Estudiantes de La Plata will look today against Tacuary in Asunción del Paraguay to add a win and secure passage to the next stage of the Copa Sudamericana, in a match valid for the fourth round of Group C.
The match will be played from 19:00 at the Defensores del Chaco stadium, in Asunción, Paraguay, will be refereed by Colombian José Argote Vega and broadcast by ESPN signal.
The Paraguayan team comes from the 3-1 victory against Oriente Petrolero in the last round of the South American Cup, even if in their country’s championship they are last in the Apertura tournament, in which they lost 3-1 at home against Guaraní in their own last presentation.
Estudiantes de La Plata, on the other hand, drew 0-0 with the Brazilian Bragantino and is the leader of the group together with the Brazilians with 7 points and a victory in Paraguay will qualify them for the next phase of the continental cup.
Eduardo Domínguez’s “Pincha” comes from a 1-0 win against Banfield in the professional league, where he sits in fourth place.
As for the story, both teams last met on April 18, in the group stage of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana tournament, and Estudiantes won 4-0.
= Probable formations=
Tacuario: Carlos Servin; Marcelo Fernández, Luis Martínez González, Nery Bareiro and Alexis Fernández; Jorge González, Víctor Hugo Ayala, Ronald Domínguez and Oscar Ruiz; Elias Aranda and Hugo Valdez. DT: Ivan Almeida
Students: Mariano Andújar; Leonardo Godoy, Santiago Núñez, Luciano Lollo, Zaid Romero and Gastón Benedetti; Santiago Ascacíbar or Fernando Zuqui, Jorge Rodríguez and José Sosa; Benjamin Rollheiser or Guido Carrillo and Mauro Boselli. DT: Eduardo Dominguez.
Referee. José Argote Vega (Colombia)
Tribunal: Defenders of Chaco (Asunción del Paraguay)
Start time: 7pm.
TV: ESPN.
SOUTH AMERICAN CUP TACUARI STUDENTS
Source: Clarin
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