When do Boca vs River play LIVE: Argentina's classic at Estadio Monumental

Boca vs River: the 'blue and gold' squad clashes with 'the band' this Sunday, March 20 in another edition of the superclassic valid for the Argentine League Cup 2022 at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires. Peruvians Luis Advíncula and Carlos Zambrano will start at Xeneize.

Prior to the classic Boca vs River, the 'Millonario' team reaches the duel with Xeneize at a good pace of results after adding five wins and a draw in six his last six games. In addition, he chained three wins in a row against San Lorenzo (1-0) and Gimnasia de La Plata (4-0) for La Liga and against Deportivo Laferrere (5-0) for the Argentine Cup. In the Argentine tournament he has scored 13 points out of 18 possible to stay in second place in the Zone A table with one match less than the leader Union who has 14 points.

For its part, Face up to Monumental to face River in the Argentine classic after a victory over Estudiantes de La Plata (1-0) at the UNO Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium. Xeneize won three wins against Adosivi, Rosario Central and Estudiantes, two draws with Colón and Independiente and a defeat to Hurricane in La Bombonera. In addition, he has scored 11 points out of 18 possible and is ranked fourth in the Zone B standings two points behind the leader. In the Copa Argentina he successfully beat Central Córdoba (4-1) and settled in the round of 32 of the tournament.

The 'blue and gold' team seeks revenge against the 'Millionario' after the last defeat suffered last year at Monumental 2-1 by the Argentine League. However, in the memory of the fan Xeneize there is still the penalty win and the elimination of River in the Argentine Cup. Finally, Boca would be champion of that tournament.

The Boca vs River duel of the date 7 of the Argentine League Cup 2022 is played within the framework of the 'interzonal' classics of the tournament in which historical rivals from Zone A and Zone B face each other. Such is the case of Rosario Central vs Newell's Old Boys on Sunday, Gimnasia vs Estudiantes de La Plata, Lorenzo San vs. Hurricane, Colon vs Union, Independiente vs Racing, among others.

River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo announced the starting eleven last Friday, however, in the last training session he tried Juan Fernando Quintero instead of Nicolás De La Cruz and it would be the only doubt the 'Muñeco' prior to the duel with Boca Juniors.

However, the 'Muñeco' the day before the practice alluded to the replacement of Juanfer Quintero: “These are technical decisions. I consider that the starting team is the one to start, but I also have players from the bench to change the match. And Juanfer is one of them. Today I had the players well, tomorrow is going to be a quiet day and everything should flow so that they are the ones who come out on the court,” he said.

On the side of Boca Juniors, coach Sebastian Battaglia took his time to assemble the team, although he did not confirm it, the inclusion of striker Darío Benedetto in the starting eleven is known. In addition, the presence from the start of Aaron Molinas and in the defense the Peruvians Luis Advíncula and Carlos Zambrano, the latter due to the injury of Carlos Izquierdos.

Jorge Bermudez, member of the Xeneize Football Council, referred to the refereeing of the classic Boca vs River: “If Boca plays with 11 during the 90 minutes he will fight it. The only thing I'm asking is that there be a transparent match, in the classic we played at Monumental I didn't see it.”

THE BOCA AND RIVER SQUAD

When do Boca vs River play LIVE: Argentina's classic at the Monumental Stadium (Photo: River | Boca)

BOCA VS RIVER: POSSIBLE LINEUPS

Boca Juniors: Agustín Rossi, Luis Advíncula, Carlos Zambrano, Marcos Rojo, Frank Fabra, Cristian Medina, Pol Fernandez, Sebastian Villa, Juan Ramirez, Aaron Molinas and Dario Benedetto.

River Plate: Franco Armani, Robert Rojas, Paulo Diaz, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Milton Casco, Enzo Perez, Enzo Fernández, Esequiel Barco, Santiago Simon, Nicolas De La Cruz, and Julian Alvarez.

FACTS ABOUT THE CLASSIC BOCA VS RIVER

Boca and River met 257 times. Xeneize won 89 matches and the 'Millionaire' 84. They called 84 other times.

The main referee will be Darío Herrera and will be accompanied by the lines Juan Pablo Belatti and Diego Bonfá. The fourth assistant will be Facundo Tello.

Sebastián Battaglia and Marcelo Gallardo have met only once as coaches for Boca and River, respectively. The 'Doll' won the 2-1 win in 2021. In addition, as players, no differences were drawn after starring in three draws.

WORLDWIDE SCHEDULES FOR BOCA VS RIVER

- Peru: 5:00 p.m.

- Argentina: 7:00 p.m.

- Colombia: 5:00 p.m.

- Ecuador: 5:00 p.m.

- Mexico: 4:00 p.m.

- Bolivia: 6:00 p.m.

- Venezuela: 6:00 p.m.

- Chile: 7:00 p.m.

- Uruguay: 7:00 p.m.

- Spain: 11:00 p.m.

- United States (Los Angeles): 3:00 p.m.