Talleres and River already have a day and time for their Copa Libertadores round of 16 matches. Conmebol confirmed that the first leg, to be played at the Mario Kempes stadium, will take place on Wednesday, August 14 at 9:30 p.m., while on 8/21, at 9:30 p.m. and at the Monumental, will be the return match.
As “T” was second in Group B, the priority to define the local crossing was for River, which came first in H.
For that match, Talleres will not be able to count on Miguel Navarro (sent off against Sao Paulo) and Juan Camilo Portilla (he reached the limit of three warnings at Morumbis. However, coach Walter Ribonetto is going to recover Marcos Portillo, who served a date of suspension in the closing match against the São Paulo team.
He would also recover the injured Ulises Ortegoza, Gustavo Bou and Juan Rodríguez.
The final of the International Super Cup
It had initially been scheduled for this Sunday, June 16 in the United Arab Emirates; Then scheduling problems arose and it was never rescheduled beyond some attempts to advance it to 2/6 and take it to the United States, according to Albiazul president Andrés Fassi. The truth is that both the Albiazul and River boards would make a joint front to demand that the AFA dispute this new competition before the end of the year.
