Argentine soccer's bloody rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate, immersed in football crisis threatening the stability of their coaches and their staff continuity will collide this weekend at the tenth day of an Argentine Clausura tournament that has lost sight of them as candidates for the title.
River ahead in the standings with ten teams and is eight points behind the leader Independiente de Avellaneda, while Boca has lagged toward the bottom three bottom club Atletico Tucuman.
For both, the current competition is only the continuity of weak campaigns last year that they were left out of the Copa Libertadores 2010, the most powerful target country clubs, frustration both team haven't shared since 1992.
The last Libertadores without the participation of Boca and River was played 18 years ago, when the Brazilian champion Sao Paulo won in a penalty shootout to overcome the Newell's Old Boys at the time directed by Marcelo Bielsa, coach of Chile today.
Between 1993 and 2009 the River Plate attended every edition of the international tournament, while Boca won four titles between 2000 and 2007 and during this period only missed the 2006 competition.
The current situation again engage the participation of both in the continental tournament of 2011 and in the case of the River Plate, which takes nearly two years of suffering at the Apertura of the second half of this year's main purpose will escape the area descent would fall to the low average points scored in these seasons.
For this meeting, to be played at La Bombonera , River comes after a victory over Huracan(2-0) gave them a break, but the Boca Juniors was trampled by the modest Tigre who defeated (3 -0) without appeal to a "hat trick" by Carlos Luna.
River which runs Leonardo Astrada has not found a line of play to ensure the ownership of several of his players and has lost including veteran striker Ariel Ortega, separate from the team for their relapse into alcohol addiction.
Neither the Boca, who had to put the team management in the hands of Abel Alves before the youth-coach following the resignation of Alfio Basile, was able to correct the erratic course of last year.
The new coach left in dry dock for poor performance as the historical side to Hugo Ibarra and goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri, the latter now in the Brazilian international.
Shortly substitutes provided these figures and to make matters worse, Juan Roman Riquelme has failed with the responsibility of being the head of Boca creativity, which has injured striker Martin Palermo, who scored six goals in the first days and makes three failed.
Before the start of the Clausura is believed that Boca Juniors, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Racing and Independiente, all out of the Libertadores, could benefit from participation in this competition from six other teams and get revenues for its unique commitment to the local league.
Only Independiente lone leader, has been fulfilled after the first half of the competition, while Velez Sarsfield and Banfield, the latest Argentine champions, remain as candidates for the title while fighting with the potential for the continental trophy.
Boca Juniors and River Plate fight for the honor and prevent many heads rolling sooner than later. But if it does not seem too attractive invitation to the game, charging that the stadium will be packed with fans, as usual.
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