River Plate and Boca Juniors, The most popular clubs in Argentine soccer will face a new chapter of the superclásico on Sunday, in an overflowing Monumental with more than 85,000 spectators, for the seventh date of the League Cup.
In a day dedicated exclusively to the classics in the Argentine tournament, the greatest attention is focused on the intersection between the Millonarios, who are regaining their shine, and the Xeneizes, still in search of their profile.
River arrives at this match against its eternal rival as Independiente's escort in Zone A of the tournament, undefeated and with the most powerful attack of the contest, with 12 goals scored, half of them by the Colombian Miguel Borjawho is in doubt due to a left adductor ailment, but was finally called up.
Miguel Borja celebrates with River.
The presence or not of the Colombian striker is the main doubt in the formation of the red band team, which hopes to have at least Borja among the substitutes, who took over the title by dint of goals, after the departure of the Venezuelan Salomón Rondon.
“We know everything that Miguel represents for us. He is at a high level. He is a scorer. He is training and making every effort to be there for the weekend. Hopefully Miguel can recover. And if he doesn't arrive, we also have great players who can replace his absence,” said River's goalkeeper and captain, Franco Armani.
Edinson Cavani, Boca player.
On the other hand, Boca will arrive at the Monumental with an irregular path, with just two wins in the previous six days, in addition to losing the undefeated record last week against Lanús (1-2), and quite far from Godoy Cruz, the leader of Zone B. A defeat against their archrival could further complicate their aspirations of reaching at least the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Coach Diego Martínez is evaluating who he will line up in midfield, while the attack will be made up of the Uruguayan duo of Miguel Merentiel – he scored 3 of Boca's 6 goals in the tournament – as the undisputed starter, and Edinson Cavani.
The “Matador” Cavani, 36 years old, arrived in Boca at the end of July 2023, but in this period he has only scored three goals, the last of them on October 15 against Talleres de Córdoba, and from a penalty. The superclásico is an excellent opportunity to end the losing streak.
In the general history, River and Boca played 261 games, with 91 wins for the Xeneizes, 86 for the Millonario, which won the last two of last season, and 84 draws were recorded.
Programming
River vs. Mouth
Sunday February 25
3 p.m.
TV: ESPN
Possible lineups:
River: Franco Armani – Agustín Sant'Anna or Andrés Herrera, Leandro González Pirez, Paulo Díaz and Enzo Díaz – Rodrigo Aliendro, Nicolás Fonseca or Rodrigo Villagra – Ignacio Fernández, Claudio Echeverri and Esequiel Barco – Facundo Colidio or Miguel Borja. DT: Martín Demichelis.
Mouth: Sergio Romero – Luis Advíncula, Cristian Lema, Nicolás Figal and Lautaro Blanco – Lucas Blondel or Jorman Campuzano, Ezequiel Fernández, Cristian Medina and Kevin Zenón – Edinson Cavani and Miguel Merentiel. DT: Diego Martínez.
AFP
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