Maximiliano benozzi
04/08/2021 15:12
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 04/08/2021 3:12 PM
River and Boca will meet again in a new hand-to-hand crossover.
It will be the sixth in almost seven years and the 19th in history.
But
for the Argentine Cup, the first time
.
So, there is great expectation, especially from the organization of this national competition, that "Millionaires" and "Xeneizes" won 3 times each.
Now, when and where this game will be played is what the football world is wondering.
The intention of the organizers of the Argentine Cup is that the match be played before the Copa América
, which will be played from June 13 to July 10 in Argentina and Colombia.
However,
the schedule between now and June is very tight
because the group stage of the Copa Libertadores kicks off in two weeks and it will be played in six consecutive weeks, from Tuesday, April 20 to Thursday, May 27.
In this Friday's draw, River and Boca, like the rest of the Argentine teams that play it, will meet their rivals.
As
the first days of June the clubs must yield their players for the Copa América
, the first week of that month is ruled out.
Boca would possibly have Andrada (Argentine National Team), Zambrano (Peru) and Fabra, Campuzano, Cardona and Villa (Colombia) selected.
While River would go Armani, Montiel (Argentina), Paulo Díaz (Chile), Robert Rojas (Paraguay) and perhaps Borré (Colombia).
So
the only week available is next
.
And there
begins
the games of
suspicions and speculations.
From Boca it was said until a few hours ago that if the rival was not River, they wanted to play the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup before the start of the Libertadores.
And if the rival was Marcelo Gallardo's team, kick it for later.
Now, with the chips already on, it turned out that
they had asked the organization if they could play next week
.
And that the answer was that first they want to close the keys to the 16th finals.
In River, meanwhile, they affirm that they have no problems with the dates.
And that the ideal would be to play it within a maximum period of two or three weeks.
But, the organization chart of the Copa Libertadores makes this idealization fall.
From the organization of the Argentine Cup, meanwhile they assure that they did not give rise to any request at the moment because they already notified the leaders of the two clubs in advance that next week there were scheduled games of the 16th.
And that, furthermore, a match of that magnitude would not be organized in a few days.
"
It is impossible to play next week
, there are no chances," said one of the popes of the Argentine Cup to
Clarín
.
The date they imagine is the last weekend in May
.
As long as neither River nor Boca reach the final of the Professional League Cup, scheduled for the 29th or 30th of that month.
So, if in that definition there are neither Marcelo Gallardo's team nor Miguel Ángel Russo's, it
could be played either on Saturday 29th or Sunday 30th
.
By then, the group stage of the Copa Libertadores will be over and the selected players will still be in the clubs.
Then there is a FIFA date and then the Copa América.
To play the Superclásico that last weekend in May, in case both River and Boca are eliminated from the Professional League Cup, there is another obstacle that exceeds the organization of the Argentine Cup.
And it would have to do with a battle of television signals.
As the Argentine Cup is broadcast by TyC Sports,
ESPN and TURNER
, owners of the local League,
would not see favorably that they put a Superclásico on it just the weekend that they have destined to the definition of the championship
that those companies televise.
As you read, there are too many complications for River and Boca to meet again before the middle of the year.
If it cannot be done, it will be until after the Copa América, more towards the end of August, as long as the two biggest clubs in the country advance to the eighth and quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores, which have a stipulated date between mid-July. and the first fortnight of the following month.
And the stage?
There are three stadiums as alternatives:
the Mother of Cities in Santiago del Estero, the Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba or the Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza
.
It is also to be defined.
As well, they will also have to wait to see how things continue due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As long as the day, time and court are not defined, speculation and suspicions will continue.
And they will end when River and Boca are face to face again on the grass to define a new tie between them, the sixth in almost seven years.
