Central, who comes from a goalless draw as a visitor to Newell’s in the Rosario classic, will receive this Wednesday Independiente, who accumulated nine games without winning and is with Pedro Monzón as interim coach, in one of the matches that will give continuity to the date 11 of the Professional Soccer League (LPF).
The match will be played this Wednesday starting at 9:30 p.m. at the Gigante de Arroyito stadium, in Central, will be refereed by Jorge Baliño and televised by TNT Sports.
The team from Rosas has 18 points, six behind River (26), and is having a very good campaign, while Independiente is the counterpart with just 9 points that ended the cycle of DT Leandro Stillitano, replaced by Monzón until he takes office. the position the Uruguayan Pablo Repetto.
The DT of Central Miguel Ángel Russo, in high spirits after the classic because he extended the 15-year streak without falls as a visitor in the Rosario derby, and his personal undefeated 10 games, with five wins and five draws.
To receive Independiente, Russo could return to the line of four defenders, two central midfielders, three attacking midfielders and a striker, with the entry of midfielder Lautaro Giaccone for defender Juan Cruz Komar, in the same change of scheme and names as He produced between the victories as a visitor for Huracán and as a local for Gimnasia, and which he repeated in the draw of the classic.
Opposite will be an Independiente in a football and institutional crisis, which has just lost 2-1 at home to Estudiantes, has not won nine games (with six draws and three losses, all at home) and a single victory in the tournament, in the game that will be the preview of the classic against Racing, next weekend.
Independiente is only two points from the last one, Unión, that is, close to relegation for occupying that position in the table, in addition to the average that places it in 15th place and is also at risk in the general table between the LPF and the Copa de la League.
The leaders of Independiente, aware of the situation, will speed up the tax details of the hiring of the Uruguayan Pablo Repetto, who would take over the team after the classic with Racing, although he could also do it between next Thursday and Friday depending on the progress of the negotiations.
The record between the two is 158 games and favors Independiente with 60 wins against 50 for Central, while they tied 48 times.
– Probable formations –
Central Rosary: George Broun; Damian Martinez, Facundo Mallo, Carlos Quintana and Alan Rodriguez; Walter Montoya and Kevin Ortiz; Lautaro Giaccone, Ignatius Malcorra and Jaminton Campaz; Far away from Veliz. DT: Michael Angel Russo.
Independent: Rodrigo Rey; Javier Báez, Sergio Barreto, Edgar Elizalde and Damián Pérez; Sergio Ortiz, Iván Marcone, Baltasar Barcia and Kevin López; Tomás Rambert and Martín Cauteruccio. DT: Pedro Monzon.
Referee: Jorge Baliño.
VAR: Fernando Rappalini.
Court: Gigante de Arroyito, from Central.
Starting time: 21:30.
TV: TNT Sports
