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This Sunday, from 5pm, Racing and Independiente They star in a new edition of the Avellaneda classic, this time in the framework of the 12th round of the 2024 Professional League. The match, which will be refereed by Nicolás Ramírez, will be played at the Cilindro de Avellaneda and can be seen live on television through TNT Sports. In addition, there is the possibility of following the minute by minute with statistics updated in real time in canchallena.com.
The Academy is fifth in the LPF standings with 20 points, three behind the leader Huracán, and second in the Annual Table, with 44, two behind the leader Vélez. Recently qualified for the quarterfinals of the Copa Sudamericana After beating Huachipato of Chile with a resounding 8-1 on aggregate (2-0 away and 6-1 at home), in the last round of the local tournament they defeated Newell’s by the minimum difference with a goal from Colombian Roger Martínez.
Racing arrives emboldened to the Avellaneda derby after the 6-1 win over HuachipatoJUAN MABROMATA – AFP
El Rojo, for its part, is ranked 18th in the Professional League, with 14 points obtained in 11 games played, the result of three victories, five draws and three defeats. They won the last two games: 2-0 against Estudiantes de La Plata and 1-0 against Rosario Central. Little by little, coach Julio Vaccari begins to impose his ideas and the team plays better, although it still has a great margin for improvement. They lost only two games in the last 10.
In the run-up to the classic, the Professional League organized a press conference with protagonists from both teams: Santiago Sosa, for Racing, and Joaquín Laso, by the Independent. Sosa He said that they are looking for a win, but that they do not “need” it: “They get 3 points like anyone else, but it is a different game and it can give us a morale boost (…) We want to win, but I don’t see it as a necessity,” he commented. “We approach it like any other game, although the seasoning changes. The analysis is left aside and other things come into play,” he concluded.
The defender of the Red, He also referred to the difference between a classic and a match against another rival: “We are improving. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how each one is doing, but we are doing well,” He commented. “It is necessary to win, like any three-point game (…) Adding three points is good for us for the Cup (Independiente is two points behind Lanús, the last team that would qualify for the next Sudamericana). We will try to counteract the virtues of the rival and detect their flaws,” he concluded.
Joaquín Laso, central defender of Independiente, would be a starter in the derby against RacingPrensa Independiente
On the main sports prediction platforms around the planet, Racing has the advantage to take victory in this Sunday’s classic. If they succeed, bookmakers are paying odds of up to 2.10 against the 3.65 that would be paid for a hypothetical victory by Independiente. A draw, on the other hand, is quoted at around 3.15.
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