Argentine soccer returned thanks to the Professional League and this Sunday the activity of the first date resumes. As happened in all stadiums so far, a replica of the World Cup won in Qatar says present at the time of the departure of the teams.
The strong counterpoint between Mariano Closs and Chavo Fucks by Gago: “You want to convince us all that he is a mediocre coach”
The discussion took place around criticism of the Racing coach, champion of the International Super Cup against Boca Juniors
PLATENSE – NEWELL’S
Platensewith the debut of his coach Martin PalermoY Newell’s Old Boyswith gabriel heinze In their first commitment on the bench, they play this Sunday at the stadium City of Vicente Lopez the initial day of the Professional Soccer League. The match is refereed by Nicolás Ramírez, VAR by Silvio Trucco and televised by TNT Sports.
Paolo Guerrero will be a new reinforcement for Racing: the praise for Gago and why he chose the Academy
The 39-year-old forward referred to his physical condition and assured that his performance at the Avellaneda club will be essential to play again for the Peruvian team
The Squid start a season in which the purpose is to preserve the category since his situation is very complicated. In the averages, the Brown only surpasses Arsenal de Sarandí in the season that three clubs will be relegated in total. The Titan, who replaces Omar De Felippe, should get good results fast. The pressure will be felt and a bad start or a losing streak can put the team in a distressing situation.
Last season, Newell’s had as coaches Javier Sanguinettilater replaced by interim Adrian Coria for bad results. Now bet a club man like gabriel heinze (played 75 matches and scored three goals), who stood out as the coach of Argentinos Juniors, Vélez and later had a brief stint in MLS. The rosarinos, with a good average, bet for a campaign that places them in an international cup.
Arrests, shots and official concern for the war between the Racing and Independiente bars
Yesterday, leaders of both clubs and security authorities met due to the escalation. Five members of the official staff of the Academy were arrested today, including one of its leaders, Darío Barzola, alias Gamuza.
In history they faced each other 95 times with a clear advantage for Leprosy with 40 wins against 20. There were 35 draws.
PROBABLE FORMATIONS
Platense: Ignacio Arce; Nicolás Morgantini, Juan Pablo Pignani, Gastón Suso, Juan Infante; Jerome Cacciabue, Franco Baldassarra; Nicolás Castro, Vicente Taborda, Nicolás Zalazar; Mauro Quiroga. DT: Martin Palermo.
Newell’s: Lucas Hoyos; Armando Mendez, Gustavo Velazquez, Willer Ditta, Bruno Pitton; Ivan Gomez, Guillermo Balzi, Juan Sforza; Francisco González, Genaro Rossi, Ramiro Sordo. DT: Gabriel Heinze.
Stadium: City of Vicente Lopez
Referee: Silvio Trucco
TV: TNT Sports
RACING – BELGRANO
racing clubrecent two-time champion of two national cups against Boca Juniors, will debut today in the Professional League as the local of the promoted Belgrano of Cordoba in a match that will finally be played with the public at the Avellaneda cylinder, despite the alerts by the inmate in the brava bar. The match at the Presidente Perón stadium will be played from 7:15 p.m. with the refereeing of Darío Herrera and the VAR by Yael Falcón Pérez, televised by TNT Sports.
There were doubts about the presence of the public in the stadium since the security authorities of the province of Buenos Aires they evaluated the chance of ordering the closing of doors to avoid conflicts. Finally, the Racing leadership updated the list of fans with the right of admission and after a meeting with the authorities, the capacity in the stadium was authorized.
Racing had a bittersweet end to 2022 when they lost the LPF at home to River, after missing a penalty in the last minute, and then won against xeneize the Champions Trophy in San Luis with controversial definition. This 2023 the team of Fernando Gago He started it with another victory against Boca in the United Arab Emirates International Super Cup, with a debatable penalty in injury time.
The Academy appears as the team that has the best squad behind River Plate and Boca Juniors, since it was conveniently reinforced after the departure Enzo Copetti (MLS Charlotte) Gaston Gomez (to Velez), Eugenio Mena (Free and Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton of England). they arrived Maximilian Moralezwho left a very good impression on his debut, Juan Nardoni of Union, Oscar Opazo of Colo Colo from Chile and the veteran Peruvian goalscorer Paolo Guerrero.
Belgrano, for his part, is full of joy for his return to the First Division after a great promotion with an immaculate campaign in the National contest. In his return to the highest level, he aims to stay with the base team of the promotion champion, led by William Farre and with iconic players like Alejandro Rebolathe scorer paul vegetti and the promising attacking midfielder Bruno Zapelli20 years old.
In the history they played 37 times with Racing’s advantage of 13 to 7 in wins and 17 draws. There is an important precedent between the two: the Promotion of 2008 in which Racing escaped relegation after equalizing 1-1 on the road and winning 1-0 at the Cilindro with a goal from Moralez.
PROBABLE FORMATIONS
Racing: Gabriel Arias; Iván Pillud, Leonardo Sigali, Emiliano Insúa and Gonzalo Piovi; Juan Nardoni, Aníbal Moreno and Maximiliano Moralez; Matías Rojas, Maximiliano Romero and Johan Carbonero. DT: Fernando Gago.
