Exciting Matchups in Argentine Football’s Professional League Cup Quarterfinals

2023-09-25 19:49:51
The Professional League Cup is looking for the eight teams that will play in the quarterfinals (Photo: Archyde.com)

Argentine football does not take a break and begins a new week of activity with six games throughout the day divided into three schedules. Platense will receive Unión in Vicente López and Sarmiento de Junín will clash with Belgrano to open the day at 4:00 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., Colón will face Argentinos Juniors and Racing will visit Godoy Cruz. To close on Monday, Talleres will face Barracas Central in Córdoba while Atlético Tucumán will try to continue sinking Arsenal de Sarandí from 9 p.m.

PLATENSE VS. UNION

Platense receives Unión de Santa Fe on the sixth date of the League Cup (@caplatense)

Platense and Unión de Santa Fe play a match on the sixth date of the Professional League Cup in which they seek to score points to move away from the bottom of the annual table and chase away the ghosts of relegation. The match in Zone B is played at the Ciudad de Vicente López stadium, refereed by Fernando Espinoza and televised by ESPN Premium.

Although it has one more point on the accumulated score (38 once morest 37), Calamar is going through a more complicated present having achieved only one victory in its last nine appearances, which put the continuity of coach Martín Palermo at risk.

Unión, on the other hand, has accumulated ten games undefeated but eight of them were draws and five with the score unopened. Cristian González’s Tatengue is three points behind its greatest rival Colón (34), which would currently lose the category due to the annual classification. Next weekend they will meet at the Brigadier Estanislao López on the date of the classics.

In the positions of Zone B, Calamar has four units and Unión seven, out of the access places to the quarterfinals.

Formations

Platense: Ramiro Macagno; Raul Lozano, Ignacio Vazquez, Gaston Suso, Juan Infante; Nicholas Castro, Franco Diaz, Leonel Picco, Lucas Ocampo; Cyrus Rius and Nicholas Servetto. DT: Martin Palermo.

Union: Sebastián Moyano; Federico Vera, Nicolás Paz, Franco Pardo, Claudio Corvalán, Kevin Zenón; Tiago Banega, Joaquín Mosqueira, Mauro Luna Diale; Gonzalo Morales and Mateo Del Blanco. DT: Cristian González.

Stadium: City of Vicente López

Referee: Fernando Espinoza

TV: ESPN Premium

SARMIENTO VS. BELGRANO

Agustín Fontana carries the ball. The forward missed a penalty once morest Belgrano (@CASarmientoOf)

Sarmiento de Junín receives Belgrano de Córdoba in a match on the sixth date of the Professional League Cup in which they will seek to move away from the hot zone of relegation and, at the same time, settle into the forefront of Zone A with expectations of remain in the qualification zone for the final phase. The game takes place at the Eva Perón stadium, with refereeing by Andrés Gariano and broadcast by TNT Sports.

The Verde comes from losing the undefeated of the Pablo Lavallén era in its previous match in Junín and tomorrow will seek to recover once morest a Belgrano that has not won in nine games in Córdoba. Sarmiento, with 8 points, is momentarily out of the top four spots for access to the quarterfinals, an event that will begin following the 14 dates of the regular stage.

Belgrano beat Platense (3-0) on the previous date, a result that placed it in second place in the group with 9 points, behind the leader Racing Club (11). Pirata’s last success as a visitor was on April 15 once morest Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata en el Bosque.

Formations

Vine: Joseph Devecchi; Gonzalo Bettini, Franco Paredes, John Insaurralde, Gabriel Diaz; Maico Quiroz, Diego Calcaterra, Sergio Quiroga; Joaquin Gho, Manuel Garcia; Augustine Fountain. DT: Paul Lavallen.

Belgrano: Nahuel Losada; Juan Barinaga, Alexander Rebola, Erik Godoy, Alex Ibacache; Ulysses Sanchez, Stephen Rolon, James Longo, Matthias Marin; Lautaro Pastran, Lucas Passerini. DT: William Farrer.

