Pereira recovers Angelo to go through to the Quarterfinals against I Del Valle at Libertadores

Pereira Sports On Wednesday he will play the most important international match against him Valley Independent In Quito for the round of 16 CONMEBOL Libertadores. A tie is enough to qualify. The attacker has recovered Angelo Rodriguez.

Colombian team They only need a draw to settle in the next stage because with a defeat their situation will be complicated and in this case they can’t do it for more than one goal to move the selection to kicks from the penalty mark.

By winning as a visitor, they will qualify without problems, but with a loss by more than two goals, the dream of liberation will end in the round of 16 of the tournament, which is already historic.

Pereira comes into this duel after a 1-1 draw last weekend Boyaca Chicoa match in which he used a mixed tag team for the fourth day of the tournament completion tournament Colombian league.

He traveled with his best men, including striker Angelo Rodriguez, who was not in the first leg, and Paraguay’s Danilo Santacruz, who was recovering from an injury sustained by the Ecuadorean side.

matecañas come to this meeting with a A short result in the match played at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas Stadium Although they have created numerous occasions for recording.

“I think we wanted to be more in control with the ball. We always plan to act without the ball and we are clear about what to do when we have the ball. You have to give an advantage to a great opponent, who in South America is one of the best teams playing positional play. We knew that when they had the tool we had to ask for it-Work as a team to recover it and take advantage of transformations and set pieces. “The goal actually comes in a transition period,” said coach Alejandro Restrepo.

The strategist also agreed that this match could be reached with a longer lead.

“We will strive for training and for our players to continue to grow, but I think with the way we played, with 10 shots on goal, we could have scored another goal. I think we played a good game,” he said. trainer.

Juan Pablo Zuluaga He also referred to tonight’s duel, stressing that the team is ready to keep the three points.

“It’s the game of a lifetime, that sums it up, it’s an end game for us, we’re ahead, We’re going to face a big rival, he was a Copa America champion, Recoba, I think more than one of my team mates hasn’t played in one of these situations and to see that he’s there, you can achieve, something we have in mind, which is the illusion of continuing to progress in Libertadores . We’re going all-in, we’re going to win and qualify there,” said the quarterback.

For its part, Independiente del Valle reached this commitment after losing by the slightest margin to Moshuk Rona in the first date of the second tournament of the year of the Ecuadorian League.

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Valley Independent: Moises Ramirez. Mateo Carabajal, Agustin Garcia, Julio Ortiz; Matias Fernandez, Jordi Alcivar, Cristian Pellerano, Lorenzo Faravelli, Kevin Rodriguez; Junior Sornoza and Lautaro Diaz.

Pereira: Alder Quintana; Carlos Ramirez, Juan Quintero, Emiro Garcés; Gamer Fury, Larry Angulo, Johnny Vasquez, Juan Pablo Zuluaga, Iber Moreno; Angelo Rodriguez and Danilo Santacruz.