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Coquimbo Kingdom receive Junior from Barranquilla this Wednesday, from 21:30 hours (00:30 GMT) in the “Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso”, with the opportunity to make history and get into the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana for the first time.
The pirate team won 2-1 in Colombia, in the first leg of the quarterfinals, so he faces the challenge with a significant advantage in his favor.
Although the team is second to last in the National Championship, it transmits a different feeling at the international level, with a high level capacity, which has been felt since the “Coto” took command of the team. Juan José Ribera.
In addition, they have also shown hierarchy at the collective level, without the need for stars at the individual level. This is how they came back to the Colombians in Barranquilla, with goals from Joe Abrigo and Lautaro Palacios.
For this Wednesday, the possible pirate formation will be with Matías Cano; Victor González, Federico Pereyra, Raúl Osorio; Juan Carlos Espinoza, Fernando Manriquez, Diego Aravena, John Salas; Rubén Farfán, Diego Vallejos, Joe Abrigo.
Junior, on the other hand, llega also hit by casualties with Covid-19. Seven players and three members of the coaching staff did not travel and this Tuesday, four more were isolated in our country, after testing positive in the PCR tests carried out on Monday upon arrival in Chile.
The situation called into question the celebration of the commitment, but by Conmebol regulations, the game is played, since Junior has enough staff to face the duel.
At the moment, Junior’s line-up is not defined by coach Luis Perea, due to the positive cases. One is Fabián Angel, who was emerging as a starter in the core. The name of the other infected is still being reserved.
The duel will be arbitrated by the Peruvianor Víctor Carrillo.
You can follow all the details with the radio coverage of Outdoors and online in the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Scoreboard.
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