Velez plays in Maracana with nothing to lose. EFE / Juan Ignacio Roncoroni
Velez Sarsfield needs a “football miracle” to go to the final Libertadores Cup 2022when I visit the flamingo with the ballast of having lost 4 to 0 in Liniers in the first leg of one of the semifinals of the top continental tournament.
The match will be played starting at 9:30 pm at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, with the Chilean referee Piero Maza and broadcast on television by Fox Sports.
The winner of this key will play the Libertadores final against Atletico Paranaense from Brazil, who knocked out Palmeiras, the current two-time champion, equaling them 2-2 last night in Sao Paulo, after winning 1-0 at home.
Flamengo can afford to go to the final even by losing by three goals, while Vélez, led by Uruguayan Alexander “Cacique” Medina, only has to win by four goals to force the definition with the penalty shots. , or five to qualify.
The images left by Rio de Janeiro’s victory in Liniers still last and the 4-0 was not just a matter of effectiveness or a bad night for Vélez, the difference made by the Brazilians was categorical in terms of results and football skills, in a sometimes abysmal inequality.
The “Fla” offers a vertical game with fast players, without fixed positions and with a lot of scoring power, especially because it has “Gabigol” Barbosa, the Uruguayan Giorgian de Arrascaeta and Pedro, who scored three of the four goals in Fodere.
Although Vélez has a team with important figures such as Lucas Pratto, Lucas Janson, Walter Bou and quality young people such as Luca Orellano or Nicolás Garayalde – with whom he left River Plate on the street -, the Brazilian hierarchy is superior.
probable formations
Flamingo: Santos, Rodinei, Fabrício Bruno, Pablo and Filipe Luís; João Gomes, Arturo Vidal and Everton Ribeiro; Giorgian de Arrascaeta; Everton Cebolinha and Pedro. DT: Dorival Junior.
Velez Sarsfield: Lucas Hoyos; Leonardo Jara, Matías de los Santos, Miguel Brizuela and Francisco Ortega; Agustín Mulet and Nicolás Garayalde; Luca Orellano, Walter Bou and Lucas Janson; Lucas Pratto DT: Alexander Medina.
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile).
Var: Juan Lara (Chile)
Field: Maracana, of Rio de Janeiro
Starting time: 9.30pm.
TV: Fox Sport.
Source: Clarin
