The 25th date of the Professional League It began on Friday with two games that opened the day: River beat Estudiantes in La Plata and San Lorenzo fell to Belgrano at home. But the big fight for the tournament began on Saturday, with the visit of Racing to Gigante de Arroyito to play with Rosario Central.
The team of Gustavo Costas, who comes from celebrating in the Copa Sudamericana, is going for more. They beat Holan and were two points behind Fortín, when the two teams will have three games left to add points in the final stretch of a championship that promises to be exciting.
This Sunday will be the continuity of this fight for the title. Velezwhich is on the rise after eliminating Boca in the semi-final of the Argentine Cup, receives Sarmiento de Junín from 7:15 p.m. at the José Amalfitani stadium.
On Monday from 7:45 p.m., the Kempes stadium will be the scene of a true final: Workshops receives Hurricanethe other two teams that dream of climbing the table and closing the year shouting “Come on, champion.”
It is worth remembering that Racing owes a match corresponding to date 24 against Estudiantes de La Plata, when it was in Asunción playing the final of the Copa Sudamericana: It will be played this Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Cilindro de Avellaneda.
The fight for the Copa Libertadores and the annual table
River They beat Pincha with a fantastic night of Franco Armani. With this result, The team led by Marcelo Gallardo climbed to second place in the annual table with 66 unitsequaling the line of Talleres, which still has to face Huracán, a team that is sixth with 59 points. At the top of the table, already classified Copa Libertadores 2025stay firm Vélez with 70 units. For its part, Boca Juniors occupies fifth place with 60 pointsfollowed by Globo, Godoy Cruz (58), Independiente (56) and Unión (56).
In this way, the Millionaire will face a crucial challenge in the final stretch of the tournament. First they will play the pending match on the 24th date against San Lorenzo at the Más Monumental Stadium, scheduled for Wednesday, December 4 at 9 p.m. Then, they will complete their calendar with a home duel against Rosario Central and a visit to Racing in Avellaneda .
At the moment, the Argentine teams classified for the 2025 Copa Libertadores are Estudiantes de La Plata (champion of the League Cup) and Racing (champion of the Copa Sudamericana). There are still two places reserved for the champions of the Argentine Cup and the Professional League. However, if Vélez manages to win both tournaments, the regulations establish that: “If the champion of the 2024 Argentine Cup occupies any of the places provided for in articles 27.1 (Professional League) and/or 27.2 (League Cup) for the 2025 Conmebol Libertadores Cup, he will maintain said place and his place in the ARGENTINA position. 3 will be occupied by the next best-placed First Division team in the 2024 Argentine Cup, and so on, as appropriate.”
Something similar could happen with Racing if it achieves the two-time championship by winning the Sudamericana and the Professional League. In that case, the regulation provides: “If this winning team of the Copa Conmebol Sudamericana 2024 already occupies any of the qualifying positions provided for in articles 27.1, 27.2, 27.4, 27.5 or 27.6, its place will be occupied by the next best-placed team in the 2024 General Table of Positions ( article 24), as appropriate, resulting in the rearrangement of positions in the Conmebol Cup places Libertadores 2025 in accordance with the regulations referred to here, until all of them are covered (including the Copa Conmebol Libertadores 2025 and Sudamericana 2025).”
It should be remembered that the Annual Table will grant three additional tickets to the Libertadores 2025in addition to distributing six places for the Copa Sudamericana among the best-placed teams after those classified for the highest continental competition.