Barcelona SC and Cerro Porteño, who already have no possibility of continuing in the Copa Libertadores-2023, will come out this Thursday to contest the ticket to play round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana, at the end of group C.

The match will take place at 19:00 local at the Banco Pichincha stadium in Guayaquil, with the referee of the Argentinian Daría Herrera, and the VAR will also be the Argentinian Silvio Trucco.

With three points and a minus 5 goal difference, the Yellows are in third place, with the same points, but with a minus 9 goal difference, Paraguay is fourth, since Bolívar and Palmeiras share the first place with 12 points each.

So, even with a draw, the Ecuadorian representative would join playwhere he would face one of the runners-up in the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana.

Barcelona SC debuted at the Libertadores-2023 with a 2-1 defeat against Cerro in Paraguay, and the only victory was 2-1 over Bolívar, in Guayaquil.

Up to seven players were injured in the Canarian side, managed at the time by Argentinian Fabián Bustos, and their performance slumped to mark one of their worst continental campaigns.

The poor results in the Libertadores, which contributed to the drop suffered by the team in the Pro Serie A league where they were left with no option to win in the first stage, after losing the Clásico del Astillero to Emelec (1-3), caused the exit of de Bustos and Segundo Castillo remained in their position, on a temporary basis.

In the meantime, Cyclone Barrio Obreroas they also say about Cerro Porteño, he developed the same campaign as his current rival, as he won a game against Barcelona SC and lost four, so against the Ecuadorian team it will be win or win to go to play.

The main drawback of Ciclón de Barrio Obrero is the absence of goals, since in five games they have scored three, two against Barcelona (Claudio Aquino and Diego Churín) and one against Damián Bobadilla against Palmeiras, in Brazil.

The team led by Argentine coach Facundo Sava is in second place in the Apertura tournament standings of the Paraguayan league with 31 points, compared to the 41 of leader Libertad.

Barcelona SC line-up for the crucial match against Cerro Porteño:

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