Conmebol will draw this Monday for the round of 16 matches of the Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana…But be careful, with some asterisks. For the first, River, San Lorenzo and Workshops They will know their rivals and can begin to study players. While for the second, Racing, Lanús and Belgrano They will advance little or nothing in terms of game plans since in the Sudamericana not even the round of 16 matches have yet been defined, an instance in which they will compete Boca, Rosario Central and to which can be added Students.
The draw will take place from 13 at the Conmebol headquarters, the Paraguayan city of Luque, and television will be provided by ESPN.
The Libertadores classifieds
As is known, River was the best in the Libertadores group stage (16 points) This ensured that they would define their series at home and, incidentally, have less chance of crossing paths with one of the powerful Brazilian clubs. There are plenty of these among the other leaders: Atlético Mineiro (15), Palmeiras (14), Fluminense (14), San Pablo (13), Bolívar (13), Junior de Barranquilla (10) and the best of Cwhich has a definition delayed by the floods in Porto Alegre.
The area has The Strongest (10), Huachipato (8 and one game to play) and Gremio (6 and two to play) in the vanguard positions (The Strongest has already secured classification, it only remains to define its position). Here is also Estudiantes (4), who will face Gremio next Saturday to try to be third.
So things are, With the greatest risk of a Brazilian crash are Talleres (13) and San Lorenzo (8), who finished second in their areas. The batch of escorts is completed with Peñarol (12), Flamengo (10), Botafogo (10), Nacional de Montevideo (10), Colo-Colo (6) and the second from C.
La Sudamericana, with a lot to resolve
In the Sudamericana there will not be as much suspense since no crossing will be defined. The group winners must wait for the definition of the 16th round, an instance also called repechage. They are already in the second round Racing (15), Corinthians de San Pablo (13), Independiente Medellín (13), Lanús (13), Fortaleza (13), Sportivo Ameliano de Paraguay (13), Cruzeiro de Belo Horizonte (12), Belgrano de Córdoba (12 ).
And since there is also an undefined group here due to the Porto Alegre catastrophe (Inter and Delfín fight for second place in C), There is also no certainty regarding the clashes of 16ths. In this instance, the runners-up from the Sudamericana will face off against the third from the Libertadores, according to the points previously obtained. That is, better second versus worse third.
The thing for now is like this: Bragantino from Brazil (13) against Barcelona de Guayaquil (6), Athletico Paranaense (12) against Cerro Porteño (6), Cuiabá from Brazil (12) against Gremio (6), Universidad Católica de Ecuador (11) against Palestino from Chile ( 7), Boca (11) against Libertad de Asunción (7)Always Ready from Bolivia (11) against Independiente del Valle (7), Racing de Montevideo (11) against Liga de Quito (7) and Dolphin from Ecuador (8) against Rosario Central (7). Inter de Porto Alegre could displace Delfín and completely change the order of second, while Estudiantes has the possibility of doing the same if they finish third in the Libertadores. All this will be resolved on Saturday, June 8.
