Boca Juniors, who showed signs of recovery on the last date, will play this Sunday as a visitor against Patronato, a candidate for relegation, in one of the five games that will give continuity to date 11 of the Professional League. The match will be played this Sunday from 6:00 p.m. at the Presbítero José Grella stadium, in Paraná, it will be refereed by Facundo Tello and televised by the TNT Sports signal.
The “Xeneize” team has an irregular campaign in the domestic tournament, with five victories, the most recent over Estudiantes (3-1) and five defeats, that is, it obtained half of the points at stake, partly occupied by the Copa Libertadores that ended with the elimination in the round of 16 and then the end of Sebastián Battaglia’s cycle as DT.
At the beginning of Hugo Ibarra’s internship, who will remain at least until December, Boca showed his best against “Pincha”, with good play, high pressure on the rival defense and various performances to highlight that generated hope.
Boca, which on Wednesday, August 10, will play against Agropecuario, of the First National, for the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup in which it defends the title, will try to ratify that improvement against a rival like Patronato, which has an acceptable campaign but is going last in the table of averages of the descent.
The team from Entre Ríos, with 14 points, comes from suffering a defeat against Barracas Central (2-1) that reached the verge of scandal because it was harmed by the arbitration of Jorge Baliño and that led to a brawl at the end of the game between its players and troops police.
River seeks to catch up
With the premise of adding a new victory to catch on in the fight of the Professional League, River will host the beaten Sarmiento de Junín at the Monumental, from 8:30 p.m., it will have the arbitration of Hernán Mastrángelo and ESPN Premium television.
Marcelo Gallardo will not be able to count on Esequiel Barco, who suffers from muscle fatigue in his left hamstring, and Nicolás De La Cruz could enter instead. In addition, Chilean defender Paulo Díaz has recovered from hip synovitis and could enter for Emanuel Mammana. On the other hand, Enzo Pérez, who reappeared against Aldosivi (3-0), will be in the game, while Pablo Solari and Colombian Miguel Borja will continue to wait for their opportunity from the substitutes’ bench.
For his part, Sarmiento comes from losing at home against Colón de Santa Fe and will try to change the page quickly since he does not want to commit to the average that is slowly stalking him. Given this scenario and the weak defensive level that he showed in recent games, coach Israel Damonete would bet on a line of five to wait for the Millionaire and thus close his paths and bet on some against.
Racing seeks to get closer to the top
Racing Club, the team that scored the most points during the current season, will be local against Tigre, who has just been eliminated from the Argentine Cup, with the premise of adding to get closer to the top. The match will be played at the Presidente Perón stadium -where the local has accumulated 16 games without defeats- from 3:30 p.m., with the arbitration of Yael Falcón Pérez and ESPN Premium television.
Racing, directed by Fernando Gago, is a candidate for the title in this LPF, it is one of the teams that plays the best, trying to develop from the defensive start, with clear ambition when facing the rival goal and with quality replacements. However, Racing (18 units), which has six dates without losing and within that good streak is the victory in the classic against Independiente, the matches are usually complicated due to the lack of effectiveness to specify the many goal situations that it generates and in Sometimes it is unprotected against the opponent’s counter offering notorious advantages.
Tigre (12) reached the League Cup final, losing to Boca, and then his performance declined and this was reflected in the results, calling into question even the continuity of coach Diego Martínez, although he has a very good average .
Lanús, with the debut of Kudelka
Lanús, with the debut of Frank Darío Kudelka as technical director, will be local against Aldosivi de Mar del Plata, from 13 at the Néstor Díaz Pérez stadium, with arbitration by Pablo Dóvalo and televised by the TNT Sports signal.
Lanús began the season with Jorge Almirón as DT, who remained until the sixth date, then Rodrigo Acosta, Lautaro Acosta’s brother, was interim for three days, and finally Kuldeka took over.
The “Maroon” second to last in the League with six units, with an adverse series of six dates without wins (one point out of 18) and second to last in the general table, for the moment with no chance of qualifying for an international cup, will have an expected return , that of its historic scorer José “Pepe” Sand.
Aldosivi is last with five units, adding Leandro Somoza’s team four commitments without winning (one point out of 12), but the most worrying thing for the Mar del Plata team is that it is second to last in the table of averages and if the championship ended this weekend it would go down with the Board of Trustees.
A duel for permanence
Platense, who has just lost in the classic against Tigre (3-0) and Barracas Central will face each other from 1:30 p.m. (ESPN Premium) in Vicente López in a direct duel of the fight for permanence in the First Division. The arbitration will be Silvio Trucco, whose task will be especially observed after the scandal in the previous Barracas match against Patronato de Paraná in Floresta (2-1), due to the controversial rulings of referee Jorge Baliño against the entrerrianos.
