The Argentine football champion, Vélez, will seek to recover this Tuesday against Platense in the Apertura Tournament of the Professional League, after the defeat suffered in their debut against Tigre. The match is scheduled for 21:30 at the José Amalfitani Stadium, with Andrés Merlos officiating and live transmission on TNT Sports.
Vélez, who was crowned champion in the 2024 Professional Football League, started the tournament with a harsh 3-0 defeat against Tigre, a match with a special background as Tigre was the last team managed by Vélez's current head coach, Sebastián Domínguez. Despite the recent title, Vélez faces significant challenges this semester after losing one of their key figures, Claudio Aquino, and their previous coach, Gustavo Quinteros.
On the other hand, Platense arrives at this match after drawing 1-1 against River in their first game, in which they were close to victory. Despite taking the lead due to an unusual error by Franco Armani, River managed to equalize the score at the 87th minute. The Vicente López team, managed by Favio Orsi, aims to exceed what they achieved last year when they were close to qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana.
The possible line-ups for the match are as follows: Platense: Juan Pablo Cozzani; Juan Saborido, Ignacio Vázquez, Oscar Salomón, Jonathan Bay; Fernando Juárez, Leonel Picco, Guido Mainero, Franco Minerva; Ronaldo Martínez and Vicente Taborda. Vélez: Tomás Marchiori; Elías Gómez, Damián Fernández, Emanuel Mammana, Joaquín García; Agustín Bouzat, Christian Ordóñez, Francisco Pizzini; Matías Pellegrini, Braian Romero and Michael Santos. The match corresponds to Matchday 2 of the Apertura Tournament of the Professional Football League, and will be played at the José Amalfitani Stadium, starting at 21:30, under the direction of Andrés Merlos and VAR by Adrián Franklin, with Favio Orsi as head coach.
