The 25th round of the Professional League began this Friday with two matches that opened the day, focusing all eyes on the fight for places in the international cups, with only nine points at stake until the end of the championship. In this start, Belgrano won 2-0 on its visit to San Lorenzo, while River beat Estudiantes de La Plata 2-1reaping a key victory for their aspirations to qualify for the Copa Libertadores.
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.