Mushuc Runa receives Liga de Quito, at the start of the Copa Sudamericana for Ecuadorian clubs

The Mushuc Rune will try this Wednesday to surprise the champion of the 2009 South American tournament, League of Quitoin the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana first phasewhich plays series between teams from the same country.

Those from Ponchito will come out for their second participation in the South American tournament. In the first, for the local phase of 2019, they eliminated Aucas, and in the international phase they tied 1-1 against Unión Española, in Chile, and at home they also tied 1-1, and in the penalty shootout they qualified the Chilean team by winning 6-5.

The Ambateño team, which debuted in the first division of Ecuador in 2014, lost two games in the current seasonbut on the recent date he beat University Technician 1-3.

Under the technical direction of the Ecuadorian Giovanny Cumbicus, Mushuc Runa won the ticket to the South American, after a great campaign during the first phase of the 2021 championship.

Before Liga de Quito will be commanded by the Argentine striker Santiago Giordana with the complement of his compatriots, defender Gaspar Vega, midfielder Cristian Llama and attacker Alan Bonansea, along with Paraguayan defender David Villalba and Uruguayan attacker Mauricio Alonso.

For its part, the albos won two matches for the local tournament, although between shocks, 1-0 over the recently promoted Gualaceo and 2-1 against Universidad Católica, since the team is in the process of assembling football under the command of Argentine coach Pablo Marini.

The League supporters loudly called for the coach to leave in the recent match, but in the end Marini came off well with the victory over Católica, encrypted in minutes 82 and 83, with the debut of Argentine striker Tomás Molina, author of the first so much.

Injuries have also disrupted the functioning of the League, that maintains the loss of goalkeeper Adrián Gabarrini and defender Luis Caicedo, among other players. (D)

Likely lineups

Mushuc Rune:

Adonnis Pavon; Rody Zambrano, David Villalba, Anthony Bedoya, Juan Nazareno; Marco Mosquera, Carlos Feraud, Christian Llama; Johnny Uchuari, Bagner Delgado, Santiago Giordana. DT: Giovanni Cumbicus.

League of Quito:

Gonzalo Falcon; Andrés López, Franklin Guerra, Zaid Romero, Christian Cruz; Lucas Piovi, Santiago Scotto, Sebastian Gonzalez; Adolfo Munoz, Jhojan Julio, Tomas Molina. DT: Pablo Marini.

Referee: Carlos Betancour, from Colombia, assisted by his compatriots David Fuentes and Richard Ortiz.

Stadium: Bellavista, Ambato.

Hour: 7:30 p.m.

Transmit: DirecTV Sports.