Central Córdoba v San Lorenzo: quarter-final spot up for grabs | OneFootball

El Ferro hosts El Ciclón at the Estadio Único “Madre de Ciudades” in a clash that promises excitement. Kickoff is at 22:00.

Central Córdoba and San Lorenzo will face each other this Saturday from 22:00 at the Estadio Madre de Ciudades, which will feature the presence of “neutral” fans, in one of the most attractive matches of the round of 16 of the Torneo Clausura.

The Ferroviario wants to make the most of their home advantage, while El Ciclón will try to find some footballing relief in the midst of their deep institutional crisis.

Omar De Felippe’s team arrives with a six-match unbeaten streak and with the confidence of having secured home field after finishing fourth, following a goalless draw against Banfield. Their home numbers are a solid backing: Central Córdoba lost just one match this semester at the Madre de Ciudades (1-0 against Tigre). With that momentum, the coach highlighted the importance of playing in Santiago: “We’d like the decisive matches to be here, we feel comfortable.”

On the other side, the team led by Damián Ayude comes in with a positive sporting present, which is in stark contrast to their institutional situation. El Ciclón not only managed to qualify for this stage, but also secured their place in the Copa Sudamericana, although this achievement was overshadowed by multiple internal conflicts. San Lorenzo has accumulated fourteen embargoes—two of them in the last week—and was at the center of a major episode when the squad published a statement denouncing lack of payments and minimum working conditions, a message they later deleted and replaced with another in which they admitted to “imprudence.”

As if that weren’t enough, this Wednesday Alexis Cuello served notice to the club over a debt of 75 thousand dollars, a situation that led to the intervention of the AFA, which paid the player’s wages by order of Chiqui Tapia to prevent the footballer from becoming a free agent.

The “Madre de Ciudades” will be the stage for a promising clash, where Central Córdoba will look to remain strong at home and San Lorenzo will try to let football, at least for one night, drown out the institutional noise.

Probable Lineups, TV, Refereeing

Central Córdoba: Alan Aguerre; Santiago Moyano, Lucas Abascia, Jonathan Galván, Brian Cufré; Matías Perelló, Iván Gómez, José Florentin, Matías Vera; Leonardo Heredia and Gastón Verón or Lucas Varaldo. Coach: Omar De Felippe.

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