Platense search follow up
Platense, the only team that won the two matches it played, will be local tomorrow against Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata with the illusion of adding a new victory that would place it as the only leader of the Professional League, in one of the matches that will complete the third date .
The match will be played this Thursday from 9:30 p.m. at the Ciudad de Vicente López stadium, which was inaugurated in 1979 with a match between “Calamar” against Gimnasia, will be refereed by Facundo Tello and will be televised by ESPN Premium.
If Platense defeats “Lobo” it will reach nine units and will be the only team that has succeeded in all the presentations, remaining alone at the top at the beginning of the domestic tournament.
Platense beat Godoy Cruz, 2-1 at home, and Vélez Sarsfield, at José Amalfitani by 1-0, in both cases with a good presentation by his figure Mauro Zárate, who gave the team a leap in quality.
However, this promising start of the team led by Omar De Felippe should not divert attention from the priority objective of “Squid” which is to maintain the category, since it is located in 21st. place in the table of averages that will define the two descents to the First National.
Gimnasia, led by Néstor “Pipo” Gorosito, is also optimistic with a good start that included a meritorious away draw against Estudiantes de La Plata in the classic (1-1) and in the second performance they had no problem overcoming as local to Patronato (2-0).
As for the formation of the “Lobo” from La Plata, Gorosito maintains a doubt marking the right wing with the entry of Gonzalo González or Guillermo Enrique by Manuel Insaurralde, while the Colombian Johan Carbonero, very close to being a Racing player, will be the starter .
In history, they played 112 times in the first division and “Lobo” maintains an advantage of 43 wins against Platense’s 36 and 33 draws.
Independent and a risk visit
Independiente, emboldened by their first win in the 2022 Professional League tournament, will visit Argentinos Juniors, led by Gabriel Milito, tomorrow in the continuity of the third date.
The game will be played from 7:00 p.m. at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, with Yael Pérez Falcón as referee and the ESPN Premium broadcast.
Héctor Paletta will lead the VAR together with Javier Uziga, who will officiate as AVAR.
The “Rojo” got his first win in the championship after defeating Talleres (1-0) in Avellaneda on Friday night and will put his undefeated record at stake in La Paternal, where the “Bicho” becomes strong since he only lost one of the last eleven games.
The team led by Gabriel Milito, one of the last idols of Independiente, will try to recover after Saturday’s setback in Junín against Sarmiento (1-0).
Independiente will feature the return of Uruguayan goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa, who rejoined after making his debut for his team at the age of 35.
The entry of Sosa by Milton Álvarez would be the only change for Eduardo Domínguez, who after the arrival of midfielder Iván Marcone waits for more reinforcements.
Argentinos Juniors, one of the protagonists of the last Professional League Cup, entered the first two games with many casualties due to injury, such as those of Miguel Torren, Kevin Mac Allister and Nicolás Reniero.
The one who could reappear among those summoned is the scorer Gabriel Ávalos, who was with the Paraguayan team on the tour of Asia.
Milito, champion with Independiente in 2002 and then with a stint as coach in 2016, will face the Avellaneda team for the fourth time and will seek to continue his positive streak since he tied with Estudiantes de La Plata (1-1 in 2015) and he won (3-0 in 2019) and when it was his turn as coach of “Bicho” he equaled 0-0 last year in the Libertadores de América.
This meeting will also be the starting point for an innovative campaign by the leadership of Argentinos Juniors that will invite ten members of Independiente to tour the museum dedicated to Diego Maradona in the preview and then watch the game in one of the boxes .
The last match in La Paternal was on December 20, 2020 for the Maradona Cup with a victory for “Rojo” by 2-0.
Central will be local against Godoy Cruz
Rosario Central, who was left without a coach after his recent defeat against Huracán in Parque de Los Patricios, will receive Godoy Cruz de Mendoza tomorrow in one of the matches that will complete the third date of the Professional Football League (LPF).
The match will be played this Thursday from 7:00 p.m. at the Gigante de Arroyito stadium, of Central, which will be directed on an interim basis by the coach of the Reserve division, Germán Rivarola, due to the recent departure of Leandro Somoza, who resigned his position.
The referee of the match will be Ariel Penel and it will be televised by the TNT Sports signal.
The Rosario team, with a very weak campaign in the previous League Cup, in which they were last in Zone B, began the new domestic tournament with a local draw against Lanús (0-0) and then lost to Huracán (2-0). ) at the end of the Somoza cycle, without the strength to improve the campaign.
The interim coach, a man from the club like “Pirulo” Rivarola, called up three of the six players marginalized by Somoza: Paraguayan defenders Javier Báez and Ricardo Garay, and Venezuelan midfielder Michael Covea.
In addition, Central will have Marcelo Benítez, who served a suspension date for his expulsion in the goalless draw against Lanús, and with the return of the Sub 20 team of offensive midfielders Gino Infantino and Facundo Buonanotte.
As for the search for the new coach, according to Télam sources from the club, the former soccer player and also former DT Pablo “Vitamina” Sánchez is the main candidate, and Martín Palermo, recently separated from Aldosivi, was also considered.
His rival, Godoy Cruz, after a weak debut in Vicente López including a loss against Platense (2-1), recovered in Mendoza and clearly beat Racing (2-0).
The “Tomba” technical duo made up of Favio Orsi and Sergio Gómez will have to replace left-back Franco Negri, expelled against Racing, and in his place will enter Néstor Breintenbruch.
As for the history, they met 16 times with eight wins for the Mendoza, five for the Rosario and three draws.
Racing wants to recover from local
Racing Club will receive Vélez Sarsfield tomorrow with the aim of returning to victory after the 2-1 loss against Godoy Cruz, in a match corresponding to the third date of the Professional Football League (LPF).
The game will be played from 9:30 p.m. at the Presidente Perón stadium, with arbitration by Hernán Mastrángelo and TV by the cable signal TNT Sports.
The “Academy” adds three points, as a result of a 2-0 victory against Huracán in the debut of the tournament, and a loss against “Tomba” last date in Mendoza.
The coach of the “albiceleste” team, Fernando Gago, will not have striker Tomás Chancalay (expelled against Godoy Cruz) and his place will be filled by Colombian Edwin Cardona.
The other change would be the entry of Fabricio Domínguez to replace Jonathan Gómez to position himself in the attack zone, while the Paraguayan Matías Rojas will move down to the left midfield area, which will be completed by Aníbal Moreno and Leonel Miranda.
Vélez, meanwhile, has only one point after the 1-1 draw against Patronato -in Paraná- on the first date, and the 1-0 defeat against Platense at the José Amalfitani stadium.
Uruguayan coach Alexander Medina will not be able to count on defender Matías De los Santos, for having been expelled against “Calamar”, so his place will be taken by Tomás Guidara.
In the midfield area, “Cacique” Medina could shoot Máximo Perrone for Nicolás Garayalde, while in the attack he would include Agustín Bouzat for Abel Osorio.
The record between both teams records a total of 188 games, with 73 wins for Racing, 52 for Liniers and 63 draws.
