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The draw for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores is scheduled for April 9. The stage with eight braces of four teams each begins on April 20.

The other teams from the country in the group stage are Flamengo, Internacional, Atlético-MG, São Paulo, the four classified by Brasileirão, and Palmeiras, current champion of the Libertadores. Eighth Brazilian club to guarantee a place in the competition, Santos enters the second phase of the pre-Libertadores and will face Deportivo Lara, from Venezuela. The first game is this Tuesday, in Vila Belmiro.

• See the Conmebol 2021 ranking, which defines the raffle jackpots

Argentina has seven representatives: Defense and Justice (champion of the South American Cup), Boca Juniors (champion of Argentine Super League what if Diego Maradona Cup), River Plate, Racing, Argentinos Juniors, Vélez Sarsfield and San Lorenzo (best classified in the sequence). The latter will play the playoffs and may face Santos later on.

Waiting for two Uruguayans

As the Uruguayan Championship is not over yet, the country has so far not met its two representatives in the group stage. The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) had until February 22 to indicate to Conmebol the team that will enter the second phase, a place that was left with Montevideo Wanderers.

The AUF offered the place to Rentistas, Apertura champion, Nacional, Intermediate champion, as well as Montevideo City Torque and Peñarol, second and third in the consolidated table. However, none accepted, and all will continue to fight for the two places in the country in the group stage, which will be known in the final in Uruguay, days before the draw for the Libertadores group stage. Montevideo Wanderers accepted the vacancy in the pre-Libertadores and will face Unión Española in the second phase.

The groups will be known by lottery on April 9, in Luque, Paraguay, where the Conmebol headquarters is located. The pots will be distributed according to the ranking Conmebol Libertadores 2021. The clashes begin on April 20. Palmeiras and Flamengo must be protagonists.

The first phase of the pre-Libertadores, with three clashes, ended this week. THE University of Quito eliminated Liverpool from Uruguay (defeat 2-1 at home and victory 3-0 at home), Caracas beat Universidad César Vallejo with 0-0 in Lima and 2-0 at home, and the Guarani He played for Royal Parí with a 4-1 win in Bolivia and a 1-1 draw in Paraguay.

See the current drawing of the Pre-Libertadores:

• Liverpool (Uruguay) x University of Quito (Equador)
• César Vallejo University (Peru) x Caracas Venezuela)
• Royal Pari (Bolivia) x Guaraní (Paraguay)

• University of Quito x Libertad
• Guild x Ayacucho (PER)
• Montevideo Wanderers x Bolívar
• University of Chile x San Lorenzo
• Saints x Deportivo Lara
• Caracas x Junior Barranquilla
• Spanish Union x Independent of the Valley
• Guaraní x Atlético Nacional