To a packed stadium and before the expectation of the soccer country, workshops will face this Saturday one of its most important matches in the Professional Leaguewhen for the third date of the tournament, at 9:30 p.m., he receives Boca Juniors, in the Kempes. The match will be controlled by Darío Herrera, it will be played with the visiting public and it will be televised by the signal of TNT Sports.
The presence in Cordoba territory of Boca, the current Argentine soccer champion, is always a reason for great attraction, and on this occasion it will be fully ratified. Its fans sold out this Friday the 11,500 places assigned to them by the leadership of the “T” and with the three other three stands of the stadium -Willington, Ardiles and Gasparini- filled with albiazules fans, Kempes will look full, as in its best and historic days.
The tournament has just started and both teams are still settling in and adding reinforcements, but that doesn’t take away their interest at all. Talleres, following losing 1-0 in their home debut once morest Independiente, recovered and won a great 2-0 victory, in Tucumán, once morest Atlético and their fans returned to their enthusiasm following the initial setback.
And like Albiazul, the team coached by Hugo Ibarra technically is also gaining ground in the championship. It started with two games at La Bombonera: a 1-0 win once morest Atlético and a goalless draw once morest Central Córdoba. He is tenth in the table, with four points, one behind Javier Gandolfi, who today will try to score one of those high-priced victories.
They haven’t played in Córdoba for just over three years. The last time was on February 2, 2020, and Boca, who was later champion, won 2-1, with goals from forwards Sebastián Villa and Carlos Tevez, while Diego Valoyes discounted for Talleres.
The two Colombians will be back on the pitch today: Villa as the starter and Valoyes, probably on the bench.
It will be a game that Talleres will also face with a thirst for revenge: the final of the Argentine Cup that he lost on penalties once morest Boca, a couple of years ago, at the Madre de Ciudades in Santiago del Estero, is still hurting him.
With only one variant?
Gandolfi would have a single change in the team that comes from beating the Tucumans. It would be the return of Rodrigo Garro by Valentín Depietri, to provide more play to its structure.
“Cobija” was very satisfied with the performance of his managers in that game, so he would ratify Juan Carlos Portillo on the left side, beyond the fact that among those mentioned will be the Chilean Vicente Fernández, who arrived a few days ago at the squad.
It remains to be seen if, given the importance of the match, “Cobija” is not inclined to give Nahuel Bustos a chance, who scored a great goal once morest Atlético. If so, he might replace Uruguayan striker Michael Santos.
Among the concentrates are also Favio Álvarez, Gonzalo Alvez and David Romero, already recovered from their respective injuries.
The Xeneize, unchanged
Boca has been showing a deficit in the generation of play and the creation of goal situations, but, in principle, Ibarra does not plan to make changes to the team that drew once morest the Santiago team and might have lost if not for the penalty that Sergio saved ” Little” Romero.
Their fans question the presence of former Talleres midfielder Juan Ramírez and striker Nicolás Orsini, and demand ownership for two young talents such as Ezequiel “Equi” Fernández and striker Luca Langoni.
to take into account
The doors of the Kempes will open at 18.30. Workshop members enter with their physical card, not digital, and pay the February quota. They will enter the stadium through Gate 1 (Platea Ardiles), Gate 4 (Platea Gasparini) and Gate 2 (Popular Willington).
The entrance of the fans of Boca will be through Gate 5 (Popular Artime), presenting the QR code that was sent to them once the purchase of their ticket was made on the web.
Parking will cost 1000 pesos. The Workshops section will go to the North Beach and the Kempes Park and the Boca section to the South Parking Lot.
Probable formations of Talleres and Boca
Workshops: Guido Herrera; Gastón Benavídez, Matías Catalán, Juan Rodríguez and Juan Portillo; Rodrigo Villagra and Alan Franco; Ramón Sosa, Rodrigo Garro and Francisco Pizzini; Michael Santos. DT: Javier Gandolfi.
Boca Juniors: Sergio Romero; Luis Advíncula, Bruno Valdez, Nicolás Figal and Frank Fabra; Guillermo Fernandez; Alan Varela and Juan Ramirez; Oscar Romero, Nicolás Orsini and Sebastián Villa. DT: Hugo Ibarra.
- Hour: 21.30.
- TV: TNT Sports.
- Estadio: Mario Alberto Kempes.
- Referee: Dario Herrera.
