Rosario Central, having a very good season, will visit the relegated Arsenal de Sarandí tomorrow for date 14 of Zone A with the mission of winning a victory that qualifies it for the quarterfinals of the League Cup and also for the Cup. Libertadores of 2024.
The match will be played this Sunday starting at 6 p.m. on the Arsenal field, it will be refereed by Andrés Merlos and televised by ESPN.
The Rosario team has 20 points, behind the leaders River, Huracán and Independiente, and if it wins in the “Viaducto” it will be in the next Libertadores due to the accumulated in the general table of the season, while to advance in the Cup of the The League needs Colón and Banfield to add three, also with 20 units.
The Rosario coach, Miguel Ángel Russo, will not have defenders Damián Martínez, suspended, or Carlos Quintana, torn, and in their places will be Ulises Ciccioli or Agustín Sández and the Uruguayan defender Facundo Mallo.
For his part, the midfielder Maximiliano Lovera, recovered from a muscle injury, will return to the starting team to replace Agustín Toledo and the Mexican forward Luca Martínez Dupuy will enter for Tobías Cervera, the rest will be the same team that on the previous date beat River by 3 to 1 in Rosario.
“It will be a different match from all the previous ones because we are in an unbeatable position and we must take advantage of that circumstance. We are always looking for more, we want to continue progressing,” coach Russo anticipated in the press conference prior to the match.
Opposite will be the relegated Arsenal, whose technical director Carlos Ruiz will not have defender Néstor Breintenbruch, suspended for expulsion in the 1-0 defeat as a visitor to Huracán, nor right back Christian Chimino, affected by a muscle injury.
The history between the two is 27 games and is equal with 11 wins for each and five draws.
– Probable Formations –
Arsenal: Alejandro Medina; Franco Martínez, Iván Cabrera or Facundo Cardozo, Joaquín Pombo and Adrián Spörle; Gonzalo Muscia, Lucas Brochero, Braian Rivero and Juan Ignacio Cavallaro; Juan Bautista Cejas and Flabian Londoño or Juan Ignacio Peinipil. DT: Carlos Ruiz.
Rosario Central: Jorge Broun; Ulises Ciccioli or Agustín Sández, Juan Cruz Komar, Facundo Mallo and Alan Rodríguez; Tomás O’Connor and Kevin Ortiz; Maximiliano Lovera, Ignacio Malcorra and Jaminton Campaz; Luca Martínez Dupuy. DT: Miguel Ángel Russo.
Referee: Andrés Merlos.
VAR: Fernando Espinoza.
Court: Sarandí Arsenal.
Start time: 18.
TV: ESPN.
Source: Ambito
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