[HIGHLIGHTS] With 38 teams and 744 matches, the Primera Nacional begins: figures, candidates and surprises of the XXL Argentine soccer tournament

The 40th edition of the First National tournament will begin this Friday. The contest will be called Carlos Timoteo Griguol.

The 38 teams will be divided into two zones, in which they will face each other in two rounds. Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta became champion of the Federal A Tournament and will play again in the Primera Nacional after almost 24 years. After 29 years without playing in the second division, Talleres de Remedios de Escalada returns to First National.