Wilstermann, with serious internal problems, will receive the Chilean Everton on Wednesday in his Cochabamba patiofor the last date of group D of the South American Cup, both without chances of qualifying for the round of 16.
The match is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. at the Félix Capriles stadium. The Ecuadorian referee Luis Quiroz will be in charge of directing the match.
The Brazilian Sao Paulo is qualified for the next phase with 13 pointswhile Everton (8), the Peruvian Ayacucho (4) and Wilstermann (2) have been eliminated, plunged to the bottom of the standings.
In the Copa Sudamericana only the leaders of each group qualify for the round of 16instance in which they will be measured with the third parties of each zone of the Libertadores.
– Football crisis –
Wilstermann walks through a strong institutional crisis that has had its effects on football. The club carries debts and the players are unpaid for several months.
Internet pages linked to the campus indicate that the debt is around 4.5 million dollars, although President Grover Vargas has not confirmed the numbers.
Vargas has only advanced his decision to leave next week of the presidency and no longer run for re-election.
In the South American it has gone badly and in the domestic tournament it failed in their plan to qualify for the quarterfinals in Group B. They closed their last game with a 4-1 home win against the leader of the group, Bolívar.
In addition, the fans of the ‘Aviator’ squad received the news that one of its main stars, Argentinean Cristian ‘Pochi’ Chávez announced his interest in retiring from soccer this year.
The former Boca Juniors pointed out that “I’m going to take a break to go to Argentina and treat my knee, so that in these six months that remain [pueda] help the club and retire in the best way”.
– Always thinking of winning –
In the first leg between Everton and Wilstermann, in Viña del Mar, at the beginning of April, the match ended 1-1.
So the Chilean squad arrives in Bolivia in order to get rid of a thorn, and take advantage of Wilstermann’s losing streakto place second and leave a good role in the South American tournament.
Francisco Meneghini, technical director of the club, pointed out that The plan is to take the three points from Bolivian landsas was done against the Peruvian Ayacucho, in the middle of last May.
“Always thinking of winning the game, like we did in Peru, being competitive, [queremos] keep taking steps forward,” he said.
In the domestic tournament, Everton is in ninth position out of 16 teams and in the last match they tied 2-2 in their visit against the northerner Antofagasta.
Likely lineups:
Wilstermann: Bruno Poveda – Edemir Rodríguez, Ronny Montero, Santiago Echeverría, Robson Dos Santos, José Luis Vargas – Rodrigo Morales, Raul Castro, Edson Pérez – Serginho and Humberto Osorio. DT: Sergio Migliaccio.
Everton: Fernando De Paul – John Salas, Michael Salas, Joaquín López – Cristopher Medina, Fernando Saavedra, Gary Moya, Adrián Sánchez, Alex Ibacache – Lautaro Pastran and Pedro Sánchez. DT: Francisco Meneghini.