racing club will receive today at Aucas from Ecuador looking for a win that will leave him alone at the top of Group A of the Libertadores Cup from america.
The match, valid for the second day, will be played from 19:00 at the Presidente Perón stadium, in Avellaneda, will be refereed by the Uruguayan Christian Ferreyra and will be broadcast by the Fox Sports cable signal.
The “Academy” has three units after the 2-0 victory against Ñublense from Chile in the debut of the top continental tournament played last Wednesday as a visitor at the Municipal Mayoresa Ester Roa Rebolledo stadium.
While at local level he comes from a 1-1 draw against Independiente in the Avellaneda classic, trailing two previous defeats (3-1 against Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata and 1-0 against Newell’s Old Boys) and is in the ninth place position with 18 points, 12 behind leader River Plate (30).
In the event that those of Avellaneda get a victory against the Ecuadorians, they will remain absolute leaders of their area with an ideal score pending the commitment for the third round against Flamengo of Brazil in the Cilindro de Avellaneda.
Aucas, meanwhile, also has three units in its group following a 2-1 win against holders Flamengo of Brazil, while in the domestic tournament they are third on 11 points, two behind leaders Independiente de Valley.
The group kicked off last night with the victory of “Fla” over Ñublense 2-0 in Rio de Janeiro.
– Probable formations –
Racing club: Gabriel Arias; Facundo Mura, Leonardo Sigali, Gonzalo Piovi and Gabriel Rojas; Maximiliano Moralez, Juan Nardoni and Jonathan Gomez; Nicolás Oroz or Nicolás Reniero, Paolo Guerrero and Gabriel Hauche. DT: Fernando Gago.
Aucas: Hernan Galindez; Luis Cangá, Darío Aimar and Aubrey David; Pedro Perlaza, Edison Vega, Edison Caicedo, Jhonny Quiñónez, Carlos Cuero; Romulo Otero and Eric Castillo. DT: Cesar Farías.
Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay).
Stadium: Presidente Peron (Avellaneda).
Start time: 7pm.
TV: Fox Sports.
Source: Clarin
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