Boca Juniors and River Plate will star in the exclusive match of the Professional Football League (LPF) Cup when they face each other The Bombonera in one of the interzonals of the seventh date, in a Super classic that for the xeneizes remained in the background due to its international agenda, and for the Millionaires represents a great opportunity to strengthen your coach’s cycle Martin Demichelis.
The game that will capture all the attention on Sunday will be played in Mouth at an unusual time of the 14.00will be refereed by the Mendoza Andres Merlos and televised by the signals ESPN Premium and TNT Sports.
Boca will assume the Super classic in the middle of the semifinals of the Libertadores Cup that disputes with Palmeirasafter having tied zero to zero at home and with the mission of advancing to the final next Thursday in the decisive match to be played in Saint Paul.
The xeneizes They have only 7 points in the League Cup and eight teams up in the Zone B led by Racing Clubalthough there are still seven games to play.
On the side of Riveris fourth in the Zone A with 10 points and just three teams ahead, and without any other competition on their horizon, since they were left out in the round of 16 of the Liberators and also in the 16th finals of the Argentine Cupthe local tournament is the only objective it pursues until the end of the year.
Boca and River, with some changes
In Boca, the outlook regarding the formation that will face its lifelong rival is one of uncertainty, with the certainty that will not have its captain and leader of the defense, Marcos Rojodue to a strong contracture that motivated Almiron to reserve it for the rematch in the Allianz Parque Paulista.
The “xeneize” formation, for the most part, will be organized with players who did not play against the Brazilians or who only added a few minutes and are there in columns Lucas Blondel, Marcelo Weigandt, Bruno Valdez, Nahuel Valentini, Marcelo Saracchi, Jorman Campuzano, Ezequiel Fernández, Juan Ramírez, Exequiel Zeballos, Darío Benedetto and Lucas Jansonall with the possibility of starting.
In River everything seems clearer, since the DT Martín Demichelis He rehearsed with a team that will have the return of three starters: Leandro González Pírez, Nicolás De la Cruz and Enzo Pérezand with the surprise of Andres Herrera on the right side.
In this formation, the absence of a historical figure such as Milton Helmet on the right side, since he rested last weekend in the draw with banfield (1-1) to be before Mouththe player who occupied the right side will not be there either, Santiago Simonwho was highly praised by the coach, but will go from the start Gonzalez Pirez even though he hasn’t played for almost two months.
As for the rest of the team and in relation to the match against Banfield, the Colombian will return Miguel Borja by the Venezuelan striker Salomón Rondón, Enzo Pérez by Matías Kranevitter and De la Cruz by Pablo Solari.
Regarding the history between the two giants of Argentine soccer, adding amateurism and professionalism in AFA tournaments They faced each other 214 times and favors Boca with an advantage of seven victories.
The xeneizes they won 78 times, River won 71 times and tied on 65 occasions.
Possible formations of Boca and River for the Superclásico
Boca Juniors: Sergio “Chiquito” Romero; Lucas Blondel, Bruno Valdez, Nicolás Valentini and Marcelo Saracchi; Ezequiel Bullaude, Jorman Campuzano and Juan Ramírez; Exequiel Zeballos, Darío Benedetto and Lucas Janson. DT: Jorge Almirón.
River Plate: Franco Armani Andrés Herrera, Lucas González Pírez, Paulo Díaz and Enzo Díaz; Enzo Pérez and Nicolás De la Cruz; Ignacio “Nacho” Fernández, Manuel Lanzini and Esequiel Barco; Miguel Borja. DT: Martín Demichelis.
Referee: Andrés Merlos.
VAR: Hector Paletta.
Stadium: Boca Juniors.
Start time: 2:00 p.m.
TV: ESPN Premium and TNT Sports.
Source: Ambito
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