River visit to Independent In the most outstanding match of Sunday in the Professional Football League 2024. The team of Marcelo Gallardo faces the Red of Julio Vaccariwho arrives in great form for the classic and is looking to strike a blow against Muñeco’s team. What time is the match and how can I watch it live?
Time and TV
The match between Independiente and River will be played this Sunday, September 1, starting at 5 pm at the Libertadores de América Stadium – Ricardo Enrique Bochini in Avellaneda. The match can be followed live on the TV screen. TNT Sportswith stories of Pablo Giralt and comments from Juan Pablo Varsky.
Sanction for Independiente
The Independiente stadium, however, will not be packed as might be expected in a classic of this magnitude. After incidents with the state of the stands in two matches of Argentine Cupthe Justice reduced the stadium’s capacity to just over half of the spectators in the popular stands and maintained the measure for the match against River, despite Independiente’s protest.
What’s at stake?
El Rojo is on the rise, with a clear and attractive victory in the Argentine Cup, and several games without conceding a goal. Meanwhile, River has not been able to win with Marcelo Gallardo as coach in this second cycle of DT in the Professional League. Independiente and River are looking to position themselves in the standings.
El Rojo is behind, despite its good run in recent games, with 15 points and in 19th place. Meanwhile, El Millonario has 17 points, placing it in 12th place in the standings, so it needs a win to get into the top positions.
Formations
Independent: Rodrigo Rey; Federico Vera, Kevin Lomonaco, Joaquin Laso, Damian Perez, Felipe Loyola; Ivan Marcone, Lucas Gonzalez; Santiago Lopez, Gabriel Avalos and Santiago Montiel.
River Plate: Franco Armani; Fabricio Bustos, German Pezzella, Paulo Diaz, Marcos Acuna; Santiago Simon, Claudio Echeverri or Franco Mastantuono, Maxi Meza; Facundo Colidio and Miguel Borja.