Starting at 6:00 p.m. today, the pirates visit Sportivo Luqueño at the Defensores del Chaco stadium, for date 4 of Group H, of the continental competition. A victory would leave the Aurinegros with high expectations of fighting for second place.
Three points that place it in third place in the table, adds Coquimbo Unidos in Group H of the Copa Sudamericana 2024.
The pirates seek to qualify for the next phase. And although it is complex to fight for first place because Racing has been advancing steadily with 9 points, the idea of fighting for second place with the Brazilians from Red Bull Bragantino is totally true.
To do this, they have to bet on a victory in Paraguayan lands, where today at 6:00 p.m. they face Sportivo Luqueño, who is last, with no points in the group.
A victory would equalize the Buenos Aires team with Bragantino, thinking that the Brazilians must measure strength with Racing, on this fourth date.
Pirate players for now only think about winning. Before leaving for Guaraní lands, full-back Juan Cornejo commented that “it is going to be a very difficult game, they are strong at home, the weather there is also complicated, a lot of humidity. “We have to recover the players these days to have a good game there.”
The Aurinegro captain, Sebastián Galani, also previewed what this match will be like, pointing out that “it’s going to be a difficult match, like all cup matches. There are three points that can give you the classification that we are going to play there, and we have to go for them if we want to continue with the option of continuing to advance in the tournament.
The always self-critical Aurinegro midfielder added that “in the cup we cannot make mistakes that cost goals, we have already learned that and we have to correct all that these days, because we want to go for a win there.”
Yender Herrera, of Venezuelan nationality, will be the central judge of the match that will be played at the Defensores del Chaco stadium.
