While El Nacional got a foot and a half into the second phase of the Libertadores Cup by achieving a rout of scandal visit in Boliviathe other two first phase keys have the Uruguayan Boston River and the Paraguayan Nacional with the best chances of advancing at the tournament.
Nacional thrashed Nacional de Potosí 6-1 in La Paz and only a catastrophe will prevent them from advancing to the second round on Wednesday, when they receive the rookie Bolivian eleven at the Atahualpa Olympic Stadium in Quito.
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The Ecuadorians achieved in the first leg one of the biggest away goals in the history of the tournament, second only to him 7-1 that the U of Chile applied to Rangers Chilean in the group stage of 1970 and the 6-0 that Marcelo Gallardo’s River Plate did to Binacional Peruvian in the 2020 group stage.
El Nacional will have to lose by six goals to be left out of the continental tournament, a chimera as seen last week at the Hernando Siles stadium, where he flourished against an opponent who never gave the stature and now looks at Independiente Medellín, who awaits him in the second round.
He boston riveranother rookie in the Copa Libertadores, had a better debut than the Bolivians, beating Venezuelan Zamora 3-1 in Montevideo.
The Sastre charrúa will have to defend the advantage of two goals on Thursday, when visiting the Venezuelan eleven in Barinas. The winner of this series will play in the second round against Huracán de Buenos Aires.
On Tuesday, at the beginning of the round of rematches, the National of Paraguay will receive in Asunción the Peruvian Sport Huancayowho in the first leg achieved a 2-1 victory with a goal in discounts.
The Guaraní team, finalist of the Copa Libertadores in 2014, appears as a favorite to continue in the race, but to do so they must beat the Inca team, for which a draw is enough to qualify. The winner of this key will meet in the second phase against Sporting Cristal. (D)
Return matches of the first phase
Tuesday:
In Asunción: Nacional (PAR) – Sport Huancayo (PER) (first leg 1-2)
Wednesday:
In Quito: El Nacional (ECU) – Nacional de Potosí (BOL) (first leg 6-1)
Thursday:
In Barinas: Zamora (VEN) – Boston River (URU) (one way 1-3)
Source: Eluniverso
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