The last 90 minutes South American Cup will announce the new champion this Saturday in the city of Punta del Este an ending that will bring face to face Ecuadorian Quito League and Brazilian Fortaleza.
It will be the turn of Yago Pikachu, Alexander Domínguez, Juan Marín Lucero, Paolo Guerrero and many others. Everyone will jump onto the field Stadium Domingo Burgueño Miguel of the main Uruguayan summer resort with only one idea: to take home the title.
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More than 10,000 followers who are already walking around the area accompanied by the flags and shirts of their teams They will be there to cheer them on in a very special game for the Ecuadorians and the Brazilians.
Winner of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana. The Liga de Quito will try to keep the trophy it lifted again led by coach Jorge Fossati and Claudio Bieler and Edison Méndez as characters.
Also he will seek to add a fifth star to his shield after also winning the Copa Libertadores and two editions of the Recopa Sudamericana.
UNITED team🖇️ 🤍#VamosLIGA ⚪🔴#VaPorTiEcuador 🇪🇨 #ZaSvojeLjude❤️🔥
🧠➡️ #South American pic.twitter.com/0vN7hoQXEF— LDU official (@LDU_Official) October 27, 2023
On the other side, Fortaleza will be looking for their first international title in the first final of this kind that he will play and to which he agreed after leaving the Paraguayan Libertad and the Brazilian América Mineiro and Corinthians on the way.
Encouraged by the goals of the Argentine Lucero, The eleven led by Juan Pablo Vojvoda will look for possession of the ball in Punta del Este to hurt a rival who has one of the best center backs in the competition in Facundo Rodríguez.
The shooter will lead the Brazilian attack, and he will be assisted from behind by Yago Pikachu, Argentine Tomás Pochettino and Guilherme. Meanwhile, Joao Ricardo, Tinga, Emanuel Brítez, Bruno Pacheco and Welison and Caio are likely to complete Fortaleza’s eleven.
For his part, with the experience of playing and winning in the Sudamericana final, a World Cup player Alexander Domínguez will lead the league Quito from the goal which will have the historic Paolo Guerrero in the attack.
😍 For #Final conquest!
🇧🇷🏆🇪🇨 @FortalezaEC and @LDU_officially They will play the CONMEBOL final #South American 2⃣0⃣2⃣3⃣.
🔜🇺🇾 They will face off on 10/28 in Punta del Este in search of #GreatConquest. pic.twitter.com/K1m0nAPZN2
— CONMEBOL Sudamericana (@Sudamericana) October 4, 2023
At the age of 39, the Peruvian striker joined the Ecuadorian team and quickly became the figure of the tournament, scoring three goals in the six games he played.
A two-time winner of the German Bundesliga and a Club World Cup champion in which he was a figurehead after scoring the goal that gave his side the title, Guerrero will be looking to lift another trophy.
They will do so with a team that has left Chile’s Ñublense, Brazil’s Sao Paulo and Argentina’s Defensa y Justicia behind.
And now it will be Fortaleza that they will try to beat regain the title from those led by Luis Zubeldía.
Works completed for the final decision! 🦁 ✅
📸 Mateus Lotif/FEC#SnagaEC #ODestinoJeChamando#South American pic.twitter.com/17AVK7fLLj
— Fortaleza Esporte Clube 🦁 (@FortalezaEC) October 27, 2023
Already installed in Punta del Este, The Ecuadorians and Brazilians agree on the details of going on the field and leave everything in the last 90 minutes of the South American Cup, which will welcome its new champion this Saturday.
Probable lineups:
Force:
João Ricardo; Tinga, Emanuel Brítez, Titi, Bruno Pacheco; Ze Welison, Caio Alexandre; Yago Pikachu Tomás Pochettino, Guilherme, Juan Martín Lucero. DT: Juan Pablo Vojvoda.
Liga Quito:
Alexander Dominguez; José Alfredo Quintero, Ricardo Adé, Facundo Rodríguez, Leonel Quiñónez; Mauricio Martínez, Lucas Piovi; Renato Ibarra, Sebastián González, Jhojan Julio, Paolo Guerrero. DT: Luis Zubeldía.
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela), assisted by Jorge Urrego and Tulio Moreno.
VAR referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)
A watch: 15:00 from Ecuador.
Stadium: Stadium Domingo Burgueño Miguel. (D)
Source: Eluniverso

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