With a team already condemned to collapse, there are still a number of places to fill on the final day of the Second Division championship.
Despite the strenuous efforts that AFA leaders make year after year to destroy their competitive position, the Primera Nacional strives to remain an ever-vibrant championship until the last moment. And in 2023, where it was played with an unusual format of two independent zones, this will be no exception.
The Second Division of Argentine football not only reaches the last day without having defined any of the finalists for the first promotion or those classified for the Reduced for the second, but has also not resolved either of the two direct relegations, nor the teams that will play the promotion.
How relegations are defined in Primera Nacional and how many teams descend to Metropolitan B and Federal A
As set out in the regulations for the 2023 season, the PN will have three relegations per general table: two will be for the teams finishing last in each of the zones and the others will be defined through a double match promotion between the last two seconds.
When defining the teams that are relegated, it is not taken into account whether they are teams that are directly or indirectly affiliated with the AFA. So there will be no restrictions on the number of relegations to Metropolitan B or Federal A: they can all be AMBA clubs. departures, or three from Home Affairs, if this is defined by the tables.
Which teams will be relegated in the First National 2023
In the absence of a date, only one of the descents is defined: Villa Dalmine He finished last in Zone B and will play again after nine years in Metropolitan B. In that group it has yet to be decided which team will play against Promotion: Tristan Suarezwith 31 points and -19 goal difference, depends on a miracle to overcome the goal line Aldosivi, which adds 34 and has -11. El Lechero visits Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, which has no chance of going up or down, and Tiburón plays in Caballito against Ferro, who is already classified in the Reduced but must determine his final position in the table.
In zone A the direct descent is in between Flandria and San Telmowho are only one point apart and face two rivals who play for qualification for the Reduced: Canario, which has 33 points and -23 goal difference, hosts San Martín de San Juan and Candombero, with 34 and -13, visiting at Idiot.
As for the Promotion, the only one that is stored for now and has a chance of dropping is Almagrowhich has three points more than Telmo, -9 difference and visits Güemes in Santiago del Estero.
Source: Goal