Barcelona Sporting Club and the Uruguayan Montevideo City Torque will dispute this Tuesday in Guayaquil the rematch for the initial phase of the Copa Libertadores 2022, in which only the winner will continue in the race in the continental tournament.
Both teams were left in trouble after the 1-1 draw in the first leg in Montevideo a week ago, and in the event of a new equality – the double value of away goals no longer runs – this Tuesday the classification will be decided on penalties .
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- 19:30 Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, New York and New Jersey
- 20:30 Venezuela and Bolivia
- 21:30 Chile, Argentina, Brasilia, Paraguay and Uruguay
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The Ecuadorian cast, with more sports caste than its new rival, is emerging as the favorite to win when playing in its Monumental stadium, although in Montevideo it showed a lack of effectiveness and could not sustain the 1-0 partial victory.
The City Torque, owned by the group that owns Manchester City, will not be a sweet pear for the ‘bullfighter’ cast, semifinalist of the 2021 Libertadores.
The eleven charrúa has the desire to do a good job in his debut in the competition, which he made clear in Montevideo when equalizing before the lack of power on the part of the Canarian team to define the commitment in the first half, in which he attacked with everything .
“If we had been more effective, we could have taken a difference that would have been reassuring and comfortable for the rest,” said Argentine Fabián Bustos, Barcelona strategist, vice champion of the Libertadores in 1990 and 1998.
Barcelona took advantage with a goal from its Uruguayan striker Gonzalo Mastriani (7 minutes) and was tied with a goal from Joaquín Zeballos in the 64th minute.
“When we don’t have that effectiveness, the match is always too short for the rival to equalize,” added Bustos, pointing out that “the chances of making it happen were ours and we need to continue working.”
open series
The Uruguayan Ramón Cuello, helmsman of the ‘citizen’ team, expressed in turn that “the series is still open. I would have liked to have scored a few more goals. The key is open and we go with the illusion of bringing us the classification”.
City Torque, who on Friday lost (2-1) to Fénix for the Opening Tournament of their country, will appear in the port of Guayaquil with the absence of midfielder and captain Álvaro Brun, who has just been signed by the University of Chile.
Bustos said that City Torque “has a very clear way of playing, he runs a lot and has good ball control.”
He estimated that to qualify for the second phase of the Libertadores “we have to improve in all facets of the game.”
Barcelona will also be without attacking midfielder and captain Damián Díaz, sent off in the first leg when the game was dying. (D)
possible alignments
Barcelona SC: Javier Burraí; Pedro Velasco, Dario Aimar, Lucas Sosa, Leonel Quiñónez; Leonai Souza, Michael Carcelén, Byron Castillo, Leandro Martínez; Adonis Preciado and Gonzalo Mastriani. DT: Fabian Busts.
Montevideo City Torque: John Tinaglini; José Álvarez, Renzo Orihuela, Hugo Arismendi, Agustín Peña; Nicolás Milesi, Matías Santos, Marcelo Allende, Tiago Palacios; Joaquin Zeballos and Juan Cejas. DT: Roman Neck.
Referee: Anderson Daronco, from Brazil, assisted by his compatriots Marcelo Van Gasse and Neuza Back.
Stadium: Monumental Pichincha Bank.
Source: Eluniverso
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