What’s at stake in the Libertadores group?

river plate x Fluminense is one of the struggles of Libertadores 2023 corresponding to the 5th round of the group stage, which will take place this Wednesday, the 7th. principals.

It is worth mentioning that a victory of the Fluminense or a draw guarantees the classification of Tricolor without depending on the other opponents in the table. If the cast of Fernando Diniz triumph, the team will win the vacancy for the round of 16 and will remain in the first position of the group. O The Strongest is the only one who can overcome the Flu before the knockout stage.

If Tricolor ends with the score equal in the duel with River Plate, only the winner between The Strongest x Sporting Cristal can reach the squad from Rio de Janeiro (or only the Bolivians, in a tie scenario) in the competition stage. Even so, Fluminense would be guaranteed in the knockout stage and would still eliminate River if “Tigre” managed to triumph in their match.

Finally, if you suffer defeat, the pipe e cia will still have a chance to earn their spot for the round of 16. However, the Brazilian team will depend on a draw between The Strongest and Sporting Cristal. In this scenario, the Peruvians would not be able to reach the Tricolor in the last round, only the Bolivians and the Argentines, who face each other in the sixth game of the group stage.

However, if Flu loses and The Strongest wins, the group leadership at the end of the penultimate round will be defined by the goal difference, since both teams would add nine points. In this way, the best scenario for Flu, in addition to a triumph or an equal result (both would guarantee classification by themselves in the current round), would be to hope that the Bolivians do not have a triumph with an elastic scoreboard.