Central Rosaryone of the best teams of the second half of the year, and Platensea pleasant revelation, will play this Saturday the final of the Professional League Cup in Santiago del Estero.
Centraldirected by Miguel Ángel Russoreached the final after having successively eliminated two greats, Racing and Riverand is very close to giving an Olympic turn after five years, when he won the Argentine Cup in 2018.
The “Squid”, for its part, appealed to the enormous figure of its goalkeeper Ramiro Macagno to successively eliminate Huracán and Godoy Cruz of Mendoza.
Central and Platense They have a characteristic in common, since they began the season worried about moving away from the relegation spots, and with very good campaigns they left that issue behind and qualified for the quarterfinals, as quarterfinals of Zones A and B, respectively.
The Rosario team began a comeback in the Rosario classic, which they reached when they were last in their zone, but that free kick goal from Ignacio “Nacho” Malcorra In stoppage time it gave them a 1-0 victory and a very important boost, since they did not stop adding and winning.
The most significant victory was in rosary beads about River (3-1) on the penultimate date, thus extending their undefeated streak to 28 games in the Gigante de Arroyito stadiumand then closed with another victory that assured him through the general table of points accumulated during the year a place in the Libertadores Cup of 2024.
In the hand in hand, Central He passed two greats in penalty series, supported by his goalkeeper, captain and reference Jorge “Fatura” Broun.
Broun contributed his “magic hands” to stop the penalties executed by Enzo Díaz, Agustín Palavecino and the “Pity” Martínezwhile Manuel Lanzini He threw his into the stands of the Mario Kempes stadium in Córdoba.
In front will be Platensewho in his playing days was coached by Russo in Students of La Plata and in Mouthand that aims to win a title that would be historic because it is the first in the history of the club originating from the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Saavedra.
Regarding the formations for the final, both Russo as Palermo They plan to repeat the formations that played in the semifinals of the League Cup.
Nevertheless, Russo doubt between keeping in the midfield Agustín Toledo or include a forward like Maximiliano Lovera so that the Mexican Luca Martínez Dupuy have more company upstairs.
On the side of Platensefaced with a unique and perhaps unrepeatable possibility of being champion and also entering to play the next Liberatorsthe Titan” Palermo He will not touch anything, very satisfied with what the team showed in the previous series.
What time does Rosario Central vs Platense play?
Start time: 21.
Where to watch Rosario Central vs Platense
TV: TNT Sports and ESPN.
Formations
Rosario Central: Jorge Broun; Damián Martínez, Facundo Mallo, Carlos Quintana and Agustín Sández; Agustín Toledo or Maximiliano Lovera, Kevin Ortiz, Tomás O’Connor, Ignacio Malcorra and Jaminton Campaz; Luca Martínez Dupuy. DT: Miguel Ángel Russo.
Platense: Ramiro Macagno; Nicolás Morgantini, Ignacio Vázquez, Gastón Suso and Raúl Lozano; Facundo Russo, Franco Díaz, Nicolás Castro and Lucas Ocampo; Mateo Pellegrino and Ronaldo Martínez. DT: Martín Palermo.
Referee: Nicolás Ramírez.
VAR: Mauro Vigliano.
Court: Unique Mother of Cities Stadium, in Santiago del Estero.
Source: Ambito
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