Waiting for River – Platense, the quarterfinals are from visitors :: Olé

The Apertura tournament already knows three of its semifinalists, and tonight River and Platense will define the fourth passenger. The great peculiarity that this instance was, at least until here, is that The teams that played as a visitor advanced around: Independiente, San Lorenzo and Hurricane. Can the squid or cut the Gallardo team?

Contrary to what had happened in the round of 16, with a clear supremacy of the teams that played at home, those who acted out of home became great in the rooms. Sunday, Hurricane won 1-0 in Rosario And he threw the first stone against Central, which had been the best of the tournament during the regular phase.

Monday, on the first turn, San Lorenzo eliminated Argentines in the paternal penaltiesanother that was 1 in its area, after drawing 1-1 in regular time. And at the end of the day, Independiente gave the blow to the Bombonerasurpassed Boca 1-0 and became the third semifinalist of the tournament.

Tonight in the Monumental, River and Platense they will play for the quota that remains in the semifinals. Marcelo Gallardo's team arrives at his best moment in the semester and in the round of 16-0 to Barracas. However, the squid has to get excited: Vicente López's team was the only visiting team that advanced Ronda in the previous phase, eliminating no less than Racing in the Avellaneda cylinder.

The Carp and Tense saw the faces on the first date of the tournament, a match in which the Orsi-Gómez team knew how to complicate that of Gallardo. In fact, the millionaire arrived at the 1-1 draw over the time, with a goal by Matías Rojas. Tonight the tiebreaker will be in Núñez from 20.30, with a large award.

In the absence of official confirmation, Everything indicates that Independiente-Huracán will be played this Saturday 24. The other semi will depend on the rival of San Lorenzo. If it is River, the duel with the crow will also be on Saturday 24 in Núñez (those of Gallardo ended seconds in zone B and those of Russo were rooms in the same area).

Why Saturday? Because the millionaire must play on Tuesday 27 by the Libertadores against University of Peru on the last date of the group's group stage.

Now, if the one that accesses the semifinal is Platense, everything indicates that the match against San Lorenzo in the gasometer (ended up above the squid in its area) will pass for Sunday 25.