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Racing - Boca, for the Copa Libertadores live: confirmed lineups

2020-12-17T00:19:41.098Z


In one of the strongest crossovers of the Copa Libertadores, Racing opens its series with Boca Juniors at the Cilindro de Avellaneda.


12/16/2020 18:30

  • Clarín.com

  • sports

Updated 12/16/2020 9:10 PM

Boca Juniors visits Racing Club

in a classic between two great Argentine soccer that will be played in Avellaneda and will be valid for the quarterfinals of the

2020 Copa Libertadores

.

The game will be played from

9:30 p.m. at the Presidente Perón stadium

of Racing, with the arbitration of Uruguayan Esteban Ostojich, who will be assisted from the VAR by Argentine Mauro Vigliano, and will be televised by the cable signal ESPN 2.

At night the teams were confirmed and the important news were on the side of Boca, where Russo confirmed Leonardo Jara on the right side, who prevailed over Julio Buffarini, and Edwin Cardona as a hitch instead of a "9" defined as Soldano.

The "cupbearer" crossing between

La Academia 

and

Los Xeneizes

 was delayed for a week

due to the postponement of the first leg between Boca and Internacional from Brazil on November 25, the day of Diego Maradona's death, which shocked world football and the sports environment in general, and for being one of the greatest idols of the entity of La Ribera.

Boca Juniors suffered to eliminate Inter from Porto Alegre, in the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores.

Photo: AP.

The team led by coach Sebastián Beccacece has

left Flamengo

, the last champion of the continental tournament,

on the road

, after two draws 1-1 and a 5-3 in favor in the penalty shootout at the legendary Maracaná stadium in Rio de Janeiro .

Boca, for its part, qualified for this instance after having beaten Internacional 5-4 on penalties after a 1-0 victory in Porto Alegre and a defeat by the same score in La Bombonera, which led to the tiebreaker from the 12 steps .

The team that manages to pass the phase will be measured against the winner of the key made up of Gremio de Porto Alegre and Santos

.

In the first leg they drew 1-1 and today they will define the winner of the match between the two Brazilian teams.

Racing Club eliminated defending champion Flamengo in the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores.

Photo: EFE.

Racing - Boca: formations

Racing Club

: Gabriel Arias;

Fabricio Domínguez, Leonardo Sigali, Nery Domínguez, Alexis Soto and Eugenio Mena;

Lorenzo Melgarejo, Leonel Miranda and Matías Rojas;

Héctor Fértoli and Lisandro López.

DT: Sebastián Beccacece.

Boca Juniors

: Esteban Andrada;

Leonardo Jara, Lisandro López, Carlos Izquierdoz and Frank Fabra;

Eduardo Salvio, Jorman Campuzano, Nicolás Capaldo and Sebastián Villa;

Carlos Tevez and Edwin Cardona.

DT: Miguel Ángel Russo.

Referee

: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay).

Stadium

: Presidente Perón, from Racing Club.

Hours

: 9:30 p.m.

TV

: ESPN 2.

Source: clarin

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