sports Premium) against Defense and Justice. They also have them too Velez -barely exhibits a triumph in the entire championship- and Godoy Cruz -He has not won three games and only surpasses Huracán and Platense in the average table-, which will face each other from 18 (Public TV). Like Rosario Central and Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero, which on the last date were motivated with small improvements (4-0 to Arsenal and 0-0 with Racing, respectively) and this Sunday, from 3:45 p.m. (TNT Sports) they will resume the operation to leave the third-to-last position of the table, which share with your seven points.
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