Wednesday will have all the face of a Sunday. There will be four games for the continuity of the 21st date of the Professional League. And at the Monumental and again before a crowd, River, the pointer and the great candidate for the title, will receive from 7:45 p.m. and with television from TNT Sports to Instituto de Córdoba that occupies the penultimate position of the table of the averages and for now, it is losing the category.
Starting at 9:45 p.m., in Mendoza and broadcast by ESPN Premium, Boca, far from the top of the table, will appear before Godoy Cruz. Tigre-Velez will also play (17 hours on TNT Sports) and Racing against Barracas Central (18 hours) rounding off an attractive day that promises to deliver definitions.
River wants to take another step towards the title
River leads the tournament with 47 points, seven behind the escort Talleres de Córdoba (40), and
it has four straight games without defeats in the local tournament and nine consecutive wins at the Monumental stadium, between the domestic competition and the Copa Libertadore
s. Last Saturday they defeated Defensa y Justicia 1-0 with an irreproachable performance, perhaps the best of Martín Demichelis’ cycle as technical director.
For his part, Institute declined so much after an acceptable start that he had to change his coach (Diego Dabove will direct for the second time) and It is in the penultimate position of the table of averages. The need to score points to get out of that discomfort puts him in the face of a difficult game against the best team in the tournament. But the “Glory” will surely not come out to defend itself.
Demichelis will be able to count on captain Enzo Pérez again, who recovered this week from synovitis in his left knee and trained alongside his teammates. But it is possible that the coach reserves it for the decisive cup game next Tuesday against The Strongest in which River will decide their qualification to the round of 16 of the Libertadores. In the event that Demichelis opts for the entry of Enzo Pérez, Pablo Solari or Ignacio Fernández could leave the team.
Another of the players that will be available is Enzo Diaz, who overcame a sprain in his right knee that he suffered in Peru in the 1-1 draw against Sporting Cristal. SIf the left-back regained his ownership, he would come in instead of Marcelo Herrera, the right side. Dabove, for his part, will reiterate the same Institute team that drew 1-1 with Rácing in Alta Córdoba.
Boquense passion in Mendoza
In Mendoza, about 17 thousand fans will occupy one of the headers to accompany Boca who has not won for two dates and is 19 points behind River. Godoy Cruz has one point more than his rival (29 against 28) and has become strong at home: His last defeat was on the fourth date against Estudiantes (1-0) with Diego Flores in charge of the team and he has not lost since Daniel Oldrá took office.
Almirón will change the initial formation again and will carry out at least four variants: Sergio Romero will return to ownership as goalkeeper instead of Javier García, Marcelo Weigandt will return after the suspension by Facundo Roncaglia or the Paraguayan Bruno Valdez, Nicholas Figalrecovered from his injury, will enter for Nicolás Valentini and will play on the left side Nahuel Genez either Augustine Sandez rather Valentine Boat who will be a left midfielder instead of Juan Ramírez.
The men from Mendoza will have several modifications: on the left side the Chilean thomas galldames could replace Juan Meli and on the other side Lucas Arce will go instead of Brian Salvareschi. Bruno Laws will occupy the midfield for Cristian Núñez and the Uruguayan Salomon Rodriguez he will replace Tomás Conechny on offense.
The afternoon games
The first-round matches also have their own: with the debut of Juan Manuel Sara as coach in place of the dismissed Diego Martínez and the return from the Italian team of the goalscorer Mateo Retegui, Tigre, who has not won for seven dates, will receive a Vélez in crisis with twelve games without victories and in the penultimate place in the annual table, which puts him at serious risk of relegation. The Liniers team will be directed again by Marcelo Bravo, his third coach in 21 days, but Eduardo Coudet is mentioned to cool down that hot iron.
While Racing, toned by his 2-1 victory last Saturday against Vélez, he will try to repeat the success against Barracas Central. The Academy has focused all its energy on the Copa Libertadores, but it needs to accumulate points to reach the continental cups in 2024. Barracas is not under such pressure from relegation, but it cannot be neglected either and it will go according to Avellaneda if it can scratch a point.
The technician Fernando Gago will not be able to count on midfielder Jonathan Gómezwho got the fifth yellow card against Vélez and would be replaced by Juan Ignacio Nardoni either Maximiliano Moralez, Meanwhile, that the Paraguayan matias rojas wants to say goodbye to the local fans before continuing his campaign in Brazilian football and In the goal, after passing through the Chilean team, Gabriel Arias will be back from the start instead of Matías Tagliamonte with a very good performance with the Institute. In Barracas, the coach Sergio “Huevo” Rondina will repeat the same team that stopped last date against Rosario Central