Domestic championship leader will visit River Plate Estudiantes today in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the South American Cup in order to reach the semi-finals where he can meet in an unexpected Boca Super Derby.
LA PLATA - Estudiantes and River Plate, two teams with exceptional international experience, begin the quarterfinals of the South American Cup today at 20:15.
Estudiantes survived the Centenario stadium Penarol of Uruguay gave them the passport to the quarterfinals. river Plate qualified against Libertad of Paraguay, with flashes of their collective strength, which adds to their momentum.
First quarter-final of today' s leg will be played at Ciudad de La Plata stadium and will referee Diego Abal. The return leg is scheduled for November 6 at the Monumental stadium, the team through face Boca Juniors and Cerro Porteño in the semifinals.
Estudiantes coach Mauricio Pellegrino doubt Fielding Matías Aguirregaray or Mauricio Rosales on the left side while River Plate Coach Marcelo Gallardo seems to have decided the line-up for today's match. He can not choose between Leonardo Ponzio and Guid o Rodríguez for the center-half position. River, which has a 28-match unbeaten run, leads the NHL with 31 points, four ahead of second place Lanús. He received a 2-1 win at Atletico Rafaela on the outside in his last match on Sunday when he beat Libertad of Paraguay (3-1 and 2-0) in the South
America's Cup last 16 stage.
The final defeat of the river was the 12th round tournament final against Belgrano de Córdoba in April. From that 2-1 loss. River has 20 match unbeaten run in the national championship, he won the Super Final 1-0 against San Lorenzo, tied aimlessly three Copa Argentina matches (two wins and one loss, all sanctions) and four victories in the South American Cup.
Estudiantes, 11 points behi nd the leader of the river, beaten 1-0 at home for the tournament Quilmes transition and eliminated on Peñarol Montevideo penalties after a 2-1 home win and 2-1 away loss in regulation time.
Probable line-up:
Estudiantes de La Plata: Hilario Navarro; Leonardo Jara, Jonathan Schunke, Leandro Desábato, Matías Aguirregaray or Mauricio Rosales; Carlos Auzqui, Gastón Gil Romero, Román Martínez, Joaquín Correa; Diego Vera and Guido Carrillo. Coach: Mauricio
Pellegrino.
River Plate: Marcelo Barovero; Gabriel Mercado, Jonatan Maidana, Ramiro Funes Mori, Leonel Vangioni; Carlos Sánchez, Leonardo Ponzio or Guido Rodríg uez, Ariel Rojas; Leonardo Pisculichi; Rodrigo Mora and Teófilo Gutiérrez. Coach: Marcelo Gallardo.
The last match at international events between Estudiantes and River took place 38 years ago. It was the Libertadores Cup in 1976 when Estudiantes beat River 1-0 in the group stage.
The head-to-head saw four matches with three wins for Estudiantes and one for the river. The first was the 1970 Libertadores Cup semifinals with Estudiantes winning both legs (1-0 at home with the goal of Juan Ramón Verón and 3-1 at the Monumental Jorge Solari, Juan Verón and Etchecopar scoring for Estudiantes and Oscar Más goal nets of the river). Estudiantes this year won his third
Under the Libertadores Cup on.
They then face each other with a win in 1976 each. River won 1-0 at home with a goal from Daniel Passarella and Estudiantes won the return leg 1-0 also. Franco Frasoldatti embroidered to the side of La Plata. River won the group in 1976 and reached the final, which lost to Cruzeiro. Also today in another quarterfinal match in Medellin, Atletico Nacional host a surprising opponent, César Vallejo of Peru. the Peruvian team has strengthened its realization campaign resounding victories away from home. However, this is a new chapter tournament and anything can happen.
The quarterfinals matches tomorrow in the first leg: Sao Paulo Brazil v Emelec of Ecuador and Argentina Boca Cerro v Paraguay Porteño.
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