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Millonarios will face Cali this Wednesday, at 7:30 pm (Colombia time), for the second leg of the South American Cup. The first leg was 1-2 in favor of the Valle del Cauca, forcing the ambassador team to score two goals to qualify because the 1-0 will give the sugarcane a place for the visiting goal.
However, for this Millionaires encounter he will have to solve a big problem: his defense. For this match Andrés Román, Felipe Banguero and Omar Bertel continue to be injured, and, to add insult to injury, they were joined by Matías de lo Santos. The Uruguayan defender has a muscular discomfort that prevented him from traveling to the capital of Valle del Cauca in this match.
With these casualties, Millonarios is expected to play with Elvis Perlaza, Breiner Paz, Juan Pablo Vargas and Diego Godoy in defense, a payroll patched with what the ambassador team has.
The big problem of receiving a goal
In the 20 games that Millonarios has played in this 2020, he has only been able to get his goalless goal six times, but none of them were in visitor status. He has played nine away games and in all of them he has conceded at least one goal. In fact, on September 12 he visited Cali and the match was tied 1-1.
Millionaires will not be able to receive a goal because a goal would force the ambassador to score two goals to go to penalties. While two goals from Cali would force the ambassador to win 2-4 to qualify for the next phase.
The Breiner Paz-Juan Pablo Vargas duo
Until before the stoppage due to the pandemic, Bréiner Paz and Juan Pablo Vargas were the pair of Millonarios centrals. Both acted in 10 games and scored zero twice. The first was in a 0-0 against Santa Fe and the second in a 2-0 victory against Always Ready from Bolivia. In the rest of the games, Millonarios suffered at least one goal, although he could only beat the Bolivian team and Boyacá Chicó (2-1)
The goals of Cali
The challenge of Millonarios will be great against a Deportivo Cali that has scored in 17 of the 20 games it has played in 2020. With Junior, Patriotas and Jaguares he tied without goals, but only against Barranquilla did it as a local and the others yes they were visitors.
