Probable line-ups of Barcelona and Montevideo City Torque for the match that opens the Copa Libertadores 2022

After the announcement that Barcelona SC is not going to risk Bruno Piñatares in the line-up for the Copa Libertadores clash with Montevideo City Torque in the Uruguayan capital, the Canaries coach, Fabián Bustos, would entrust the responsibility in the middle of the field to Brazilian Leonai Souza.

Montevideo City Torque and Barcelona SC clash this Tuesday in a duel in the first play-off phase of the most important club competition in the Americas, at the mythical Centenario stadium, starting at 9:30 p.m. local time (7:30 p.m., Ecuadorian time).

“Conmebol was asked for the status of each of the players and it appears that Bruno Piñatares is not suspended. They have given us two reports, we also know the regulations and we are aware of the reprimands that he has had in the different games; but for Conmebol it is enabled and that does not mean that it is going to play, ”Bustos clarified in a virtual press conference on Monday.

The yellow coach assured that his coaching staff and the board “we are going to take all the precautions (of the case)”. “And if there is even the slightest doubt, we are not going to put at risk what the club can achieve in terms of results.”

Apparently, Barcelona will wait until the last moment to have the last word from Conmebol. Failing that, the man to use in that midfield position is the Brazilian Leonai, who also knows Uruguayan football to the fullest.

Side Tito Valencia did not travel with the Guayaquil delegation because of “personal problems,” according to Bustos.

The Barcelona squad prepared for their cup debut with a training session on the pitch of the Fénix club, and at night they visited the Centenario pitch.

The match will be played from 7:30 p.m. (Ecuadorian time) and will be televised by ESPN and Facebook Watch.

Likely lineups:

Montevideo City Torque: Gaston Guruceaga; Joaquín Pereyra, Agustín Peña, Tiago Palacios, José Ignacio Álvarez, Juan Cejas, Álvaro Brun, Nicolás Milesi, Tiago Palacios, Joaquín Zeballos and Sebastián Guerrero. DT: Roman Neck.

Barcelona SC: Javier Burraí; Pedro Velasco, Darío Aimar, Carlos Rodríguez, Leonel Quiñóñez, Michael Carcelén, Leonai Souza or Bruno Piñatares, Nixon Molina, Damián Díaz, Emmanuel Martínez, Gonzalo Mastriani. DT: Fabian Bustos.

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