Boca and Racing chase Copa Argentina semi-final spot | OneFootball

Boca and Racing meet on Sunday in the Copa Argentina quarter-finals at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito in Rosario, with kick-off at 17:00 and live coverage on TyC Sports. Andrés Gariano will referee, with Lucas Novelli on VAR.

SuperDepor.com highlights the contrasting trajectories going into Rosario.

Boca arrive on a 14-match unbeaten run and remain alive in every competition. Rodolfo "Vasco" Arruabarrena's side beat San Lorenzo 2-0 in the Torneo Clausura, are in the Copa Sudamericana semi-finals, and still dream of the league title awarded to the leaders of the annual table.

In this Copa Argentina, the Xeneize have advanced by beating Gimnasia y Esgrima de Chivilcoy 2-0 and Sarmiento 2-0, then edging Vélez on penalties after a 0-0 draw in normal time.

Racing, by contrast, are enduring a miserable semester and are focusing everything on this competition. They suffered a group-stage exit in the Copa Sudamericana, sit 14th in Zona B of the Torneo Clausura, and have lost six of their 12 matches this term.

Juan Pablo Vojvoda's team have seen off Gimnasia de Mendoza 1-0, Defensa y Justicia 4-1 and Belgrano de Córdoba 2-1. Probable line-ups include Leandro Brey and Miguel Merentiel for Boca, with Facundo Cambeses and Adrián Martínez among those expected to start for Racing.

Source: SuperDepor.com

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