The final for the first promotion to the Liga Profesional now has a confirmed venue. Aldosivi and San Martín de Tucumán will face each other on Sunday, November 3rd at 5 PM at the Gigante de Arroyito stadium in Rosario. After a meeting between the leaders of both clubs and the AFA authorities, it was confirmed that this will be the setting to determine the first team to be promoted to the highest category of Argentine football.
It has not yet been disclosed whether supporters of Aldosivi and San Martín will be present in the stadium. The referee for the match has also not been announced, nor when tickets for this awaited final will go on sale.
San Martín de Tucumán, the undisputed leader of Zone A, arrives at this stage with 81 points, securing their place in the final three rounds before the championship ends. Meanwhile, Aldosivi secured their spot in the final in an exciting playoff in Zone B, defeating San Telmo and taking advantage of other results to ensure a matchup against San Martín.
In case the final is not decided in the 90 regular minutes, an additional 30 minutes will be played, and if the tie persists, the winner will be determined by a penalty shootout, which will decide which team will play in the Liga Profesional next year.
On the other hand, the loser of this match will automatically qualify for the quarterfinals of the reduced playoffs, where they will seek to secure the second place that allows them to be promoted to the first division of Argentine football.
Additionally, it was confirmed that the tiebreaker between Brown de Adrogué and Atlético Rafaela will take place on Saturday, November 2nd at 4 PM at the Único stadium in San Nicolás. The winner of this matchup will have to play another match for a place in the second division against Talleres de Remedios de Escalada.
Guillermo Brown of Puerto Madryn has already been relegated to the Federal A from Zone A, being the only team so far to suffer this outcome in the season.
