With the date 16 in full dispute, in the tournament of the Professional Soccer League there are many teams that aspire to get into the International cups next year, a scenario that involves more than half of the First Division teams.
With Vélez (56), River (54) and Talleres (52) today in positions of Libertadores and Colon already classified for having won the Professional League Cup, the one that positioned itself very well is Boca. Because beyond that you can also access the 2022 Cup if you win the Argentina Cup (plays a semifinal against Argentines), Xeneize today would be classified by the annual table.
Why? Because the champion of the Professional League is automatically classified and frees a place from said table. And since River and Talleres are the leaders with a certain advantage and the first three go …
When Battaglia took office, Boca was 10th in the annual table, with 29 points. After this victory against Huracán, he was 4th. In this period, beat Colón (already classified), Estudiantes, Independiente, Racing, Lanús and Argentinos. For example, Pincha, Rojo and Academia deducted seven, 10 and 11 points respectively (all three were with 35). It is that in these 10 games, Boca reaped 23 points …
The main change occurred in access to the South American, since with his 2-1 victory over Patronato, in Paraná, Racing returned to get into this competition by taking advantage of the fall of Argentinos before Defense and Justice. IndependentAfter his draw against Gimnasia, he is one point above his classic rival.
Argentine squares
Argentina has six places for the Libertadores 2022. The champion of the new tournament will qualify directly. The same thing that Colón already achieved for having obtained the Professional League Cup and what the one who stays with the Argentine Cup will achieve.
The remaining three places will be obtained by the first three teams in the annual general table, which will include the points obtained in the group stage of the LPF Cup (13 games) and this championship (25 games). In this case, the third team will access the Copa Libertadores Repechage.
THE POSITIONS TO THE CUPS
LIBERTADORES AREA: Vélez 56 points (+20), River 54 (+32), Workshops 52 (+14). Colón (48) is already classified as the last local champion.
The annual table towards the 2022 Cups.
SOUTH AMERICAN ZONE: Students 48 (+14), Lanús 46 (+2), Independiente 44 (+9) and Racing 43 (+6). Boca (49) and Banfield (35) are already classified for the Diego Maradona Cup.
HOW THE AVERAGE IS CALCULATED
Paragraph one of article 24 of the Regulations of the Professional Football League of the 2021 Tournaments indicates that “at the end of the 2021 Tournaments there will be no decline in the category.” But in the next point it is clarified that the “The points obtained from the general table of positions 2021 will be computed together with those of the season 2019/20 and 2022”. Diego Maradona Cup points will not be taken into account.
The declines will only become effective at the end of 2022, but the amount is not yet defined). When that time comes, in Primera there will be 28 teams (The current 26, plus the two that rise from the First National at the end of this season). It is expected that there will be four to begin to progressively decrease the number of teams in the elite until reaching 22 in 2026.
This is not final, of course, there is a large part of the current tournament and the matches corresponding to the 2022 season (without a defined format).
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