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Junior, excited to have won his last three games, will receive this Tuesday for the fourth day of Group A of the Copa Libertadores a motivated Independiente del Valle, who has beaten Flamengo 5-0 and has a perfect score in the continental tournament. The game will be at 7:30 pm
Barranquilla’s ‘Tiburon’, led by Amaranto Perea, who assumed the reins of the team after the surprise resignation of Uruguayan Julio Comesaña after winning the Super League against América de Cali, will not be able to count on its starting forwards: Teófilo Gutiérrez and Miguel Ángel Borja. Borja is disabled due to the accumulation of three yellow cards, while Gutiérrez could not recover from an injury he suffered last week in the game in which Junior beat Barcelona 1-2 in Guayaquil.
The developments will force Perea to line up striker Michael Rangel, who returned to the club after a successful loan to América de Cali, and creative Sherman Cárdenas, who had few opportunities to excel with Comesaña. Rangel already had his first minutes in Sunday’s game against Rionegro Águilas, which his team won 2-1, while Cárdenas will try to take advantage of the opportunity to start opening a gap in Perea’s usual 11.
For its part, Independiente del Valle, current champion of the South American Cup, arrives in Barranquilla after having won its first three games and with the motivation to seal its classification after a brilliant performance in Ecuador last week with which it knocked down Flamengo, who won the 2019 edition of the Libertadores.
Although with a single point that the Ecuadorians get in the Metropolitan Stadium they will already have their classification for the next round assured, those led by the Spanish Miguel Ángel Ramírez will try to consolidate their leadership with a victory that makes them unattainable in the first place of the table of positions. The Sangolquí team, known as the ‘Matagigantes’, is so far the best of the 32 in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores with nine points, 11 goals in favor and none against.
The only casualty that the Ecuadorian club will have in Barranquilla will be that of the skilled right-back Angelo Preciado, who was sent off for a double warning against Flamengo. However, Ramírez will feature outstanding players such as Panamanian striker Gabriel Torres, Argentine midfielder Cristian Pellerano and youth midfielder Moisés Caicedo, one of the main promises of Ecuadorian football. In Group A, led by Independiente del Valle, second place is occupied by Flamengo with six units, followed by
Junior with three and Barcelona, without points, as they have lost their first three games.
Probable lineups:
Junior: Sebastián Viera; Marlon Piedrahita, Germán Mera, Dany Rosero, Gabriel Fuentes; Freddy Hinestroza, Leonardo Pico, Didier Moreno, Luis ‘Cariaco’ González, Sherman Cárdenas, and Michael Rangel.
Coach: Luis Amaranto Perea.
Independent of the Valley: Jorge Pinos; Anthony Landázuri, Richard Schunke, Luis Segovia, Beder Caicedo; Moisés Caicedo, Cristian Pellerano, Lorenzo Faravelli; Fernando Guerrero, Gabriel Torres and Jacob Murillo.
Coach: Miguel Ángel Ramírez.
Referee: Venezuelan Jorge Argote, who will be assisted by his compatriots Francheskoly Chacón and Jorge Urrego.
Hour: 7:30
