03/14/2021 15:00
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Updated 03/14/2021 15:15
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Boca Juniors, with a rising performance, and River Plate, with outstanding performances and others not so much, face each other in
a new edition of
the Argentine soccer Superclassic
, within the framework of Date 5 of the Professional League Cup, in the interzonal between Zones A and B.
The exclusive meeting of the weekend will take place with the mythical "Bombonera"
, it will be played this Sunday starting at 6:00 p.m., with the arbitration of Facundo Tello and televising of the Fox Sports Premium and TNT Sports signal.
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The last ten clashes show a supremacy of River, since all are within the era of Marcelo Gallardo, the most successful in the club's history, in which twelve titles and five eliminations were achieved in hand-to-hand duels against Boca.
Those ten games were played between May 14, 2017 and January 2, 2021, which also shows how the odds have increased that there will be more Superclassics disputes due to the dominance that both also have in South America.
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The two take advantage playing home.
Sunday's stage will be La Bombonera.
In this condition, they played 100 games, with 46 victories xeneizes, 21 millionaires and 33 draws.
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At the international level, they played 32 games, with 11 victories for Boca (33 goals), 10 for River (28 goals) and 11 draws.
If the two overcome the semifinals, there will be a new final for Libertadores, this time a single match.
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Of the 252 matches, 211 correspond to the First Division championship, also with an advantage for Boca of eight games: 77 victories, 65 draws, 69 defeats, 289 goals in favor and 271 against.
The first nine were the amateur era (three wins for Xeneize and four for the Millionaire) and the rest in the professional era.
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The antecedent prior to this played in La Bombonera dated from July 17, 1993, in the Centennial Cup, in a match that River won at the Vélez Sarsfield stadium with a goal from Walter Silvani.
In this type of competition, the Millionaire has an advantage, who won four against one from Boca and four draws.
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This Sunday will be for a national cup, which in all history has nine clashes.
On January 2 they tied 2 to 2 in the Diego Maradona Cup, which Boca would end up winning in the final against Banfield.
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In total, they played 252 games, in which there were 89 wins for Boca Juniors, 83 for River Plate and 80 draws.
Xeneize scored 327 goals while Millionaire scored 308.
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The Superclásico was played for the first time officially in 1913. Most of the matches were for the First Division championship, but they also faced local cups, as happened at the beginning of January and will be repeated this Sunday, and international.
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This Sunday, when the referee Facundo Tello has the start of the match, the official match number 253 between Boca and River will be played, with a statistic in which Xeneize commands with six more wins than its rival.
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Boca and River play this Sunday from 18 in the Bombonera.
The match, the interzonal duel of the fifth date of the Professional League Cup, will be played in the Bombonera and will be arbitrated by Facundo Tello.
It can be seen live on Fox Sports Premium and TNT Sports signals.
The previous
Boca, current two-time Argentine soccer champion, began his journey in the new domestic tournament with a draw at his stadium against Gimnasia and Esgrima La Plata (2-2), followed with a victory in Rosario over Newell's (1-0), another equality at home against Sarmiento de Junín (1-1) and excelled in his last presentation at Liniers with a 7-1 win over Vélez Sarsfield.
River, for its part, began its participation in Zone A with a defeat in La Plata against Estudiantes (2-1), then successively beat Rosario Central (3-0) on its return to the Monumental stadium, to Platense (1- 0) in Vicente López and last date he fell in Núñez against Argentinos Juniors (1-0).
Boca Juniors and River Plate during the last Superclásico in La Bomonera, for the Diego Maradona Cup.
Photo: EFE.
These antecedents serve to reflect the evolution of one and the other in the tournament but in no way will they affect the Superclásico
, a separate match in which other types of factors play, especially the emotional ones and in times of pandemic without incidence of the condition of local, taking into account the absence of heat and the color that the fans contribute.
Boca achieved its best performance of the year at the José Amalfitani stadium
but in any case it did not go through a quiet week, due to the injuries suffered by its captain and idol, Carlos Tevez, plus the great figure of the team, the Colombian Edwin Cardona, who has a foot and a half out of the Superclásico.
