Universidad Católica suffered significant losses before the duel with the Brazilians, valid for the revenge of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana. The four-time champion lost 2-4 in the first leg, so he needs to win by the same difference to qualify for at least one penalty shootout. “They hit us hard on our pitch, so we’re going to have to work very hard to be able to get a result in our favor,” warned Fernando Zampedri.
Despite the fact that Ariel Holan has insisted ad nauseam that the priority of the Catholic University is the national tournament, the coach does not lose hope that his team will perform the miracle tonight against Sao Paulo, in Morumbí stadium, due to the rematch duel. of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana.
It would be a feat, because the Crusaders were beaten in the first leg, played in San Carlos de Apoquindo, where they fell 2-4 against the team managed by former historic goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni, so they must beat the Brazilians to the same difference to simply aspire to a possible definition of penalties. The Paulistas finished with eight players due to three dismissals.
A difficult task, and which has been complicated in recent hours with the confirmed deaths of Luciano Aued, positive for Covid-19, and Mauricio Isla, who suffers from a concussion. They both stayed under the plane. “Luciano Aued has been in quarantine since Monday and has no symptoms,” the club reported on the midfielder’s condition.
Neither did Diego Buonanotte, who terminated his contract with the four-time Chilean football champion to sign for Sporting Cristal. The one who is part of the delegation is Diego Valencia, despite the fact that everything has already been agreed for him to emigrate to Italian football, in particular to the Salernitana of Serie A. Probably, tonight could be Pollo’s last match with the fringe image.
“It’s going to be a tough game. They hit us hard here on our court, so we’ll have to work very hard to get a result in our favor,” commented Fernando Zampedri, after morning training in the foothills.
The striker confirmed his coach’s speech and underlined that as a team they are in a process of construction, after the bad first half they had in all areas. For this reason, they go to Brazil thinking of continuing to evolve in terms of collective functioning.
“We are in a process of growth, where we will seek to improve some shortcomings that we have and continue to grow in what we do well. Based on this, we will look for a good result,” warned el Toro.
Finally, the Argentinian striker stressed that he could recover from the defeat against Sao Paulo in the first leg by beating Coquimbo Unido last Sunday when the National Tournament resumed. “The game on the first date in the second round of the local tournament gave us a victory, but we have to fix some things, keep what is good and we are looking for that to get a good result,” he concluded.
The four-time champion is the only surviving Chilean cast in international cups, after Colo Colo’s victory against Internacional de Porto Alegre resulted in the elimination of Cacique. Reversing the trend this evening, in Morumbí, promises to be very complex.
Source: Latercera
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