Central Cordoba vs Estudiantes
With a dramatic 91st-minute goal from José Florentín, CA Central Córdoba earned a 2–1 home win over San Lorenzo in an intense and controversial match marked by several key refereeing decisions that went their way. El Ferroviario continue their strong campaign in the Torneo Clausura: they are now seven league matches unbeaten (three wins and four draws). They are also four games without defeat at the Estadio Madre de Ciudades, with two wins and two draws. Leonardo Heredia returns after missing the last match due to the birth of his child.
Estudiantes produced one of the biggest surprises of the Argentine season last Sunday. After sneaking into the playoffs thanks to other results, El Pincha earned a 1–0 away win over Rosario Central —the team with the most league points in 2025— with a first-half goal from Edwin Cetré. Eduardo Domínguez’s side also snapped a run of three straight defeats in this competition. Prior to that win, they also had gone five league matches without an away win, drawing two and losing three. Santiago Núñez picked up an injury and will be unavailable. Mikel Amondarain is suspended after being sent off and joins Guido Carrillo, who still has two more matches to serve. Santiago Ascacíbar has served his suspension for accumulated yellow cards and is available.
Central Cordoba needed help from some bad referee decisions to make it past San Lorenzo last week and now they will face a confident Estudiantes that eliminated the best team of the season at their own stadium, so I’m going to trust the visitors to advance to the semifinals.