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New Argentine league format

  • 26-07-2011 3:50pm
    #1
    SteelyDanJalapeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,357 ✭✭✭✭


    Oh what a coincidence!

    River plate now will only spend 1 season in the lower league before the system is changed.
    The Argentinian Football Association are to implement a radical change to the country's domestic competition with the top two divisions combining to make a 38-team tournament from 2012-13.

    The motion, put forward by AFA president Julio Humberto Grondona, has been passed by 15 of the 20 top-flight teams.

    The new competition will see the teams split into two zones of 19. Traditional rivals like River Plate and Boca Juniors will be kept apart but would then face each other in 'inter-zone' matches.

    The top five teams in each zone will advance to the Championship Stage, to define the league winners, while the other 28 will play to avoid relegation.

    It means River, who suffered relegation for the first time in their illustrious history in the recently-completed Clausura season, will spend just one season in the second tier before the new format comes into play.

    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/937489/argentinian-league-to-change-ahead-of-2012-13?cc=5739


Comments

  • #2
    G.K.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,704 ✭✭✭G.K.


    I was expecting it to be sometihng about helping River from the moment I read the thread name.


  • #3
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Do I understand this right - there will be no Boca/River derbies unless both finish in the top 5 of their groups? (obviously glossing over the fact there will be none at all while River are down in D2)


  • #4
    SteelyDanJalapeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,357 ✭✭✭✭SteelyDanJalapeno


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Do I understand this right - there will be no Boca/River derbies unless both finish in the top 5 of their groups? (obviously glossing over the fact there will be none at all while River are down in D2)

    As far as i can see that is correct, not sure how the national cups may work


  • #5
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Do I understand this right - there will be no Boca/River derbies unless both finish in the top 5 of their groups? (obviously glossing over the fact there will be none at all while River are down in D2)

    This bit seems to suggest they will have matches to suit themselves so they can have the derbies " but would then face each other in 'inter-zone' matches"

    It's pretty ridiculous carry on altogether. As soon as something doesnt suit , just change it so it fits better to what you want. :rolleyes:


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