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It’s now or never. Amid the echoes of Julio Avelino Comesaña’s sudden resignation still echoing in the air, Junior will face the challenge of beating Barcelona from Ecuador, this Thursday from 9 pm, at the Monumental Isidro Romero stadium, on the third date of Group A of the Libertadores Cup, which also includes Flamengo from Brazil and Independiente del Valle (Ecuador), which will be measured from 7 pm in Quito.
Already under the command of Luis Amaranto Perea, who had been working as Comesaña’s assistant and was appointed his replacement, Sharks to restart continental tournament amid pandemic with the obligation to win if he wants to maintain his hopes of qualifying in a group in which Flamengo and Independiente went headlong with two wins in the first two days.
Junior and Barcelona come to this duel without a single point in their favor and with the urgent need to add a win for continue in the race to advance to the second phase or, at least, to have the possibility of placing third and obtaining a place in the Copa Sudamericana.
“It is a very important moment, the club has a lot of things at stake. I have had to take on this challenge and I am going with all the enthusiasm in the world. We must give continuity to this work and hope that everything goes well, “said Perea in dialogue with EL HERALDO.
The former Boca Juniors defender, Atlético de Madrid and the Colombia team, who will have the experienced assistance of Luis Grau, He explained that for this game he will give continuity to what had been prepared by the hand of Comesaña.
“Initially we are not going to modify anything, the work for the week was already more than designed. On Monday afternoon the work that we had discussed with Julio in the morning was done. Tuesday too. In this game there will be very few things, almost none. It seems to me that modifying things now would be running a pretty high risk, “said Perea, 41 years old.
The new helmsman is expected to repeat the starting line-up with which Junior beat América de Cali 2-0 and was crowned champion of the South American Cup.
The novelties in the list of travelers are José Luis Chunga, James Sánchez and Cristian Higuita, who are already recovered from their respective injuries.
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