Colo Colo comes out to condemn Porto Alegre’s Inter in their fight for South America

Colo Colo targets Copa Sudamericana quarter-finals . The albos have advanced a good part of the work in the Monumental stadium. Goals from Juan Martín Lucero and Pablo Solari, which made it 2-0 at Macul, give them a huge advantage ahead of the rematch against Internacional de Porto Alegre. However, neither Gustavo Quinteros nor those he led can give this advantage a decisive character. Today’s duel in Beira-Río will once again test the ability of the white team who, at least at home, have been able to develop one of the strongest performances of the season and beat a team who continues to have a worrying record: is in fifth position in the Brasileirao, with 25 units, four less than the leader, Palmeiras.

The worst thing the Porto Alegre Whites could do would be to trust each other. Gustavo Quinteros understood this well. “We are all very excited. We have a small advantage that we must try to maintain with good football “, warned the strategist, assessing what his coaches have achieved on returning home and realizing that the score of the first leg is far from being considered decisive.

It’s more. Quinteros will face considerable difficulty. In the match played at the Monumental, heThe Whites suffered a major loss: midfielder César Fuentes, one of the pillars on which the former Bolivian and Ecuadorian coach’s formula is based, suffered a muscle injury . The gravity seems considerable. In fact, research is now focused on a substitute. The idea Quinteros is running is for Costa to move into midfield, as a link, which would allow Gil to be delayed in contention. The Argentine Agustín Bouzat would complete the offensive, which will surely count Juan Martín Lucero and Pablo Solari, authors of the goals of the first leg. The victim will be Vicente Pizarro, who replaced Fuentes in the first leg.

“They are all doing very well, we hope to be with most or all of them available, except César Fuentes who is not there and will be away for a while confirmed the coach of albo. This uncertainty is also decisive for another reason: the incorporation of a new player depends on the extension of the absence of the player trained at O’Higgins. Blanco y Negro approached Juan Ignacio Méndez, who was released after breaking the bond that bound him to Talleres de Córdoba . The 25-year-old midfielder has an essential asset: he has dual nationality. His maternal grandmother is Chilean, so he can opt for an à la carte week that would allow him to register without using a place for a foreign player, which the albos do not have.

Other players who caused concern were Óscar Opazo and Maximiliano Falcón, both affected by muscle fatigue due to the intense effort they have put in in recent days, including the draw in Viña del Mar against Everton, a match that the Cacique finished with two men. less, for the expulsions of Esteban Pavez and Jeyson Rojas . The porteño and the Uruguayan will be able to recover.

The albos have already been in Porto Alegre for a few days, adapting to the conditions they will find in the southern Brazilian city. The premises of Gremio, Inter’s great rival was chosen as the center of operations.