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After their painful elimination in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores and also being out of the South American Cup, América de Cali only has the option of fighting for entry to the ‘playoffs’ of the BetPlay League, in which this Sunday (6:05 pm) he receives the second in the table, Deportivo Pasto, at Pascual Guerrero.
With 27 points, the Nariño team has consolidated a good collective performance under the guidance of coach Diego Corredor and will come to Cali to try to secure his place once and for all.
America, meanwhile, will have to recover the two units left to escape in the last minutes of the match against Nacional in Medellín and be closer to sealing their ticket. For this, he hopes to have most of his starting players, after evaluating his return from Porto Alegre, where they drew 1-1 with Gremio and said goodbye to the aspiration to stay alive in the Libertadores.
Although a good presentation was made in Porto Alegre and little by little the idea of coach Cruz Real has been strengthened, everything indicates that the Chilean Rodrigo Ureña, Adrián Ramos and the Peruvian striker Marco Aldair Rodríguez would return, players who would give greater offensive consistency to the squad . There is no doubt that it is important to recover the mental aspect to face an adversary who usually poses very tight matches.
The Argentine coach comes with the bitterness of not having achieved either of the two objectives, but he will have the opportunity to make amends and the first step is the ‘volcanic’ cast.
Located in the sixth box with 24 points, the Valle del Cauca team knows that a victory will mean it will be closer to reaching the goal, but also that it will have to do it with an orderly game and a lot of concentration, since recently the mistakes made in containment and defense have taken their toll.
The Venezuelan Joel Graterol, a great figure in Brazil, is likely to remain in the goal by saving a penalty to Robinho before the red box opened the scoring.
Stadium: Pascual Guerrero
Sunday October 25
Time: 6:05 pm
ahead: WIN Sports +
Referee: Alexander Ospina (Quindío)
Assistants: John A. León (Caldas) and Richard Ortiz (Quindío).
Probable formation
America from Cali: Joel Graterol; Cristian Arrieta, Marlon Torres, Juan Pablo Segovia, Edwin Velasco; Luis Alejandro Paz, Rafael Carrascal, Carlos Sierra; Duván Vergara, Adrián Ramos (Santiago Moreno), Aldair Rodríguez.
DT: Juan Cruz Real.
Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
On twitter: @marquitosgarces
