Independiente will receive Tigre this Saturday in Avellaneda, in the continuity of the date 16 of the Professional League.
“There are no miracles in football, everything is a consequence of work. Until the last day that we are here we will try to improve the team”, warned the coach Ricardo Zielinskiat the press conference.
“We have the confirmed team, although we try not to give it. We walk the road day by daythat there is competition in the team so that we play better every time, I think that improvements have been noticed. Tigre is a good rival with many virtues, we are going to go out and play well and have a good match.”concluded the Red coach.
Independent adds 14 points in the championship, but they have gone two games without losing, in which they added a victory against Belgrano) and a draw with Argentinos. The coach’s idea is to maintain the 4-4-2 scheme that brought him order in defense and allowed him to score five points out of 12 played since his arrival at the club.
For his part, Tiger, with 21 unitshas an irregular path in the contest, with dissimilar presentations on each weekend and He has not yet achieved the level shown in last season.
El Matador will have the return of his striker Mateo Reteguiwho has already met the suspension date for five yellow cards, and will replace Tomás Badaloni.
The match will begin at 3:30 p.m. (TV: TNT Sports) in it stadium Liberators of America.
The Cyclon visit to Falcioni’s Banfield
San Lorenzo, second eight units from the River Plate leader, will be a visitor to Banfield, where Julio Falcioni will begin his fifth cycle as coachby date 16 of the Professional League.
The campaign of Rubén Insúa’s team, which also plays in the Copa Sudamericana and is well positioned to qualify for the next instance, it is more than remarkable: without big figures, San Lorenzo is reliable and also gets good results.
The Cyclone has a strong and safe defense, which He only allowed five goals in 15 matches and has gone 1,040 minutes without conceding a goal against playing as a local
The last time Insúa’s team conceded a goal playing in their stadium was on September 18, 2022, in River’s 1-0 win against a goal by Emanuel Mammana.
But their forwards have not scored goals for 11 games: Andrés Vombergar and the Paraguayan Adam Bareiro have not scored since last March 11 against Gymnastics.
in Banfieldwith 15 units, Javier Sanguinetti’s stage as DT ended and Falcioni was hiredhistorical DT that led him to the title in the Apertura 2009.
“We face a very good team, which is also second in the championship. Insúa gave it an important characteristic of security and balance. It will be a very difficult game, but it is very motivating to face them”, said the “Emperor” in press conference.
falcioniwho since his last time in the South led Independiente and Colón de Santa Fe on two occasions, He led the Drill in 284 games, with 111 wins, 86 draws and 86 losses.
The match will be played from 6:00 p.m. (TV: ESPN Premium) at the Florencio Sola stadium, at the South of the suburbs.
The harassed Arse goes to Rosario
Newell’s Old Boys will try to get back to winning ways when they host starting from 20.30 (TV: ESPN Premium) to an Arsenal seriously threatened with relegation in the Parque Independencia, by the date 16 of the Professional League.
Newell’s Old Boys has 20 points and drags an adverse series of five games without winning, with two defeats and two drawswhile Arsenal added 11 units, penultimate march and with risk of relegation at the end of the year due to its low average.
Beyond the irregularity that he shows in the domestic tournament, Rojinegro is the Argentine team with the best performance in the Copa Sudamericanain which he leads Group E.
In the team led by Gabriel Heinze he will not be The front Brian Aguirre, summoned to the selected Sub 20 of Argentinawho will be replaced by Jeremías Pérez Tica or Jonathan Menéndez.
In the punished Arsenal DT Carlos Ruiz was fired, after the defeat he suffered in the past date against Gimnasia La Plata, and will be directed on an interim basis by Dario Espinola.
Instituto wants to rebound against Colón
Institute of Córdoba, which suffered two straight losses and It was complicated in the table of averages, it will be local from 6:00 p.m. (TV: TNT Sports) before Columbus of Santa Feby date 16 of the Professional League.
La Gloria started its campaign well and included the victory against Boca in La Bombonera, but then came a streak of seven dates with four units over 21 and hardly a win.
The team led by Lucas Bovaglio It looked like he wasn’t going to have a problem with the average, but now it is located 26th, only surpassing Platense and Arsenal, which to date would descend.
He Columbus of Santa Fe by Nestor Gorosito alternate wins and lossesand Their chips are placed in the classification for the Copa Sudamericana 2024since it is four units from the last classified.
