Today, Tigre will host São Paulo, from Brazil, for Group D of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana, in a crossroads surrounded by a tense atmosphere due to the history of violence implemented by both clubs in the final of the 2012 edition of the tournament , when the Argentine team was attacked in the locker room and withdrew from the match in Brazil.
The match will be played from 21:00 at the José Dellagiovanna stadium, in the city of Victoria in Buenos Aires, will be broadcast by DirecTV and will have the arbitration of the Uruguayan Esteban Ostojich, while the VAR will deal with the Chilean Angelo Ermosilla.
The match is valid for Group D, in which the other two components, Puerto Cabello (Venezuela) and Deportes Tolima (Colombia) will face each other at the same time.
In the other matches, always at 21:00, Magallanes (Chile) – Botafogo (Brazil), for group A, and Tacuary (Paraguay) – Bragantino (Brazil), for group C will play.
What happened on December 12, 2012 at the São Paulo Morumbí stadium when Tigre didn’t come out to play in the second half and San Pablo were champions cannot be overlooked before this Tigre-San Pablo.
Players from the Argentine side, led by Néstor “Pipo” Gorosito, were attacked in the dressing room at half-time when they were losing 2-0, in their second final after drawing the first leg 0-0 at the Boca stadium.
Given these acts of violence against the players, the Tiger did not come out to play the second half. The Conmebol representatives went to see the Tigre players, who ratified their position not to play, and the match with the San Pablo champion was over.
Probable formations
Tiger: Gonzalo Marinelli; Lucas Blondel, Emanuel Aguilera, Abel Luciatti and Lautaro Montoya or Sebastián Prieto: Lucas Menossi, Sebastián Prediger and Alexis Castro; Aaron Molinas; Mateo Retegui and Facundo Colidio. DT: Diego Martinez.
St. Paul: Raphael; Beraldo, Arboleda and Alan Franco; Nathan or Rafinha), Pablo Maia or Luan, Rodrigo Nestor, Welington Rato and Caio Paulista; David and Luciano. DT: Rogerio Ceni.
Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
Court: Tiger.
Start time: 9pm:
TV;: DirecTV
Source: Clarin
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