Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata receives Independiente Santa Fe from Colombia with the obligation to obtain a victory to continue with the chances of qualifying for the next stage of the Copa Sudamericana football.
The match, valid for the fourth round of Group G, will be played from 19:00 at the Juan Carmelo Zerillo stadium, for Gymnastics, and is refereed by the Uruguayan Andrés Matonte and broadcast by ESPN.
“Lobo” are in the last place of their ununited zone, after three straight defeats, the most recent 2-0 against the Brazilian Goiás in La Plata.
The team led by Sebastián “Chirola” Romero must win to maintain their chances of qualifying for the next stage and must also wait for the leader, Universitario de Perú (7), to beat Goiás (5) to be able to fight for second qualifying ticket to the round of 16.
Independiente Santa Fe, for its part, is in third position with 4 points.
= Probable formations =
Gymnastics and Fencing La Plata: Thomas Durso; Guillermo Enrique, Leonardo Morales, Felipe Sánchez and Matías Melluso; Nicolás Sánchez and Agustín Bolívar; Franco Soldano, Alan Lescano and Nicolás Colazo; Ivo Mamini. DT: Sebastian Romero.
Independent Santa Fe: Juan Espitia; Fabián Viáfara, José Manuel Ajá, Marlon Torres and Fabio Delgado; Jonathan Barboza, Iván Rojas, Fabián Sambueza and Hugo Rodallega, José Enamorado and Wilson Morelo. DT: Gerardo Bedoya.
Referee: Andres Matonte.
Stadium: Juan Carmelo Zerillo.
Now: 19.00.
TV: ESPN.
Source: Clarin
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