Hurricane visit tonight at Sporty crystal, from Peru, trying to qualify for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores de América. After drawing without a goal last week at the Parque de los Patricios, the Balloon will take on the rematch from 21:00 at the National Stadium in Lima, with refereeing by the Brazilian Raphael Claus and television by Fox Sports, Star + and Pluto TV.
El Globo failed to take the lead at the Tomás Adolfo Ducó stadium last Thursday and will need to get strong in Lima, to become the sixth representative of Argentina in the competition.
The series between the Argentine and Peruvian teams, which will be played in a full stadium, will be defined with penalty kicks in the event that neither team manages to break the tie.
The winner will be one of the 32 participants in the most important tournament in South America, while the loser will play the Copa Sudamericana.
In addition to sporting merit, getting into the Copa Libertadores represents a $3 million prize pool, plus 300,000 of the same coin per match won in the group stage. For its part, the Copa Sudamericana distributes 900,000 dollars for participation and 100,000 for each match won.
Boca Juniors, River Plate, Racing Club, Argentinos Juniors and the Board of Trustees are already waiting the draw for the group stage, which will take place on 27 March at the Conmebol headquarters in Paraguay.
He Balloon has already participated in the Copa Libertadores in 1974 (he achieved his best performance and was a semi-finalist), 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019.
The last day of Phase 3, corresponding to the repechage of the Copa Libertadores 2023, will begin to close from 19:00 in Paraguay with the crossing of the Argentine carriages between Cerro Porteño, by Facundo Sava, and Fortaleza, by Juan Pablo Vojvoda. In Brazil, the Paraguayan team won 1-0.
= Probable formations =
Sporty crystal: Reanto Solis; Jhilmar Lora, Gianfranco Chávez, Ignácio Da Silva and Nilson Loyola; Jesús Pretell, Jesús Castillo and Jostin Alarcón; Yoshimar Yotun, Corozo and Brenner. DT: Tiago Nunes.
Hurricane: Lucas Chaves; Guillermo Soto, Fernando Tobio, Gastón Sauro or Joaquín Novillo and Guillermo Benítez; Gabriel Gudiño or Juan Gauto, Santiago Hezze, Federico Fattori and Jonás Acevedo; Matías Cóccaro and Nicolás Cordero. DT: Diego Dabove.
Start time: twentyone.
stadium: National (Lima, Peru)
TV: Fox Sports, Star+ and Pluto TV.
Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil).
LAUNCH: Rodolfo Toski (Brazil)
Fountain: telam
Source: Clarin
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