Bolívar will play his fourth match of group C of the Copa Libertadores 2023, this Tuesday night, at the Hernando Siles stadium in La Paz. The La Paz academy will receive a visit from Barcelona from Ecuador, starting at 8:00 p.m., with the sole objective of achieving victory.
Those directed by Beñat San José lead the group with six points, the same as Palmeiras from Brazil, but due to goal difference the Bolivian team provisionally takes first place.
The group is quite fought since with three units are Barcelona and Cerro Porteño in Paraguay, In this case, the goal difference plays in favor of the Ecuadorians and that is why they occupy third place in the standings.
On the last date, Bolívar achieved a resounding victory as a visitor by beating Cerro Porteño in Paraguay by 0-4, being the first time in its history that the light blues win an official match in that country´.
Although the academics have a good time in the continental tournament, quite the opposite occurs with its current status in the domestic championshipsince in the Professional Division of Bolivian soccer he has six consecutive games without knowing the victory, which has caused him to lose privileged positions in the value table.
The celestials arrive rested for this match, because they did not play on the weekend for date 14 of the Tigo League, so DT Beñat San José prepared his team with a good margin of time for this commitment.
The loss, which will surely be very felt in the Bolivian team for being a man who scores and who unbalances in attack, is Roberto Carlos Fernández, who was expelled in the previous Cup match against Cerro Porteño.
For his part andThe Guayaquil team will have the casualties of goalkeeper Javier Burrai, who suffers an injury, in addition to Carlos Rodríguez and Mario Pineida, who are also on medical leave, which leaves the defensive zone somewhat weak.
The Ecuadorian midfield is also affected by the forced absence of Fernando Gaibor, who was not taken into account for this clash due to a muscular problem.
Referee Francisco Gilabert will be in charge of the match, assisted on the lines by Edson Cisternas and Gabriel Ureta. Felipe González will be the VAR judge and Loreto Toloza the AVAR, all Chileans.
Bolivar: Carlos Lampe, Bryan Bentaberry, Nicolás Ferreyra, José Sagredo, Leonel Justiniano, Gabriel Villamíl, Ramiro Vaca, Antonio Melgar, Pablo Hervías, Patricio Rodríguez and Carmelo Algarañaz. DT: Benat San Jose.
Barcelona: Víctor Mendoza, Fidel Martínez, Joshué Quiñónez, Luca Sosa, Segundo Portocarrero, Leonai Souza, Jonatan Baruman, Janner Corozo, Damián Díaz, Christian Ortiz and Francisco Fydriszewski. DT: Fabian Bustos.
