River and Banfield will seek a place in the Trophée des Champions final (@fotobairesarg)

The Professional Football League has finally officially announced the commitment it will take River Plate and Banfield to decide who will be Boca Juniors’ rival in the Champions Trophy final.

The Millionaire and the Drill, finalists of the 2020 Tournament and the Diego Armando Maradona Cup respectively, will seek a ticket for the definition of this tournament Wednesday, February 22, from 9:00 p.m., at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Córdoba.

After the draw carried out in the premises of the Professional Football League, it was established that the entity of the South will be the one that will occupy the local place in the match. What is not yet official is when the winner will face Xeneize, winner of the two previously announced competitions.

In the other two previous editions of this trophy, River Plate were proclaimed champions after beating Colón 4-0 at the Único Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero and Racing celebrated after beating Boca Juniors 2-1 at Estadio La Pedrera of Villa Mercedes.

Banfield achieved that commitment by being runners-up to Boca in the Diego Armando Maradona Cup, when he lost on penalties in San Juan. The Drill’s coach was Javier Sanguinetti, the same coach who currently leads the team (in the middle he put the DT diver at Newell’s).

River Plate, on the other hand, were second to Xeneize in the local tournament. This competition gives Martín Demichelis a chance to add his first coaching title a few months after taking the reins of the team from Núñez.

The duel between Tigre and River has been brought forward to 6:00 p.m.
The duel between Tigre and River has been brought forward to 6:00 p.m.

The other announcement that La Liga Profesional de Fútbol has made known in the last hours has been the change in the calendar of two matches corresponding to the fourth date of the championship. “At the request of Aprevide (Agency for the Prevention of Violence in Sport), the match between Tigre and River Plate, which was scheduled for Saturday 18 at 9:30 p.m. for date 4 of the 2023 tournament, will take place at 6:00 p.m. “, he warned.

This editing produced a domino effect, so the clash between Newell’s and Banfield had to be modified. It was scheduled for 7:15 p.m. and was pushed back to 9 p.m.

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