Colo Colo debuts in the Libertadores against the Fortaleza of the Ángelo Henríquez questioned

Colo Colo prepares for his Copa Libertadores debut. El Cacique, this Thursday, at 6:00 p.m., will face Fortaleza from Brazil with the illusion of obtaining the first three units of the most important club competition on the continent.

“The players have the illusion of winning (the Cup), but you have to go game by game. We know that we will face the best team in America and with significant economic power. We are going to give the best of ourselves”, declared Gustavo Quinteros, the DT of the albos. “We know that in these tournaments we have to give the best of ourselves to be able to compete on an equal footing. It will depend on us whether tomorrow we step onto the pitch to play a great match” he added.

Opposite, the Cacique will have Fortaleza of the questioned Ángelo Henríquez, an attacker who defended the University of Chile and who today only adds questions in Brazil. It is even possible that the one who was born in La Reina will have to content himself with encouraging his teammates from the outside, because he is no longer considered by the tricolor coach, Juan Pablo Vojvoda.

Quinteros, as the duel approaches, have given their analysis of the squad they will be visiting today. “They have a tactically organized team, they have 3 very good midfielders. We have to counter all that. Individual duels all over the pitch can make the difference in the game” commented.

The truth is that the panorama of Henriquez has turned black over the months. A totally different scenario from the one experienced last year by the former coach of La Calera and the center forward, since Ángelo added 14 games, 17 appearances, six appearances in the star XI and although he didn’t score goals, he provided assists in the 480 minutes he was on the pitch.

But with the arrival of 2022, Vojvoda looked for new alternatives and Henríquez did not appear in their plans. With the state championship playing its last instances and the local tournament matches, a rotation in the rosters was expected but the Chilean was also unlucky.

So few were they, he was only two minutes into the tie they achieved against Náutico (2-2) for the State Cup and played another 44 ‘in the victory of his institution over Pacajus , for the Cearense Tournament. Additionally, he only added six citations and never made it to first baseman. Moreover, he has not even been called up for the final they played with Javier Parraguez’s team, Sport Recife, where Fortaleza became champions and everything indicates that he will see the dispute from the stands against the Mapuche cast .

It is that according to the information coming from Brazil, Henríquez would not be summoned and the team that will stop Vojvoda will be with Max Walef in goal; a line of four in defense with Titi, Tinga, Matheus Jussa and Marcelo Benevenuto; then four go to the center, Yago Pikachu, Lucas Lima, Lucas Crispim and Ronald and will stop two forwards Robson and Moises.

A 4-4-2 that will face the 4-3-3 that coach Gustavo Quinteros has stopped, who played most matches of the National Tournament with the same formation: Brayan Cortés in goal; Óscar Opazo, Maximiliano Falcón, Emiliano Amor and Gabriel Suazo in the back row; César Fuentes, Esteban Pavez and Leonardo Gil in midfield and Pablo Solari, Gabriel Costa and Juan Martín Lucero for goals.