Blooming and Oriente Petrolero will star this Sunday one of the most anticipated duels by football fans.
The Santa Cruz classic will be played from 7:30 p.m. at the Tahuichi Aguilera stadium and corresponds to the date 13 of the Professional Division Opening tournament.
the cross Juan Nelio García will be the referee.
The two most popular clubs in Santa Cruz will face this commitment with the aim of getting closer to qualifying for the next round, to which the first four located in groups A and B will access.
The Celestes occupy second place in Series B with 21 points after 12 games, while the refiners are fourth with 18 units in series A.
It is expected that for this meeting, Rodrigo Venegas, DT of Blooming, take into account the Argentine defender Nahuel Irribarren and the Brazilian midfielder Rafinha who did not play on the last date because they did not recover from their injuries.
Midfielder Junior Sánchez will also be able to play, who is enabled after serving a suspension date for his expulsion on date 11.
In Oriente Petrolero, Erwin Sánchez has his entire squad at his disposal, including defender Sebastián Álvarez, who recovered from a muscular contracture that took him away from the first team.
statistics
According to sports journalist Alejandro Watara, who keeps statistics for Bolivian professional soccer, This Sunday the 194th Cruceño classic will be played.
Of 193 clashes, Oriente Petrolero won 76, Blooming, 58 and tied in 59 opportunities.
The last time they met was on March 12, for the first date of Opening. Blooming won 2-1. Fernando Arismendi and Jefferson Tavares scored for the Celestes and Hugo Dorrego scored for the Albiverdes.
classics in the interior
In the Hernando Siles stadium in La Paz they will face Bolivar and The Strongest. The leaders of group A and Brespectively, will play from 3:00 p.m. with arbitration by Gery Vargas from Oruro.
at the same time, but at the Villa Ingenio stadium in El Alto, Always Ready will host Real Santa Cruz. Hostin Prado will be the referee. The millionaires from El Alto are penultimate with 13 points in group B and the albos are also in the same position in group A with 12 units. With four dates to the end of the Apertura, he maintains a chance of qualifying.
At the Félix Capriles stadium in Cochabamba, Wilstermann and Aurora will play a new edition of the Cochabamba classic. The meeting is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. and the referee will be Jordy Alemán from Tarija. The aviators are in sixth place in group B with 13 points and the ‘people’s team’ is fifth with 16 units in group A. Both have chances of advancing to the next round.