It’s clear that Estudiantes and Santiago del Estero’s Central Cordoba will play much more tonight than the quarterfinals of the Clausura Pro League 2025. With a spice-packed preview of the AFA and refereeing controversies, the preview just got a little hotter.
This afternoon, the power went out at the hotel where Eduardo Dominguez’s team is based. As the temperature rose to more than 40 degrees at the modern Maria Hotel in the La Banda area, the power outage attracted attention.
It is estimated that at exactly nine o’clock in the evening, minutes before the start of the match for a place in the semi-finals of the Clausura Pro League Championship, the temperature will be 36 degrees. With the match already taking place at 10 p.m. The thermometer will be around 33 degrees.
In addition to the heat as an external factor that could affect the match, the official forecast (SMN) predicted the development of strong storms at night, which could disrupt the development of the game although it would not further complicate the home team’s bias as it is an indoor stadium.
The match comes in a turbulent week for La Plata, marked by controversy over the “path to champion.” This conflict opened a rift with strong crosses involving figures such as Claudio Tapia (President of the Asian Football Confederation) and Pablo Tovigino, increasing the penalties that the club had to face.
In contrast to the leadership, Eduardo Dominguez’s team opted for maximum caution, remaining focused and silent. Their arrival in Santiago del Estero reflects the hostile climate: the local police did not allow contact with the masses and ordered the “Alone against All” posters to be removed.