The river came from drawing home to the Most Monumental against Atlético Tucumán. Photo: JAVIER GONZALEZ TOLEDO / AFP.
Colo Colo and River Plate will battle tonight for first place in Group F of the Copa Libertadores and the possibility of missing the pass in the round of 16 is almost closed by linking three wins, although to achieve the goal it came the Chileans and Argentines with different facts.
Cacique arrived at the international event after taking a last -minute score last Sunday against the Chilean League’s biggest rival, Universidad Católica.
Colo Colo tied in extra time, and could still win in extra time, after a poor first half where the Cruzados overtook him.
The Albos didn’t have one of their stars in that game, the Argentine striker Juan Martín Lucero, who according to his coach, Gustavo Quinteros, said today, could return to the match against the Copa Libertadores.
“Two days ago he trained normally, he’s okay,” said the coach, more pessimistic about the possibility of recovering defender Emiliano Amor, who missed Sunday’s game in San Carlos de Apoquindo.
“We’ll wait until the last moment, if we see he’s gone, we won’t risk him, if he feels good he’ll play, and Gabriel Costa will come back, which is always important to us,” he said. giit.
Quinteros reiterated that the match against River will demand the highest demand, but his players are convinced because the prize is great: in view of the results of the previous two days, a victory leaves the classification almost confirmed.
Marcelo Gallardo’s staff arrived in Santiago de Chile with the same intention, recovering two important men injured for this event: Ezequiel Barco and Enzo Pérez.
The Millionaire arrived in Santiago de Chile with a desire to reverse the negative trend in the Argentine League in the last two dates: a week ago a 1-0 defeat against Talleres de Córdoba and on Sunday a 1-1 home draw with Atlético Tucumán .
For the Libertadores, Wednesday’s possible defeat is also not a tragedy, but it could raise doubts about the Millionaire team, as always, one of the favorites in this edition of the Libertadores.
possible formations
Colo Colo: Brayan Cortes; Óscar Opazo, Maximiliano Falcón, Emiliano Amor, Gabriel Suazo; Cesar Fuentes, Esteban Pavez; Leonard Gil; Pablo Solari, Juan Martin Lucero and Gabriel Costa. DT: Gustavo Quinteros.
River Plate: Franco Armani; Marcelo Herrera, Paulo Diaz, Hector Martinez, Milton Casco; Enzo Pérez or Bruno Zuculini, Enzo Fernández; Santiago Simón, Nicolás De La Cruz or Esequiel Barco; Matias Suarez and Julian Alvarez. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
With information from EFE
Source: Clarin