On the other hand, a reference of defense such as Carlos Izquierdoz is in a position to reappear and among the substitutes will be Marcos Rojo for the first time, joined last January from Manchester United.
Marcos Rojo gets ready in Boca.
The one who will not even be concentrated will be the Cordovan striker Ramón
Wanchope
Ábila
, like the Corrientes Leo Jara, while a useful replacement will be available such as Mauro Zárate despite the fact that during the week he trained only on Tuesday and dragged a muscle injury.
In the case of Izquierdoz, a strong blow to the ribs caused him to leave the team during the match against Sarmiento, then he lost the match against Vélez and once recovered, he will enter for Lisandro López, as decided by coach Miguel Ángel Russo.
Tevez, with an ankle discomfort, will be able to play against River and the one who is most complicated is Cardona
, almost ruled out by a muscle fatigue in his right leg that prevents him from moving comfortably and also taking advantage of his specialty: the remarkable punch with ball stopped or in motion.
Carlos Tevez has an ankle discomfort but will start against River in the Superclásico.
Photo: Marcelo Carroll.
Russo will have to put together a puzzle without Cardona, who plays a key role and will not be the same without the Colombian, the soccer plant that feeds his compatriot Sebastián Villa, and beyond how well the Cordovan Gonzalo Maroni joined the team, important from three quarters of the court onwards.
In the event that Cardona cannot play, his replacement will emerge from three names: Agustín Almendra, Julio Buffarini and Lisandro López, players with dissimilar characteristics.
If Almendra enters, Russo will not modify the scheme too much despite the fact that he will not have his strategist, if Buffarini does then Capaldo will return to midfield, while if Lisandro López plays there will be a substantial tactical change, with a line of three next to Zambrano and Left.
Marcelo Gallardo did not reveal who will be the starters in River Plate.
Photo: Juano Tesone.
On the River side, the situation is much clearer
, since coach Marcelo Gallardo has no injuries and has drawn up a formation that will have at least three variants with respect to the team that fell to Argentinos.
The experienced Jonathan Maidana will enter for David Martínez, Fabrizio Angileri for Alex Vigo and the Colombian Rafael Santos Borré for Julián Alvarez.
Gallardo's intention is to regain defensive strength with a benchmark like Maidana
, who returned to the club after two years in Mexico, and with the return of Angileri he will win an external game that is one of River's strengths, while Colombian striker Borré is undisputed holder and in the past date he entered for a while from the substitute bank.
River Plate reaches the Superclásico after having won the Argentine Super Cup with a win against Racing, and having lost to Argentinos Jrs for the local tournament.
Photo: Juano Tesone.
In Boca, everything will change if Cardona does not play.
With the Colombian on the court to fuel Villa's speed, generate play associated with Tevez and Maroni, or hurt with the stopped ball, the team will have potential, but if it does not have it, the team will suffer.
The history between the two colossi of Argentine football favors Boca after 211 games, of which he won in 77, lost 69 and there were 65 draws, including the last one last January for the Diego Maradona Cup, also played in La Bombonera , which ended 2-2 with goals from
Wanchope
Abila and Villa for the
Xeneizes
and Borré and Federico Girotti for the
Millionaires
.
Superclassic: probable formations
Boca Juniors
: Esteban Andrada;
Nicolás Capaldo, Carlos Zambrano, Carlos Izquierdoz and Frank Fabra, Cristian Medina, Jorman Campuzano, Gonzalo Maroni and Cardona or Agustín Almendra, or Julio Buffarini or Lisandro López;
Sebastián Villa and Carlos Tevez.
DT: Miguel Ángel Russo.
River Plate
: Franco Armani;
Paulo Diaz, Robert Rojas and Jonatan Maidana;
Milton Casco, Enzo Pérez, Nicolás De La Cruz, Jorge Carrascal and Fabrizio Angileri;
Matías Suárez and Rafael Borré.
DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
Referee
: Facundo Tello.
Stadium
: La Bombonera (Boca Juniors).
Hours
: 18:00.
TV
: Fox Sports Premium and TNT Sports.
