Racing in the Copa Sudamericana is very excited. It is the great objective of this year. Being able to achieve something international is what the coaching staff, the players, the leaders and all the fans dream of. That long-awaited achievement that has been denied to us since 1988, when Gustavo Costas happened to be at the club. In that case in the role of player, leaving life on the playing field. Today he does it from the other side of the white line, although with what he runs he sweats more than the players. Frantic, he tries to spread the word from the outside in and lives it like any other fan. Both the defeats and the positive.
So now he waits and crosses his fingers, like all of us. The first good news for the Academy in the draw of this international competition took place on Tuesday night. After he hit a key that looked complicated, the victory of Inter de Porto Alegre made him a possible rival. And to that was added that Gremio also won his match and he was another one who has no chance of facing the Academy. That day he prevented the Chacho or Gremio team from falling into his key, two rivals who would have been very tough. Much more thinking about a round of 16.
However, it is still unclear who will be the two teams that will play against each other and then go against Racing in the South American Cup. Although of course the margin is narrowing and the outlook is clearer. Something that will be finalized this Saturday night when all the games that were pending (due to the flood that occurred in Porto Alegre a few weeks ago) have already been decided. At 9:30 p.m. Inter de Coudet will face Delfín from Ecuador to close their group. And that result will make it clear to Acadé who the two possible rivals will be.
Racing’s possible rivals in the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana
The draw for the Academy made it clear that Costas’ team will face the winner of bracket H. This match features the worst second in the Copa Sudamericana against the best third in the Copa Libertadores. For the moment what It is already known that the best third in the Libertadores is going to be Huachipato from Chile. There is no result between Gremio and Estudiantes that can change that, so that will be one of the possible rivals of the Acadé. Now it remains to be seen whether Delfín or Racing de Uruguay will be the worst runner-up in the Sudamericana.
At this time, before the head-to-head match between Inter and Delfín in Porto Alegre, the Chacho team is being left out and the Ecuadorians are placed as the worst second place. Only if they tie between these two, Delfín will be second. Any other result (whether it is a victory for one or the other) will make Racing de Uruguay the worst runner-up. In this way, Delfín or Racing from Uruguay will face Huachipato and the winner will play in the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana against Racing.
