River Plate and Boca Juniors, the most popular clubs in Argentine soccerthey reissue the old superclassic that catches crowds on Sunday, in a day of derbies in the local tournament.
On the date of crosses between teams from both zones of the championship, River, which will be local at the Monumental stadium, arrives as the leader of Zone 1, along with Defense and Justice and the modest Union of Santa Fe, all with 13 points.
In Zone 2, Boca appears in third place with 11 points, the same score as Colón, although with a worse goal difference, and two units behind the leader Estudiantes (13), whom they just beat last Sunday (1-0). to leave ‘Pincha’ from La Plata undefeated.
The classic that paralyzes Argentina
River With a more consolidated structure than its rival, River arrives with a slight favoritism to this duel, with a performance on the rise and firepower that it exhibited against Deportivo Laferrere in the Argentine Cup (5-0) and last Sunday against Gymnastics and Fencing (4-0), for the sixth date of the local tournament. But Gallardo is not confident.
“This Superclásico isn’t decisive at all. It’s still a classic that you want to win, as always, but it doesn’t define anything, even if the previous sensations are beautiful. River must continue to grow as a team“said the award-winning coach.
While his colleague Sebastián Battaglia has been in charge of Boca for a few months, Gallardo already has 32 superclassics in River in almost eight years, with 13 wins, 11 draws and 8 falls, but he had the pleasure of beating his eternal adversary in the finals of the 2017 Argentine Super Cup and the 2018 Copa Libertadores in Madrid.
Boca will suffer a key loss due to a fracture in the left foot suffered by its captain, defender Carlos Izquierdoz, but could add scorer Darío Benedetto, a former Olympique de Marseille. The day of interzonal duels of the League Cup will begin on Friday with the matches of Aldosivi-Patronato, Tigre-Platense and Barracas Central-Sarmiento, and will continue on Saturday with Lanús-Banfield, San Lorenzo-Huracán, Colón-Unión and Independiente -Racing.
Time and TV
mouth vs. River
Sunday March 20
4:g0 pm
TV: Star +
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