After beating Olimpia in Rio in the first leg by 3-1, Fluminense goes to Asunción this Wednesday and may even lose by a goal to the Paraguayans who advance to the group stage of the Libertadores Cup.
Champion of the Guanabara Cup and semifinalist of the Campeonato Carioca, the tricolor comes from an unbeaten streak of 13 matches this year and has not lost a knockout game since last year’s Copa do Brasil quarterfinals.
In turn, Olimpia arrives motivated for the confrontation after winning the classic away from home against Cerro Porteño by 2 to 0 last Sunday, for the Paraguayan Championship, even having spared some holders.
América-MG, which is not having a good phase in the Campeonato Mineiro and is currently outside the classification zone for the state semifinals, bet its chips on Libertadores to save the first half of the season.
The ‘Coelho’ will go to Guayaquil this Tuesday to face Barcelona after not getting out of 0-0 with the Ecuadorians in the first game, at the Independencia stadium. To qualify, the mining club needs a simple victory. In the event of a tie, the group stage qualifier will be decided on penalties.
Return games of the third phase of Libertadores 2022 that will be played this week (in parentheses the results of the first games):
– Tuesday:
In Guayaquil: Barcelona (ECU) – América Mineiro (BRA) (0-0)
– Wednesday:
In La Plata: Students (ARG) – Everton (CHI) (1-0)
In Asuncion: Olimpia (PAR) – Fluminense (BRA) (1-3)
– Thursday:
In La Paz: The Strongest (BOL) – Catholic University (ECU) (0-0)
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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