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The 2024 Professional League does not stop its march and this weekend it goes through the fifteenth dayat the start of the second half of this tournament. And it does so with several outstanding matches between rivals who fight at both extremes: those who are fighting for the title and those who are fighting to stay in the category.
One of the matches that mark this day will be played this Monday in Liniers, when from 9pm Leader Velez (30) receives Estudiantes (17)with the chance to maintain their five-point advantage at the top over Huracán, Talleres and Unión de Santa Fe, runners-up with 27
River made the biggest impact this Saturday, defeating Boca 1-0 at La Bombonera and leaving it mired in a serious footballing and institutional crisis that could mean the end of Diego Martínez’s term as coach and the possibility that president Juan Román Riquelme makes strong decisions to change direction. The only goal of the superclásico was scored by Manuel Lanzini, who for the third time has scored against their biggest rival in their stadium.
Con an alternative team Racing, who played for an hour with one more man than their rival, suffered a hard blow in Córdoba against Talleres, who beat them 2-0. Even with ten men due to Franco Moyano’s expulsion in the first half, the T built with attitude and commitment a very good victory that keeps them at the top of the table, second to Vélez. The Academy, which This Thursday, the ticket to the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana will be played in Avellaneda After the 1-0 defeat against Athletico Paranaense in Brazil, they lost ground in the League and remains six points behind Velez, which could go further away this Monday when it receives Estudiantes.
San Lorenzo, who had been excited by a footballing upturn and the arrival of Spanish midfielder Iker Muniain, did not go beyond a 0-0 draw in their visit to Defensa y Justicia. The Cyclone needed to return to victory to get away from the bottom of the table in the Professional League. They had just lost to Vélez at the Nuevo Gasómetro by 1-0 and were up against Halcón, who were also not doing well. But they have a hard time scoring goals and on the night in Varela it was no exception: tied and thus remains down, in 24th place out of 28, with just eleven goals in 15 matches.
From draw to draw, conceding few goals but also without finding the ways to shake the rival nets, Independiente once again earned the whistles of its fans after a poor 0-0 against Argentinos Juniors who was more polished in domination, but equally incapable when it came to producing plays with the scent of a goal. The team that wants to build Julio Vaccari The Reds have had a basic problem up until now: the ball. Of course, it is not exclusive to their team but widespread in our football, even in clubs with much greater economic potential than the one that the Reds have at the moment. It is not only about the individual handling of the main tool of the game – any footballer in the First Division “knows” how to handle the ball – but about the collective, about the basic premises that indicate to circulate it between men wearing the same shirt and to touch and move to look for a free space to receive it again. That is what is known today as offensive operation.
The clubs compete against each other in a single round and the one with the most points will be crowned champion. In the event of a tie in points between two or more teams, the trophy will be decided in a final, triangular or whatever the situation warrants. In addition to the star, the winning team will qualify for the 2025 Copa Libertadores and will have to compete in the Champions Trophy vs. Estudiantes de La Plata and in the Argentine Super Cup vs. the winner of the current Argentine Cup.
Velez Sarsfield remains at the top of the annual table with 55 points, four more (with one game less) than River and Workshops. The Millionaire and the T are entering the Copa Libertadores together with the Fortín because they have a better goal difference than the T. In the maximum continental competition they already have their place Students from La Plata because he was the champion of the 2024 League Cup.
Racing and the teams behind them that would be entering the Sudamericana, for which there are six vacancies available: Godoy Cruz, Unión, Boca, Argentinos and Huracán.
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