A Quick Look At Our Friends In The B

With draws against San Martín (SJ) at home, Belgrano (Cba) away, and a home loss to San Martín(Tuc), Rosario Central are looking a long way from returning to the Primera División. In fact, after four weeks (they were supposed to open on the road against Almirante Brown, anyone know what happened to that match, let me know...) they're in last place in the relegation standing in the National B.

Sure, it's a bit early to declare their decent to the Torneo Argentino A (teams from Buenos Aires would go to the Primera Division B, all others to the Torneo A... see the chart below,) but it's still worth a bit of a laugh for us Lepra.

Adding to that is Central's coach Reinaldo Merlo stating that the team hasn't settled yet, that the current squad still not use to playing with each other. Sounds a lot like an excuse for his team's poor play to me.

I already miss not having a Clasico Rosarino to play, so my next thought was, well, what about Tiro Federal? Well, so far they've tied Chacarita at home, lost to Independiente Rivadavia(Mza) on the road, then lost to current leaders Boca Unidos (C) at home, followed by a draw on the road with Instituto (Cba). Along with their previous seasons in the B their average points put them in the relegation play-off zone.

Yes, it's still too early to say for sure, but it doesn't look like Newell's Old Boys with be playing a true Clasico for some time. Well, unless we count Colón de Santa Fe. We could call it the Clasico Santa Fe, but it still just doesn't have the same feel to it.

In the mean time, I'll try to keep track of the two teams from Rosario in the B, and post updates now and then.