Independiente
, with a turbulent start to the season, faces this Sunday against Ciudad de Bolívar, from Federal A, for the 32nd final of the Copa Argentina 2023. The match will take place at the "Diego Armando Maradona" stadium in the city of La Plata , starting at 6:00 p.m., with arbitration by Ariel Penel and television by TyC Sports.
The winner of the crossing will advance to the round awaiting the winner of Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero and Comunicaciones, from Primera B.
The "Red" faces this commitment with
Pedro Damián Monzón
as interim DT after the dismissal of Leandro Stillitano due to the bad season in the Professional League (LPF), where he is located twentieth with 8 units (1 win, five draws and two losses).
Photo: Fernando de la Orden / Clarín
Monzón, champion of the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental in 1984 with José Omar Pastoriza's team, already served as a "firefighter" in Independiente at the end of the 2004 season and was also an assistant to Julio César Falcioni in the last part of the management of Hugo Moyano.
At the age of 61, he begins a new cycle with the illusion of being ratified in office, although the leadership is advancing to hire
Ricardo Zielinski
, recently separated from Nacional de Montevideo.
Independiente hasn't won a game since last January 28 when he made his LPF debut with a win against Talleres (1-0).
Since then, they have accumulated five draws (the last one against Colón in Avellaneda last weekend) and two defeats.
Ciudad de Bolívar is a young club founded 20 years ago, which was promoted to the Federal A Tournament in 2021, the third division of Argentine soccer.
Currently, it leads Zone B of that competition after defeating Estudiantes de San Luis and drawing with Deportivo Argentino de Monte Maíz, Córdoba, in its first two appearances.
The "Águilas" are directed by "Indio" Hernán Darío Ortiz, former defender and coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata.
Probable formations
Independent: Rodrigo Rey;
Javier Báez, Sergio Barreto, Edgar Elizalde and Ayrton Costa;
Baltasar Barcia, Iván Marcone and Kevin López;
Juan Cazares or Tomás Rambert, Martín Cauteruccio and Nicolás Vallejo.
DT: Pedro Monzon.
Bolivar: Maximiliano Cavallotti;
Jhan Valencia, Facundo Quiroga and Ignacio Lucero;
Nahuel Yeri, Facundo Aguerre, Iván Paz and Lucas Coyette;
Israel Roldan;
Luciano Vazquez and Gonzalo Urquijo.
DT: Hernan Dario Ortiz.
Referee: Ariel Penel.
Stadium: Diego Armando Maradona (La Plata).
Start time: 18:00.
TV: TyC Sports.
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