Stadium: Eva Perón

Referee: Andrés Gariano

TV: TNT Sports

COLUMBUS VS. ARGENTINE JUNIORS

Sabalero needs to add once morest the always difficult Bicho (@fotobairesarg)

Colón de Santa Fe will receive Argentinos Juniors, one of the entertainers of Zone A, in search of the victory that will take them out of the relegation zone in the annual table. The match corresponding to the sixth date will be played from 6:30 p.m. at the Brigadier Estanislao López stadium, with arbitration by Sebastián Zunino and transmission by TNT Sports.

Sabalero needs to recover from the defeat in their visit to Córdoba once morest Instituto (3-1) to get out of the relegation zone, while Argentinos will go for the third victory of Pablo Guede’s cycle to return to the top of Zone A The team led by Néstor Gorosito has 34 points in the annual table and was in the relegation zone following the victories of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (36) and Huracán (37). Like its direct rivals, the Santa Fe team is strong at home, where it has three wins in a row.

El Bicho de Guede arrives in tune as he has three games without losing and with the new coach he beat Banfield (1-0) and Talleres (3-1). Luciano Gondou, the tournament’s top scorer with five goals, will once once more share the lead with Gabriel Ávalos with the hope of continuing to extend his good fortune.

Colón and Argentinos met 73 times in the First Division with 31 wins for La Paternal once morest 28 for Santa Fe and 14 draws. The last time was in Santa Fe in September 2022 and concluded with a 4-0 win by Argentinos Juniors.

Probable formations

Columbus: Ignatius Chicco; Alberto Espinola, Paolo Goltz, Facundo Garces, Rafael Thin; Favio Alvarez, Angel Cardozo Lucena or Stefano Moreyra, Thomas Galvan, Damian Batallini; Ruben Botta, Ramon Abila. DT: Nestor Gorosito.

Argentinos Juniors: Alexis Martín Arias; Marco Di Cesare, Miguel Torrén, Lucas Villalba; Javier Cabrera, Federico Redondo, Alan Rodríguez, Santiago Montiel; Leonardo Heredia Luciano Gondou, Gabriel Ávalos. DT: Pablo Guede.

Time: 18.30

Stadium: Brigadier Estanislao López

Referee: Sebastián Zunino

TV: TNT Sports

GODOY CRUZ VS. RACING

The Winery and the Academy promise an entertaining meeting in Mendoza (@fotobairesarg)

Racing Club, absolute leader of Zone B, will visit Godoy Cruz in search of a victory that will keep it at the top, in a promising match on the sixth day of the Professional League Cup. The match will be played from 6:30 p.m. at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in the province of Mendoza, will be refereed by Pablo Echavarría and will be broadcast by the ESPN Premium signal.

The Academy, which will be able to count on its own audience, is located in the solitude of Zone B, undefeated with 11 units, the product of two draws and three wins, the last in agonizing way by 2 to 1 once morest Newell’s Old Boys, on Wednesday passed in local condition. The intention of the coaching staff headed by Fernando Gago is to preserve Leo Sigali for the classic once morest Independiente, to be played on Saturday, September 30 from 7 p.m., at the Presidente Perón stadium. In attack, Racing would keep Gabriel Hauche as a winger or give the title to Agustín Ojeda once more.

Tomba, for its part, is in eighth place with seven points, remains undefeated with one win and four draws, the last goalless once morest Unión de Santa Fe, last Thursday. Coach Daniel Oldrá might make two changes and the footballers Gonzalo Abrego and Juan Andrada would enter for Bruno Leyes and Tomás Conechny in the midfield area.

The history between Godoy Cruz and Racing Club records a total of 25 clashes with 14 wins for the “Academia”, seven for “Tomba” and four draws.

Probable formations

Godoy Cruz: Diego Rodríguez; Lucas Arce, Pier Barrios, Federico Rasmussen, Thomas Galdames; Gonzalo Abrego, Juan Andrada; Nicolás Fernández, Hernán López Muñoz, Tadeo Allende; Salomon Rodriguez. DT: Daniel Oldrá.

Racing: Gabriel Arias; Nicholas Kozlovsky, Columnbo Nazarene, Gonzalo Piovi; Gaston Martirena, Juan Nardoni, Jonathan Gomez, Gabriel Rojas; Juan Fernando Quintero, Roger Martinez, Augustine Ojeda or Gabriel Hauche. DT: Fernando Gago.

