racing club receives the sample today Libertadores Cup, flamencowith the aim of achieving a victory that leaves them close to qualifying for the next stage, in a match in the third round of Group A.
The match is played from 19:00 at the Presidente Perón de Avellaneda stadium, with the refereeing of the Venezuelan Jesús Valenzuela and the television broadcast takes care of the Fox Sports cable signal.
The “Academy” alone leads its area with an ideal score (6) after victories against Ñublense in Chile (2-0) and Aucas from Ecuador in Avellaneda (3-2), while locally it is in 14th th position with 18 points, 16 behind the leaders River, and comes from the 3-1 defeat against Boca Juniors last Saturday.
In case Racing gets a win against the Brazilian team, they will reach nine points and will be close to getting a ticket to the round of 16 of the continental competition.
Furthermore, the match acquires a singular importance for coach Fernando Gago, questioned by a sector of Racing fans after a run of five games without a win with a draw and four defeats in the local tournament, the last against Boca in The bombonera.
Meanwhile, Flamengo have three points in the zone after a 2-1 defeat against Aucas in their cup debut and a 2-0 defeat against Ñublense in Rio de Janeiro.
In Brasileirao, the team led by Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli is in 13th place with 3 units, at the rate of one win and two defeats, the last one for 3-2 against Botafogo.
The following day (the fourth) Racing will visit Aucas in Ecuador and Flamengo will visit Ñublense in Chile.
= Probable formations =
Racing club: Gabriel Arias; Facundo Mura or Iván Pillud or Oscar Opazo, Leonardo Sigali, Tomás Avilés or Jonathan Galván or Emiliano Insúa and Gabriel Rojas; Juan Nardoni, Aníbal Moreno and Emiliano Saliadarre; Gabriel Hauche, Paolo Guerrero and Matias Rojas. DT: Fernando Gago.
Flamingos: Saints; Fabricio Bruno, David Luiz, Léo Pereira and Marinho; Arturo Vidal, Gerson, Ayrton Lucas and Thiago Maia; Pedro and Gabriele Barbosa. DT: Jorge Sampaoli.
Referee: Jesus Valenciala.
Stadium: Juan Domingo President Peron.
Now: 7:00 pm.
TV: Fox Sport.
Source: Clarin
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