Belgrano: Nahuel Losada; Gabriel Compagnucci, Alejandro Rébola, Erik Godoy and Lucas Diarte; Ulises Sánchez, Ariel Rojas or Iván Ramírez, Santiago Longo and Matías García; Bruno Zapelli; Pablo Vegetti. DT: Guillermo Farre.
Hour: 19.15.
Stadium: President Peron
Referee: Dario Herrera
TV: TNT Sports
COLON – LANUS
Colon Y lanuslocated among the four worst teams of the last tournament, will start a new season this Sunday with hopes of improvement when they face each other in Santa Fe for the first date of the Professional League. The match in the stadium Brigadier Estanislao Lopez will begin at 7:15 p.m. with arbitration by Pablo Dóvalo and will be broadcast by ESPN Premium.
The bad campaign put Lanús in an uncomfortable situation in the relegation table, something unusual for a club accustomed to fighting for bigger goals. The team of Frank Dario Kudelka begins this campaign with the 23rd position of the average ahead of Instituto, Belgrano, Arsenal, Platense and Sarmiento, forced to add for not risk being one of the three that will lose the category at the end of the year. The Garnet He kept two historical figures on his squad as lautaro acosta Y jose sand (42 years old) and was reinforced with more experience: the central Christian Mottothe side Juan Sanchez Mino and the striker Leandro Diazamong others.
Colón, who, like his rival, will not have international competition in 2023, kept the Uruguayan as DT Marcelo Saralegui, who took over at the end of September for an interim period and was satisfied with the 10 out of 18 points achieved. The sabalero it was adjusted to a limited budget, with no possibility of large reinforcements. On balance, he seems to have lost with the departure of proven players like Luis Flea Rodriguez Y Christian Bernardi, mainly. At the start of this tournament he will not be able to count on the striker Facundo Fariaswho is recovering from a partial ligament tear in his right knee.
Lanús has an advantage of 8 games over the team from Santa Fe in the AFA league history: they won 26, drew 17 and lost 18 of the 61 matches recorded.
PROBABLE FORMATIONS
Colon: Ignacio Chicco; Eric Meza, Facundo Garces, Paolo Goltz, Rafael Delgado; Juan Álvarez, Baldomero Perlaza, Cristian Vega, Joaquín Ibáñez; Ramon Abila, Jose Neris. DT: Marcelo Saralegui.
lanús: Lautaro Morales; Leonel Di Plácido, Cristian Lema, José Canale, Brian Aguirre; Luciano Boggio, Tomás Belmonte, Matías Esquivel; Lautaro Acosta, Leandro Diaz, Pedro De la Vega. DT: Frank Kudelka.
Hour: 19.15
Stadium: Brigadier General Estanislao López
Referee: Pablo Dovalo
TV: ESPN Premium
INSTITUTE – SARMIENTO
Institute of Cordoba will return this sunday to Professional Soccer League after 17 seasons and will do so at home against Sarmiento de Junin, one of those who will fight to maintain the category. The match will be played from 7:15 p.m. at the stadium. Monument of Alta Córdobawhich will have a sold out capacity of 35 thousand fans.
The set of Lucas Bovaglio In principle, he supported the base of the team that was promoted in a complicated final against Estudiantes de Buenos Aires and also incorporated 14 new faces, among which the defender Leonel Mosevich (on loan from Argentinos), the midfielder axel rodriguez (Olimpo de Bahía Blanca) and the striker Lucas Albertengo (free of Defense and Justice). He also kept Gabriel Gracianione of the figures of the First National by contributing 13 goals in 37 games.
For his part, Sarmiento de Junín suffered weight loss in this transfer market, due to the games of Jonathan Torres (Queretaro of Mexico), Lucas Castro Y Gaston Sauro (Hurricane), Julian Brea (Huachipato of Chile), Frederick Rasmussen (Godoy Cruz) and soon Frederick Andueza (Colombian junior).
Consequently, the coach israel damonte He will have the challenge of giving his style of team that is tough and firm in defense and pragmatic in attack to players who have arrived like the experienced Juan Manuel Insaurralde, among others. The Green will have another season with lysander lychee Lopezwho will wear the captain’s belt and will bet heavily on his youth Luciano Gondou Y Manuel Monacofeatured in Reserve.
In common, both clubs will seek to avoid relegation, both in the averages that will condemn two and in the general table, which will take one.
PROBABLE FORMATIONS
Institute: Manuel Roffo; Giuliano Cerato, Fernando Alarcón, Leonel Mosevich, Sebastían Corda; Roberto Bochi, Brian Cuello, Gastón Lodico, Gabriel Graciani; Lucas Albertengo and Franco Watson. DT: Lucas Bovaglio.
Sarmiento: Sebastian Meza; Gonzalo Bettini, Juan Manuel Insaurralde, Franco Sbuttoni, Franco Quinteros; Manuel Monaco, José Maurí, Emiliano Méndez, Sergio Quiroga; Luciano Gondou and Lisandro Lopez. DT: Israel Damonte.
Hour: 19.15
Stadium: Monument of Alta Córdoba
Referee: Andres Merlos
TV: Public TV
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