River and Vélez open the round of 16 in Liniers. Photo Juano Tesone – FTP CLARIN JUA_0779.jpg Z JTesone
River visits Vélez tonight at the José Amalfitani stadium, in the first leg of the first knockout round of the Copa Libertadores. The match, which will be played starting at 21:30 and will be refereed by the Brazilian Raphael Claus and the presence of Rodrigo Dalonso in the VAR, will be broadcast through the Fox Sports signal.
The Millionaire comes from the completion of a near-perfect group stage, in which he scored 16 of the 18 points in play, and advanced as a leader. In Lega Professionisti his start was not the best, but he has started to recover in the last two dates, and tonight he will try to win at the Amalfi to start defining a series that will close next Wednesday at the Monumental.
On the other hand, Fortín entered the round of 16 finishing as an escort for the Estudiantes de La Plata with 8 points, 12 goals converted and 11 received. In the local league, Vélez does not live the best of those present, but by the hand of an Alexander Medina who came to replace Julio Vaccari on an interim basis, will try to shock River to return to the quarter-finals after ten years.
possible formations
River Plate: Franco Armani; Emanuel Mammana, Paulo Diaz, David Martínez and Milton Casco or Elías Gómez; Enzo Fernández, Enzo Pérez, Nicolás De la Cruz or Esequiel Barco and José Paradela; Julian Alvarez and Braian Romero. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
Velez Sarsfield: Lucas Hoyos or Leonardo Burián; Tomás Guidara or Leonardo Jara, Matías De los Santos, Valentín Gómez and Francisco Ortega; Nicolás Garayalde or Santiago Cáseres and Máximo Perrone; Luca Orellano, Joel Sonora or Walter Bou, Lucas Janson; and Luca Pratt. DT: Alexander Medina.
Timetable: 21.30
Stadium: José Amalfitani
Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)
TV: Fox Sport.
Source: Clarin
