Date 21 of the Professional League will continue this Saturday with five games, with River looking to not fall out of the title fight as the main course. Marcelo Gallardo’s team, without several of his team, It will be the local of Talleres de Córdoba from 6:00 p.m. in the Monumental, with encrypted television from TNT Sports.
The day will open at 13 with Defense and Justice, presentation of the new DT included, against Patronato (TNT Sports) and Sarmiento against Arsenal (ESPN Premium). At 3:30 p.m. (ESPN Premium) it will be San Lorenzo’s turn, who will have a good opportunity to win again after a long time when they visit Lanús, one of the worst in the league. As long as Independiente will be closing the local day against Newell’s, from 8:30 p.m. (ESPN Premium).
River vs Talleres
River (32 points) comes from recovering the line in the classic against San Lorenzo (1-0) after two consecutive defeats, against Boca (0-1) and Banfield (1-2), and wants to confirm his victory at the Monumental. Of course, the task will not be easy for Gallardo since he will not have several players called up for his teams: Franco Armani (Argentina), Nicolás De la Cruz (Uruguay) and Paulo Díaz (Chile). In addition, they have injured Santiago Simón, Robert Rojas and Rodrigo Aliendro and suspended Enzo Pérez and Marcelo Herrera.
Thus, the main novelty in the eleven millionaire will be the appearance of Ezekiel Centurion in the bow: It will be the sixth game for the 25-year-old from Rio Negro as a starter this year.
In the other side, Talleres (22 points) has been on a roll since Javier Gandolfi took over of the technical management after the departure of the Portuguese Pedro Caixinha. The former defender’s cycle began with a victory over Newell’s for the Argentine Cup (2-1) while he added 7 of 9 points at stake in the League: 1-0 to Defense, 1-1 with Atlético in Tucumán and 2-0 to Colón in Cordova.
Lanus vs San Lorenzo
In the midst of the controversy between DT Rubén Darío Insúa and former president Marcelo Tinelli, San Lorenzo (27 points) will try to return to victory to increase the average for next year. The Cyclone seemed to be heading after beating Racing in Avellaneda for date 15, but then there were four draws in a row and the defeat against River.
Insúa will make many variations since he will not have several of his best players of the semester: Perrito Barrios -injured-, Cerutti and Bareiro -suspended-. Blandi, Leguizamón and Vombergar will enter their places. In addition, Martegani will take the place of Giay while the historic Torrico will return to the arc for Battle. In short, a much more offensive team on the field will play the “Gallego”.
Lanús (14 points), meanwhile, is carrying out a campaign to be forgotten which also complicates it in the face of relegation next season. However, the victory in the classic at the Banfield court (2-1) could serve as a kick for a lift by those led by Frank Darío Kudelka.
Independent vs. Newell’s
Independiente (24 points) and their impressive four wins in a row will seek to evolve to five tonight against irregular Newell’s (29). Julio César Falcioni’s team, after starting the DT cycle with four draws and two losses, surprised locals and strangers alike with its good moment, including a victory for the Argentine Cup.
Rosario, led by a coaching staff led by Adrián Coria and Gustavo Tognarelli, have just lost at home to Sarmiento and cut a string of three consecutive league successes that had begun with the departure of Javier Sanguinetti.
fight in the background
After adding two victories under the internship of Nicolás Diez, Defense and Justice (25 points) will present former Vélez Julio Vaccari as official DT replacing Sebastián Beccacece. The Falcon will be local to Board of Trustees (28), with a good campaign under the command of Facundo Sava but still insufficient to get out of last place in the averages.
With resounding victories like against Independiente (3-1), Boca (3-0) and San Lorenzo (3-2), the Patron has been falling in recent dates and added just one success in seven games, with four draws and two losses.
While, Sarmiento (25 points) and Arsenal (23) will play a direct duel in Junín for not relegation. Both come from winning on the last date and increasing their averages, but a drop could complicate their story: Verde is 24th with 1,138 while those from Sarandí are 26th with 1,125. Both are far from Aldosivi (1,031) and Patronato (1,020) but they cannot be neglected.
