After what was a new Superclásico between River and Boca, who tied 1-1 for date 7 of the 2024 Professional League Cup at the Mas Monumental Stadium, Martín Demichelis' team visited none other than Talleres de Córdoba.
The result at the Mario Alberto Kempes was a 2-2 draw, and now the “Millonario” must continue his participation in the domestic tournament with the following matches.
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Four days later, Demichelis's team will return to their home, the Monumental Stadium, to receive Independiente Rivadavia, the other recently promoted team. It will be the first time that both teams play an official match in the first division. In total they faced each other five times and all of them were in the National. The Mendoza team arrives with four defeats in a row and with the unexpected resignation of its coach Rodolfo De Paoli in this League Cup. Federico Arias will be the interim coach of “Lepra Mendocina”, Martín Demichelis would go with all the starters to be able to take advantage of the rival's bad streak.
The classic against the “red” will be played at the Libertadores de América Ricardo Enrique Bochini. Carlitos Tevez's team seeks to achieve a national title after 22 years. River beat Independiente 3-0, at the Monumental, on matchday 10 of the 2023 League Cup in the last meeting between both teams. Miguel Borja and Pablo Solari scored the goals for Martín Demichelis' team. El Rojo lost the Avellaneda classic for the first time with Carlos Tevez as coach and this match would help “El Apache” win the love of the fans again.
The “Millonario” faces Leonardo Madelón's team at the Monumental in a match that could qualify for the quarterfinals of the League Cup. Lobo Pratense needs to add points so that the average table is not a headache like it was last year. In the last five games it played against Gimnasia, River won them all and the last one in the monumental ended with a 3-0 win with goals from Beltran, Suárez and Aliendro.
As the Professional League Cup is being defined to know which teams will qualify for the quarterfinals, this match will be decisive if both teams arrive with a chance of advancing. The “globe” has just been left without a coach due to the resignation of Facundo Sava. Martín Demichelis' team seeks to continue as the leader of group A to be able to face the weakest team in group B that qualifies in the quarterfinals.
It will be the penultimate date to meet those classified for the quarterfinals. A match that could be decisive with a rival that comes from least to greatest, that won the Rosario classic and that has a coach like Miguel Ángel Russo who knows Argentine soccer like the back of his hand. This match will have a special flavor since both teams met for the last time in the final of the Champions Trophy, which River beat Rosario Central 2-0 and won a new Argentine title.
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