race or students. students or race. It will be one or the other. A deserving champion, whoever emerges, in a tournament that doesn’t always reward the best teams. Nobody could say that Estudiantes or Racing didn’t deserve to be at the top of the year. They may not be very attractive teams, but they are solid in all areas and have a collective spirit that led them, for example, to fight on equal terms with the all-powerful Flamengo in the last Copa Libertadores.
At the local level, the final of the Clausura tournament in the Madre de Cities of Santiago del Estero (who thinks about the almost 40,000 fans who will travel 1,100 kilometers to see their teams?) will decide who will be the new champions of Argentine football.
The designated referee was Nicolás Ramírez, while the VAR will be Héctor Paletta. The temperature in Santiago is reported to be 36 degrees. Unbearable heat.
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Gustavo Costas’ Racing reached the final after going through a very difficult path in the playoffs: in the round of 16 they beat River at home 3-2 in a truly great game; In the quarter-final against Tigre he needed his goalkeeper Facundo Cambeses to become the hero in the penalty shootout; while in the semi-final they beat Boca 1-0 in La Bombonera, with their iconic striker Maravilla Martínez returning to goal.
Previously, they had finished third in Zone A with 25 points in the regular phase, behind only Unión de Santa Fe and Boca.
For their part, Eduardo Domínguez’s Estudiantes had a very poor regular season, finishing eighth in Zone A with 21 points. However, in the direct elimination games they showed a completely different picture and defeated Rosario Central, Central Córdoba from Santiago del Estero and Gimnasia y Esgrima from La Plata with 1-0. All visitors.
If they win the title it would be their 19th in the League for Racing. Estudiantes would become champions for the eighth time in their history.
El Cilindro, open to members and non-members
The Racing management announced yesterday that they will open the doors of the Presidente Perón Stadium so that their fans can watch the game on a giant screen.
The news had already leaked on Thursday, but Racing officially confirmed it yesterday morning and announced all the details about participation.
Cilindro’s doors open at 6 p.m. and entry is made by Colón and General Paz and Colón and Pedro de Mendoza; It is not possible to use the parking spaces.
The open sectors will be B, C and E. And it was clarified that entry with alcoholic drinks and fireworks will be prohibited, while entry with non-alcoholic drinks in bottles of up to half a liter will be possible.
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