August 13, 2024, 10:42 PM
August 13, 2024, 10:42 PM
The Strongest is ready for action in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores. For the first leg of this phase, Tigre will visit Peñarol, at the Campeón del Siglo stadium, in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay, this Wednesday starting at 18:00 (HB).
The Bolivian team seeks to make history qualifying for the quarter-finals of the top tournament organised by Conmebol for clubs. They reached this stage as first in Group C, with 10 points.
Those from Achumani have doubts about whether or not they will be able to count on this match his coach Ismael Rescalvo, who traveled to the United States to be present at the birth of his son, for the moment the team is in charge of his brother and assistant Juan Rescalvo.
“We are going to Uruguay with great enthusiasm “in order to achieve a victory and return to the top and advance to the next round,” said striker Sebastián Guerrero, who is Uruguayan and will probably make his debut in this match, before the trip to Montevideo.
The rematch of this tie will be played a week later at the Hernando Siles stadium in La Paz, starting at 18:00 (HB).
The delegation of the Bolivian representative left for Montevideo on Monday, where This Tuesday he completed his preparations to leave everything ready for this international meeting.
While The Strongest hopes to reach the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores, a round in which they could meet their classic rival, Bolívar; Peñarol aims to win the continental tournament for the sixth time and in the previous papers they are the favorites for this match.
Carbonero comes to this match after losing on penalties the final of the 2024 Intermediate Tournament of the Uruguayan championship against Nacional, its historical rival.
“We cannot underestimate anyone. What happens here is very important to see how we plan in La Paz. “We have to win no matter what, and if we can win by more than one goal, even better. It’s the round of 16 against a team that came first in its series,” said coach Diego Aguirre.
In the history of matches between these two teams Eight meetings have been recorded, with five wins for Peñarol, two for Tigre and one draw.
Peñarol: Washington Aguerre; Pedro Milans, Javier Mendez, Guzman Rodriguez, Maximiliano Olivera; Sergio Garcia Graña, Gaston Ramirez; Leonardo Sequeira, Leonardo Fernandez, Eduardo Darias; Maximiliano Silvera. Coach: Diego Aguirre.
The Strongest: Guillermo Viscarra; Maximiliano Caire, Darío Aimar, Adrián Jusino, Fabricio Quaglio; Luciano Ursino, Álvaro Quiroga; Joel Amoroso, Michael Ortega, Rodrigo Ramallo; Enrique Triverio. DT: Ismael Rescalvo-Juan Rescalvo.
