O Fortaleza debut in the Pre-Libertadores this Thursday. Leão do Pici will face Deportivo Maldonado at 21:00 (Brasília time), in Uruguay, in a match valid for the second preliminary phase.
Fortaleza tries to repeat the good campaign in the last edition of the competition. At the time, the team reached the round of 16 of the Libertadores.
The club maintained the base of the cast, with the permanence of coach Juan Pablo Vojvoda. The first goal is to reach the group stage.
On the other hand, Deportivo Maldonado will try to surprise the Brazilians. The Uruguayans try to assert the home advantage in this first duel.
Still this Thursday, two more games complete the second phase of the Pre-Libertadores. In Chile, Deportes Magallanes receives the Bolivian Always Ready.
At the altitude of Quito, Universidad de Quito will face Millonarios, from Colombia.
Source: Gazetaesportiva

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