Deportivo Madryn v Gimnasia (M): Primera Nacional final, kick-off, live info | OneFootball

Deportivo Madryn and Gimnasia de Mendoza will face each other in a single match for the first promotion to the 2026 Professional League. The match between the winners of zones A and B of the Primera Nacional will take place on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. at the Platense Stadium in Vicente López. The referee for the match will be Nicolás Ramírez and there will be VAR assistance, once again in the second tier of Argentine football. Find out about the lineups, where to watch it live, and more.

The Aurinegro from Puerto Madryn has been one of the sensations in recent Primera Nacional seasons and managed to establish itself as a promotion contender after a year in which it dominated Zone A of the division and secured first place, with 60 points, before the end of the regular phase. The team led by Leandro Gracián had a campaign of 16 wins, 12 draws, and 6 losses, finishing five points ahead of Atlanta. They are coming off a 1-0 loss away to Colegiales in the 34th round of the league.

“We have analyzed our opponent. The first thing I do is look at the coach’s profile. Ariel was my teammate at Vélez, I saw him at Banfield, which is his first experience and where he was Coudet’s assistant. I more or less know how he thinks, and from there we look at what he does. All that information is personal for the coaching staff. We are not going to change our analysis as we have done all year, and the priority is what we do,” said Tanito Gracián to ADNSur.

Gimnasia de Mendoza fought until the end with Estudiantes de Río Cuarto for first place in Zone B and, after defeating Defensores de Belgrano 1-0 at the Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie Stadium, secured the top spot and the chance to play the final for direct promotion as the best team of the regular phase. Ariel Broggi’s team won 17 times, drew 12 matches, and lost only 5.

Gracián and Broggi came up through the youth ranks together at Vélez and became champions in 2005 with El Fortín, under the leadership of the recently deceased Miguel Ángel Russo. They know each other, they know how they play and think, but each will continue to prioritize their own team’s performance.

Broggi stated: “We are lucky and convinced to have reached this point through a lot of sacrifice and hard work. Sometimes you can play better or worse, but this is a team that knows how to suffer and that made it to a final, which is no small feat.”

Before the match, there will be a minute of silence to honor Miguel Ángel Russo, former Boca coach, who passed away this Wednesday at the age of 69 after a long battle with cancer. In Argentina, he also managed Rosario Central, San Lorenzo, Estudiantes, Lanús, Vélez, Colón, Racing, and Los Andes.

The probable starting eleven for Deportivo Madryn vs. Gimnasia y Esgrima (M), for promotion to the Professional League

Yair Bonnin; Agustín Sosa, Facundo Giacopuzzi, Alejandro Arango, Diego Martínez; Diego Crego, Federico Recalde, Bruno Pérez, Nazareno Solís; Diego Rivero and Luis Silba. Coach: Leandro Gracián.

The possible lineup for Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) vs. Deportivo Madryn, for promotion to the Professional League

César Rigamonti; Facundo Nadalin, Diego Mondino, Imanol González, Franco Saavedra; Ignacio Antonio, Nahuel Barboza, Facundo Lencioni, Nicolás Romano; Mario Galeano or Nicolás Servetto and Nicolás Ferreyra. Coach: Ariel Broggi.

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