Wilstermann will receive this Wednesday the Peruvian Ayacucho for the second date of Group D of the Copa Sudamericana and hopes to repeat the eleven that tied the Chilean Everton and take the lead with a victory.
The game is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. at the Félix Capriles stadium. from Cochabamba. Ecuadorian Alex Cajas will lead the match.
The leader of the Group is the Brazilian Sao Paulo with their victory at the start against Ayacucho a week ago in Lima and shared second and third place Wilstermann and Everton, who equaled 1-1 also a week ago in Viña del Mar, Chile.
– With the same eleven –
The helmsman of the ‘Aviator’ team, the Chilean Miguel Ponce, did not show the last days changes in the team to face the Peruvian team. He hopes to repeat the eleven he used to match Everton.
He will keep Colombian goalkeeper José Escobar in goal, despite criticism from the fans for mistakes in a domestic game and maintaining the lead that showed strength in Chilean lands.
“What Umberto did [Osorio] with Serginho in Viña is very good”, the trainer affirmed, although he left an open door to summon Andrés Chávez.
The team also thas some problems for salary collection, but the leaders assured to surpass the incidents this week.
About the rival Ayacucho, helmsman Ponce said that “it is a team accustomed to playing at an altitude of 2,500 meters, so you won’t feel coming to Cochabamba”.
A victory would eventually put him in the lead with 4 points, waiting for the other game, a day later, Sao Paulo against Everton.
– Upgrade against the clock –
The Cusco team landed hard at the start, giving up three points against Sao Paulo. He lost 3-2 in the final stretch of the match, when he thought that he would at least keep a draw.
He had a great game but the Brazilian rival was heavier.
In the domestic tournament it is not on the right foot either: They are in twelfth position out of 19 teams and in their last game, last weekend, they lost at home to Universitario, in the Apertura tournament.
Thus, against the clock, the Uruguayan trainer Alejandro Apud dThe “chip” of the Peruvian “foxes” must change.
Ayacucho’s next match for the South American is on April 26 at home against Everton, and Wilstermann, two days later, hosts Sao Paulo.
Likely lineups:
Wilsterman: José Escobar – Santiago Echeverria, Carlos Añez, Ronny Montero, Edemir Rodriguez – Christian Machado, José Luis Vargas, Javier Andrés Sanguinetti, Moisés Villarroel – Serginho and Humberto Osorio. DT: Miguel Ponce.
Ayacucho: Italo Espinoza – Jorge Toledo, Francisco Duclos, Mimzum Quina – Edinson Chávez, Eric Barrios, Jose Pardi, José Guidino, Cristian Techera – Nicolas Royon and Juan Morales. DT: Alejandro Apud.
