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Students and Defense will play the final of the Argentine Cup
The finalists of the Argentine Cup were defined, which will have Estudiantes de La Plata and Defensa y Justicia as rivals, who eliminated San Lorenzo after beating them 1-0 in the second semifinal at the Ciudad de Lanús-Néstor Díaz Pérez Stadium and with a goal from Santiago Solari 34 minutes into the first half. In the last match, Boca Juniors will hope that Pincha is consecrated since if they do so, they will free up a place in the annual table for the Copa Libertadores classification.
Boca Juniors lost 3-2 to Estudiantes de La Plata in the other semi-final of the Argentine Cup. The only alternative left to be able to enter the main South American tournament is through the annual roster and today it has 59 points, against 61 for Estudiantes and San Lorenzo. Above them is Rosario Central, with 62 units and the last team to qualify for the Copa Libertadores. Although if the La Plata team is among the top four in the table, if it wins, it will free up its place since the champion of the Argentine Cup also enters the continental tournament.
However, this Sunday Boca Juniors must beat Godoy Cruz in Mendoza, leader of Zone B, on the last date of the group stage of the Professional League Cup. The fact is that Xeneize must at least finish in sixth place in the Annual Table, otherwise it will automatically have no chance of qualifying for the Copa Libertadores.
In addition, they have a concrete chance of entering directly, as long as they beat Godoy Cruz and Estudiantes (receives Lanús) and San Lorenzo (receives Central Córdoba from Santiago del Estero) do not win and Rosario Central loses (visits the relegated Arsenal), since the Rosario team has a better goal difference than the Xeneize team (+10 / + 9). In this case, Boca will climb to fourth place that offers a quota. If he finishes fifth or sixth, he must wait for the two places for being champion of the League Cup and the Argentine Cup to be released by a team that is above him. These are River Plate, Godoy Cruz, Rosario Central and Estudiantes de La Plata.
The summary of Defense and Justice vs. San Lorenzo for the Argentine Cup
While the final of the Argentine Cup still does not have a confirmed date or venue. Although the decisive clash would be between December 6 and 13. At this point the Professional League Cup will be finished. December is usually the month chosen for the finals of the Argentine Cup in this new version reissued from the 2011/2012 season. Except last year, which was brought forward to the end of October due to the World Cup in Qatar, the rest of the defining matches were held in the epilogue of each year.
In 2021, Talleres and Boca met on 12/8 at the Único Madre de Ciudades Stadium in Santiago del Estero. In 2019, Central Córdoba and River Plate played on 12/13; and in 2018, Rosario Central and Gimnasia Esgrima La Plata faced each other on 12/6. These last two matches were at the Malvinas Argentinas Stadium in Mendoza.
Taking the latest editions as a reference, the Malvinas Argentinas stadiums in Mendoza and the Único Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero appear as possible venues. Taking the examples mentioned, the last seven editions were in Mendoza (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2022), in Córdoba (2014-15 and 2015-16) and Santiago del Estero (2019-20).
Both Estudiantes de La Plata and Defensa y Justicia were never champions in this tournament. It will be the first final for Pincha and Halcón. The two will seek to add a star and in the case of Florencio Varela’s team it would be the first at the national level.
2023-11-24 03:40:00
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