Boca will visit Fortaleza in Brazil with an alternative team, with the intention of obtaining a victory that will allow them to take the lead in Group D, within the framework of the third date of the Copa Sudamericana 2024. The match will take place at the Governador Aderaldo stadium Plácido Castelo from 9 p.m., will be refereed by Colombian Wilmar Roldán and will be broadcast live on the DirecTV signal.
Boca comes to this commitment after winning the Argentine soccer Superclásico against River by 3 to 2, a result that allowed them to access the semifinals of the League Cup. Furthermore, in their last match in the international competition, they won 1-0 at home over Trinidense of Paraguay.
For this match, taking into account the tight schedule that lies ahead for Diego Martínez’s team, the coach will appeal to a mix between starters and substitutes, which will result in a new starting formation.
For its part, Fortaleza comes to this duel after adding two victories in the same number of appearances and is one of the candidates to fight for the title, since in the last edition it reached the final, where it lost to Liga de Quito on penalties. .
Probable formations
Strength: Joao Ricardo; Dudu, Emanuel Brítez, Tomas Cardona, Bruno Pacheco; Hercules, Tomas Pochettino, José Welison; Yago Pikachu, Juan Martín Lucero and Imanol Machuca. DT: Juan Pablo Vojvoda.
Mouth: Sergio Romero; Lautaro Di Lollo, Nicolás Figal, Cristian Lema, Marcelo Saracchi; Jabes Saralegui, Equi Fernández, Cristian Medina, Frank Fabra; Luca Langoni and Miguel Merentiel. DT: Diego Martínez.
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia). Stadium: Governador Aderaldo Plácido Castelo. Time: 21. TV: DirecTV.
Metropolitanos-Lanús
This Thursday in Caracas, Granate will face Metropolitanos with the aim of winning and getting a foot in the round of 16 of the Sudamericana. The match will be this Thursday at 7 p.m. at the University Olympic Stadium of the Central University of Venezuela.
Metropolitanos has just defeated Angostura 2-0, in the First Division of Venezuela. José María Morr’s team occupies sixth position and is 5 points from the top. For the Cup they are last in Group G with 0 points; after the 3-2 defeats against Deportivo Garcilaso in Peru and 2-0 against Cuiabá in Caracas.
Lanús comes from a hard blow after losing 2-1 with Estudiantes, at home, and being left out of the quarterfinals of the League Cup. In the Copa Sudamericana they have achieved a 1-1 draw against Cuiabá in Brazil and a 2-1 victory against Deportivo Garcilaso in Fortaleza.
DIM-Defense and Justice
Defensa y Justicia will face Independiente Medellín at the Atanasio Girardot in Medellín, this Thursday at 11 p.m., for the third day of Group A of the Copa Sudamericana. El Halcón will look for a victory that allows them to remain undefeated and leader of the group and begin to think about the second round.
DIM has just drawn 2-2 in the Medellín classic against Atlético Nacional, going 4 days without defeats. In the Copa Sudamericana they lost 2-0 to Always Ready in Bolivia and defeated César Vallejo 4-2 in Colombia.
Defensa y Justicia has just been defeated by Argentinos Juniors in the quarterfinals of the Professional League Cup. El Halcón and el Bicho tied 1-1 at the Florencio Sola, but Julio Vaccari’s team missed four penalties in the definition and was eliminated. In the Copa Sudamericana they beat César Vallejo 1-0 in Peru and tied 1-1 with Always Ready in Varela.
Harsh sanction for Central
Rosario Central will have to play without the presence of its fans in its next Copa Libertadores match against Atlético Mineiro, while it will have to pay a fine of $50,000, after being sanctioned for the incidents caused by its fans in the match against Peñarol.
The penalty was announced by Conmebol after during the match in which the Rosario team won 1-0, an object thrown from one of the stands hit the face of Maximiliano Olivera, defender of the Uruguayan team, while He greeted his followers.
Given this scenario, the Disciplinary Commission, made up of president Eduardo Grosso Brown, vice president Amarilis Belisario and member Cristóbal Valdés, made the decision to punish the Rosario club with the aforementioned sanctions.
In addition, the Rosario entity was ordered “to partially close the South Grandstand (South Head) of the Gigante de Arroyito stadium, in the city of Rosario, Argentina for its home match on date 5 of the Group Phase for Libertadores 2024″.
For his part, Gonzalo Belloso, president of the institution, was fined $5,000, an amount that “will be automatically debited from the amount to be received by Club Atlético Rosario Central from Conmebol in respect of Television or Sponsorship rights.”
The fine of $25,000 for Peñarol by the South American Football Confederation was also announced, while its president, Juan Ignacio Ruglio Bachino, faces a financial penalty of $5,000.
