The right-handed side of Barcelona SC broke the hegemony of the Brazilian teams, who stayed with the rest of the formation.
The right-handed side of Barcelona SC and the Ecuadorian team, Byron Castillo, is included in the “team of the season” in the Copa Libertadores de América 2021, as announced on Thursday by the social channel of the Conmebol tournament.
Castillo, 23, was the only one who broke the hegemony of the Brazilian teams, who stayed with the rest of the formation.
This ideal eleven has a 1-3-4-3 lineup.
The champion, Palmeiras, had five players: Weverton, Gustavo Gómez, Raphael Veiga, Dudú and Rony.
The runner-up, Flamengo, contributed three players: William Arao, Giorgian de Arrascaeta and Gabigol.
In addition, Atlético Mineiro completed with two: Arana and Hulk.
And Barcelona SC, which was eliminated in the semifinals by Flamengo, has its represented Castillo.
For the ideal team for the 2020 edition, the players were selected by Conmebol’s Technical Study Group (GET).
The GET, which was made up of Nery Pumpido, Gerardo Pelusso, Diego Gavilán, Faryd Mondragón, Francisco Maturana, Dorival Silvestre, Daniel Bañales and César Sampaio, closely followed the 155 matches of the competition, after which they concluded with the ideal eleven, Conmebol said on its official page.
At the moment, there is no information on the website of the South American entity regarding the election of the best footballers of the 2021 tournament, which Palmeiras won.
Castillo, who this year won the call with the Tricolor to play the final stretch of the South American qualifying round for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, participated in the twelve games that Barcelona SC played in the 2022 Cup, with which he accumulated 1,080 minutes on the court . (D)
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