Waiting to face Newell’s this Sunday in the Bombonera, Boca is still aware of what happens with the rest of the teams in this League Cup in pursuit of the objective of qualifying for the 2024 Libertaodres Cup through the annual table after having lost the final against Fluminense. And in the run-up he received bad news because River’s defeat against Rosario Central made it more complicated.
Xeneize is ninth overall with 56 points with six left to play. But now the last one that is getting a ticket to the maximum competition today is Rosario Central, which after adding three points reached 62 points and surpassed Estudiantes de La Plata by one, who beat Central Córdoba yesterday. In this way, Rosario’s team gets six out of six in play against Mariano Herrón’s team.
In the middle there are also Defensa y Justicia and San Lorenzo, both with 58 points. The good news for those from La Ribera is that they will score points against each other when they face each other this Sunday from 2:30 p.m., so the blue and gold will play with that result in place. Furthermore, Racing, which is beating Lanús, surpasses it by one unit.
Looking at the end of the tournament, Boca will have to host Newell’s and will close in the last one against Godoy Cruz in Mendoza. Tomba is precisely third in the table so far with 62 points by goal difference. With this panorama, Xeneize has fewer and fewer paths to qualify for the next Cup and is obliged to, at least, get the next six points. The most concrete path is to lift this year’s Argentine Cup, in which they are in the semifinals, where they will face Estudiantes. If he wins, the final will be against Ciclón or Defensa y Justicia.
However, returning to the annual table there are more alternatives because the Millonario, champion of the 2023 Professional League, will free up a spot by finishing as the leader. Therefore, the fourth (until now the Scoundrel) enters immediately.
Although the Halcón is four points away and if Julio Vaccari’s team is crowned champion of the most federal tournament in the country and finishes in fourth position in the annual table, it will occupy another place, so the third place in the table would be the team below you.
On the other hand, if Boca is runner-up in the Argentine Cup, they will not get a ticket because priority will go to the best positioned in the general table. The only case that this could occur is if, for example, Defensa, in addition to winning the Argentine Cup, obtains the League Cup – today it is outside the qualifying zone for the quarterfinals.
The last way of entry for Boca is to become champion of the Professional League Cup, but it seems the most unlikely. The Ribera team is in 11th position in Zone B, six units away from the qualifying spots for the quarterfinals of the competition when the same amount remains to be played.
2023-11-12 01:15:08
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