Copa Argentina Quarter-finals

At the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Córdoba, the seventh team that will play in the quarter-finals of this edition of the Copa Argentina was defined: Independiente eliminated Godoy Cruz and now awaits the date, venue and time to face Vélez Sársfield in the next round. In this way, the only tie that remains to be played is the one that will feature Boca Juniors and Talleres de Córdoba .

With this victory, Rojo has already matched its best version in this competition: it reached the quarter-finals in 2019 (it was eliminated by Lanús) and in 2022 (away against Talleres de Córdoba). In addition, it maintained its winning streak at the Kempes stadium , where it had already qualified against Alianza de Coronel Moldes (2015), Central Norte de Salta (2022) and Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero (2023), with the particularity that it always did so through penalties.

Copa Argentina Quarter-finals.

Julio Vaccari, who led Defensa y Justicia to the final of this National Cup last year, in which the Halcón de Florencio Varela fell to Estudiantes de La Plata, is still on the road to his personal revenge. In his squad he has two men who knew how to lift the trophy, such as Iván Marcone (Arsenal 2013) and Julio Buffarini (Boca 2020).

In the run-up to the official competition, prior to the break for the double date of the South American Qualifiers, Godoy Cruz will host Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero in Mendoza on Monday, September 2 (the match will start at 7 p.m. and will close Matchday 13 of the Professional League). For its part, Independiente will play at home in the classic against River Plate, next Sunday, September 1 (starting at 5 p.m.) at the Libertadores de América-Enrique Bochini stadium.

Although the day, venue and time of the match between Boca and Talleres de Córdoba for the round of 16 of the Copa Argentina have not been officially defined, Infobae was able to find out that it will be played on Friday 6/9 or Saturday 7/9 at night, at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza. Due to international call-ups, the T will not have Matías Catalán, Bruno Barticciotto (Chile), Miguel Navarro (Venezuela), Blas Riveros (Paraguay), while Boca will be missing Luis Advíncula (Peru) and Miguel Merentiel (Uruguay).