Two places for five teams: zone A of the League Cup is defined

Group A of the first phase of the Professional League Cup in Argentina will have at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon the definition of its classified with three key matches that can change the positions drastically: Gimnasia faces Newell’s in La Plata, Defensa y Justicia will clash with Patronato and Argentinos Juniors will play against Unión de Santa Fé.El lobo has great chances of qualifying for the next phase if it manages to beat the Rosario’s club in the forest since, with 21 points, the team led by Néstor Gorosito is sixth in the table. In turn, leprosy occupies the third position with 23 units and, in case the albiazul club obtains the victory, it would advance in the positions with important possibilities of measuring itself with its classic rival, Estudiantes de La Plata, in the quarterfinals. At the same time, the match between Defensa y Justicia against Patronato will be playing, in which the falcon will have the opportunity to recover from his poor results in the Copa Sudamericana. Florencio Varela’s team is fourth, accumulating 22 points, while the red and black team has the obligation to obtain the three points to get out of the last positions -it is penultimate with ten units-. A little further back in the table but with probabilities of placing among the first four of the group appears Argentinos Juniors, which is currently fifth, with 22 points and two goals less than the falcon. In his duel against Union -ninth with 17 units-, the bug will try to close a good season with a triumph that allows him to advance to the quarterfinals with the already classified River Plate and Racing Club. In addition, the tatengue lost in its last commitment against Defense and Justice, but leads its group in the Copa Sudamericana.During the day of yesterday the positions of Zone B were defined in which Estudiantes de La Plata was first with 28 points, Boca Juniors in the second position with 27 units, Tigre entered as third with 20 and finally, scratching the classification managed to get Aldosivi with the same amount of points. In this way, the tournament defines the positions of group A in the schedule of 16:00 hours and the matches of Argentinos Juniors against Unión de Santa Fé and Defensa y Justicia against Patronato will be transmitted by the signal of TNT Sports, while the match of the platense club against the Rosario team can be seen by ESPN Premium.
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