July 22, 2024, 3:25 PM
July 22, 2024, 3:25 PM
Boca Juniors and Internacional de Porto Alegre will risk their prestige this week in the return of the qualifying playoffs for the round of 16 of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana, while Liga de Quito will go to El Alto protected by a comfortable advantage.
The Xeneize, two-time champion of the second most important club tournament of Conmebol in 2004 and 2005, tries to save its discreet season in the Sudamericana, which they had not played in for a decade when they were fighting for titles in the Libertadores.
The present has him facing the Ecuadorian Independiente del Valle, also champion of the tournament in 2019 and 2022, with whom they tied 0-0 in the first leg in Quito and now receive at La Bombonera on Tuesday. Qualification is open and there is no clear favorite.
The winner of the tie will face the Brazilian Cruzeiro in the round of 16.
Porto Alegre International Airport is located in the same risky situation for Boca.
Accustomed to being a candidate in the Libertadores, which he won on one occasion, the Colorado gaúcho had to resort to the South American after failing to secure one of the seven spots available for Brazil in the continent’s biggest club competition.
Last week’s defeat against Argentine Rosario Central by 1-0 forces him to go all out this Tuesday in Porto Alegre.
The winner of the Beira-Rio World Cup will meet with Fortaleza from Brazil in the round of 16.
For Liga de Quito, another of the region’s heavyweights, reality is friendlier.
Champion of the Libertadores and the Sudamericana, The Ecuadorians did more than half of the job by beating Bolivian Always Ready 3-0 last week in Quito, and taking into account that on Thursday the 4,150 m altitude of El Alto will be felt in the 90 minutes.
Lanús from Argentina awaits in the round of 16 of the end to the winner of this key.
– Playoff return match schedule qualifiers for the round of 16 of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana (the results of the first leg are in parentheses):
In Montevideo: Racing (URU) 18:00 Huachipato (CHI) (3-2)
In Porto Alegre: Internacional (BRA) 20:30 Rosario Central (ARG) (0-1)
Quito: Catholic University (ECU) 18:00 Liberty (PAR) (0-2)
Bragança Paulista: Red Bull Bragantino (BRA) 20:30 Barcelona (ECU) (1-1)
Buenos Aires: Boca Juniors (ARG) 20:30 Independent del Valle (ECU) (0-0)
Cuiabá: Cuiabá (BRA) 18:00 Palestino (CHI) (1-1)
El Alto: Always Ready (BOL) 20:30 Liga de Quito (0-3)
In Curitiba: Athletico Paranaense (BRA) 20:30 Cerro Porteño (PAR) (1-1)