Time: 18.30

Stadium: Malvinas Argentinas

Referee: Pablo Echavarría

TV: ESPN Premium

WORKSHOPS VS. CENTRAL BARRACKS

El Guapo faces a difficult away duel once morest the T (@fotobairesarg)

Talleres de Córdoba will seek to rediscover their game and win once more when they host the irregular Barracas Central at the Mario Kempes stadium, in one of the matches that will close the sixth round of Zone A of the League Cup. The match will begin at 9 p.m., will be refereed by Luis Lobo Medina, Yael Falcón Pérez will be on the VAR and will be televised by ESPN Premium.

La T had had a great start to the competition, with two victories in a row that made him excited to be the protagonist once more, following being River’s escort in the last Professional League. However, the Albiazul team fell into a football slump that was reflected in the results of the last three matches, in which they suffered two defeats and reached a draw, thus accumulating 7 points in the table. Javier Gandolfi will keep Francisco Pozzo up front, since Nahuel Bustos is still recovering from a tear.

El Guapo, for its part, won the two matches it played at home and has 6 points. But those led by coach Sergio Rondina find it difficult to add visitors and fell in all three matches in that condition: Vélez, River Plate and Atlético Tucumán. Barracas beat Banfield at home last Wednesday, 1-0, and the coach would bet on the same players who participated in that match, with whom he will try to score for the first time outside of his stadium.

Probable formations

Workshops: Guido Herrera; Gastón Benavídez, Matías Catalán, Juan Rodríguez, Lucas Suárez; Rodrigo Villagra, Ulises Ortegoza, Blas Rivero; Rodrigo Garro, Ramón Sosa; Francisco Pozzo. DT: Javier Gandolfi.

Central Barracks: Andrew Desabato; Mauro Peinipil, Juan Serrizuela, Francisco Alvarez, Nicolas Capraro, Rodrigo Insua; Facundo Mater, Ivan Wall, Charles Maple, David Salazar; Alexis Dominguez. DT: Sergio Rondina.

Time: 21.00

Stadium: Mario Alberto Kempes

Referee: Luis Lobo Medina

TV: ESPN Premium

ATLÉTICO TUCUMÁN VS. ARSENAL

The Dean needs to add the three points once morest Arsenal de Sarandí (@fotobairesarg)

Atlético Tucumán will try to recover following losing the undefeated Favio Orsi-Sergio Gómez duo when they host the committed Arsenal. The match valid for the sixth date of Zone A of the Professional League Cup will be played from 9 p.m. at the Monumental José Fierro stadium, with Sebastián Martínez as referee and TNT Sports television.

The agonizing defeat once morest River Plate (1-0) at the Monumental stadium meant the end of the undefeated technical duo leading the Dean, following ten games. The Tucumán team currently has six units and needs a victory to remain in the top group of the group.

Arsenal also let a point slip away at the end in the defeat once morest Vélez Sarsfield (2-1) in Liniers, in the new debut of Darío “Cafú” Espínola as interim coach following the departure of Federico Vilar. The Viaducto team is the most committed to remaining in the First Division since it is last in both the averages and the annual ranking. Those from Sarandí have lost three in a row and as a visitor they have gone 14 games without a win.

On the other hand, the “Dean” has not lost in seven games at home and in the top category has not recorded any defeats once morest Arsenal in this condition.

Probable formations

Athletic Tucuman: Thomas Marchiori; Hernan De La Fountain, Bruno Bianchi, Nicholas Rosemary, Matthias Orihuela; Adrian Sanchez, William Acosta; Just Giani, Ramiro Carrera, Joaquin Pereyra; Matthew Colonel or Ignatius Master Puch. DT: Favio Orsi-Sergio Gomez.

Arsenal: Alexander Medina; Christian Chimino, Nestor Breitenbruch, Joaquin Pombo, Adrian Sporle; Lucas Brochero, Braian Rivero, Gonzalo Muscia, Lautaro Guzman; Flabian London, Leander Moreira. DT: Darius Spinola.

Time: 21.00

Stadium: Monumental José Fierro

Referee: Sebastián Martínez

TV: TNT Sports

This is the League Cup table:

With information from Télam.

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