If the season were to end this Sunday, one of three relegations would happen in an unusual way that has never happened before in Argentine football. True, there are 66 points yet to be played (24 from this tournament and 42 from the League Cup), and everything could change, but it’s still a huge curiosity.
This season – as well as the next one – is Two tables to define category loss, one of average dynasty, which will go down the last two, and that Tournament, which would add another floor. First, averages are taken into account and for now Arsenal and Instituto de Córdoba are going down. And since Arsenal are also last in the overall table, the second team to be relegated is second from last. And There are six teams with 18 points, Velez, Independiente, Atlético Tucumán, Huracan, Banfield and Union, Do you want to play a hex? Yes, a hex.
For both title and relegation, there is no goal difference. On equal points, tiebreaker. Thus, there were finals and triangular matches for the title, and head-to-head definitions to retain the title, but never a mini-tournament between six teams. Therefore, To determine the final descent, a hexagonal of all against all would be played with a wheel.: Five dates, three games per date, 72 hours apart. When? The League Cup final date has been set for 26 November, so a potential tiebreaker will be played in December.
with history, There were two tournaments with four or more teams by definition of relegation., The first was in the 1976 Metropolitan Tournament, which had a relegation round in which 10 teams participated and only one landed: San Telmo. That year 22 teams participated divided into two zones of eleven. The first six from each group qualified for the title zone, which was eventually won by Boca. Last five, he played to maintain the category. Candombero, in his only participation in the first division in the professional era, added only 6 points, and was relegated. This was the year racing was saved by just one point,
The second definition remembered is the metropolis of 1979, which was also played in two fields. But since three teams started relegating and two started rising, there were 20 clubs in the First Division that year, divided into two zones of 10 teams each. The final two years of each region’s three relegated home runs would play out to be defining., That is, only one was saved. Gimnastics, Atalanta, Chacarita and Platense played six dates with round-trip matches. The squid came first and survived. Later, the famous song was born, which has been the hallmark of the team for almost two decades: “Everyone calls us the ghosts of relegation, but the first class doesn’t leave Platense / Every year a new top scorer comes out, and we have to send him to relegation,
In 1924 relegation was decided via tiebreaker for the first time in the tournament of the Amateur Football Association., Last in the tournament was Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, who were relegated. The last place was tied with 12 points each by Argentina del Sud, Quilmes and Ferro. They played a triangle with matches and rematches. Argentino del Sur added 6 points, Ferro 4 and Quilmes 2. Brewer was to be relegated but in the end the league council retained the category.
Afterwards, it was always hand in hand. In 1927, Defensores de Belgrano won both games against Tigre 1–0, in 1933 Chicago and Sportivo Buenos Aires played three games, necessitating a fourth game that had not been played since 1934, both in the First Division Continued In 1949, Huracan and Lanus played a total of 4 matches., After winning the first Globo 1–0 and Garnet 4–1 in the second, a third was played, which was 3–3 when Huracán players left the field in disagreement with the referee’s decision. The penalty court decided that the fourth game should be played. The Globe won 3–2 and among those who withdrew were Garnett’s, who were also protesting the arbitration decisions. The decision of the penal unit, then, was to condemn Lanus for playing in B.
In 1950, Huracan was once again the protagonist, but now against Tigre: they won 3–1 and 5–1. In 1977, a third version was made by Lanús and Platense. They drew 0–0 at Gasometro, went to penalties, and Calamar won 8–7. In 1982, the last place was shared by Quilmes and Union, who won the only playoff game 1–0.
Already with an average table, after the 1986/87 season, Platense beat Temperley 2–0, and the following season, Racing de Córdoba were relegated, after a 1–1 draw in the 90’s with Union on penalties. beat 5-4. And in the 89/90 season, Chaco For Ever defeated Racing de Córdoba 5–0. Very close to the time, Gimnasia beat Huracán 2–0 after the 2013/11 season and Rafaela 1–0 Cologne in 2013/14.
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