Copa Libertadores 2024: all the steps of the previous phase and how the path towards the final continues

There are 28 teams classified for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2024 and this Tuesday, with the match they will play Puerto Cabello AND Sports defenderthe process will begin to find out who will fill the four still vacant positions.

The Venezuelan team will host the Uruguayan starting at 9.30pm in Argentina in the first leg of one of the keys to phase 1. The other two: Aurora in front of Melgar AND Aucas against Paraguay Nacional, which will open their connections this Wednesday and Thursday at the same time respectively. The return of each of these three matchups will take place next week.

The winners will then take to the field again the following week. From Phase 2, the winner of Puerto Cabello-Defensor Sporting will clash Uruguay national team, While Botafogo wait for the result of Aurora and Melgar e National Athletics wait for Aucas or Nacional de Paraguay.

In that same case there are already confirmed duels and he appears among them Godoy Cruz, who will fight to join River, Estudiantes, San Lorenzo, Rosario Central and Talleres as Argentina’s representatives in the group stage of the continent’s top competition. Tomba they will face with Colo Colo: They will play the first leg in Mendoza on Thursday 22 February and the return match in Chile on Thursday 29 of the same month, both at 9.30pm.

The other crosses are Rionegro Águilas-Bragantino, Always Ready-Sporting Cristal, Sportivo Trinidense-El Nacional and Portuguesa FC-Palestino.

In total, adding them together, there are eight heads-ups that will be played again in a double match and from which eight winners will emerge, who will become four when they face each other again in the phase 3 and these will qualify for the group stage, joining the 28 directly registered. The four losers, meanwhile, will go to South American Cup.

These are Fluminense, Palmeiras, River PlateFlamengo, Gremio, Peñarol, San Pablo and Liga de Quito, who will go to the first pot of the draw, Atlético Mineiro, Independiente del Valle, Libertad, Cerro Porteño, Students of La Plata, Barcelona, ​​​​Bolivar and Junior (band 2), Saint Lawrence, The Strongest, University, Deportivo Táchira, Central rosary, Lima Alliance, Millionaires and Cordoba laboratories (vase 3). Meanwhile, Caracas, Liverpool, Huachipato and Cobresal will go to group 4, to which the four winners of the previous phase will be added.

Brazilwith eight teams (seven places assigned and the reigning champion Fluminense), e Argentina, with six, are the countries with the largest number of representatives. And again the great candidates for the title. Just look back at history to understand this: They have won 48 of the 64 editions since it was first held in 1960.

Furthermore, recent results show that the last 30 champions have been split between these two greats of the continent, with the exception of Atlético Nacional in 2016, Liga de Quito (2008), Once Caldas (2004) and Olimpia ( 2002).

In absence of Boca Juniors, the Argentine who has won the Libertadores several times with six titles under his belt, River and Students, with four each, They are the main contenders to reach the final on November 30. Especially the Millionaire, who has always had access to the knockout stages since 2015 and has lifted the trophy twice since then.

Meanwhile, Brazil will send the Reigning champion of Fluminense and former champions Sao Paulo (3), Palmeiras (3), Gremio (3), Flamengo (3) and Atlético Mineiro (1).

Other former champions who will take to the field are Peñarol (1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987), Uruguay’s Nacional (1971, 1980, 1988), Atlético Nacional (1989, 2016), San Lorenzo (2014), Liga de Quito (2008) and Colo Colo (1991).

The absolute debutants will be the Colombian Ríonegro Águilas, the Paraguayan Sportivo Trinidense and the Venezuelan Academia Puerto Cabello.

The crossings of phase 2 of the Libertadores

• Godoy Cruz vs. Colò Rionegro
• Eagles against Bragantino
• Always ready against sporty Cristal
• Sportivo Trinidense vs. The national team
• Portuguese vs Palestinian FC
• Aucas or National (P) vs. National Athletics
• Puerto Cabello or Defender Sporting vs. National (U)
• Aurora or Melgar vs. Botafogo

Copa Libertadores 2024 programme

This is how the Copa Sudamericano will be played

The six representatives of Argentina, who are Boca, Racing, Defense and Justice, Lanús, Belgrano and Argentinos Juniors, They will qualify directly to the group stage together with the six Brazilians (Athletico Paranaense, Internacional, Fortaleza, Cuiabá, Corinthians and Cruzeiro).

The four teams from each of the eight remaining countries will instead play phase 1, which will consist of two knockout series between compatriots. From there, 16 more qualifiers will emerge. This instance will be played in a single match on the field of the first person drawn.

The crossings, which will take place from 5 to 7 March, will be as follows:

• Bolivia: University of Vinto vs. Nacional de Potosí and Real Tomayapo vs. Jorge Wilstermann.
• kilos: Everton v Unión La Calera and Unión Católica v. Kingdom of Coquimbo.
• Colombia: Sport Tolima vs. Independiente Medellín and Alianza Petrolera vs. California America.
• Ecuador: Deportivo Cuenca vs. Dolphin and University Technician vs. Catholic Union.
• Paraguay: Guarani vs. Sportivo Luqueño and Sportivo Ameliano vs. Olympia.
• Peru: Deportivo Garcilaso vs. Tarma Sports Association and César Vallejo University against. Sportsman Huancayo.
• Uruguay: Vagabonds vs. Danubio and Racing de Montevideo vs. Long Hill.
• Venezuela: Rayo Zuliano vs. La Guaira and Carabobo vs. Metropolitans.

Then, the four teams left to complete the 32 that will compete in the group stage will be the four losers of phase 3 of the Libertadores, which could include Godoy Cruz.

Decidedly, If the Mendoza team beat Colo Colo, continental competition would be assured. or Libertadores (if they win phase 3) or Sudamericano (if they lose).