Racing Club
receives today the champion of the
Copa Libertadores
,
Flamengo
, with the aim of achieving a victory that will leave it close to qualifying for the next phase, in a match of the third date of Group A.
The game is played from 7:00 p.m. at the Presidente Perón de Avellaneda stadium, with the refereeing of the Venezuelan Jesús Valenzuela and the TV transmission is in charge of the Fox Sports cable signal.
The "Academy" alone leads its zone with an ideal score (6) after the victories against Ñublense in Chile (2-0) and Aucas from Ecuador in Avellaneda (3-2), while at the local level it is located in the 14th ° position with 18 points, 16 behind the leader River, and comes from losing 3-1 against Boca Juniors last Saturday.
In the event that Racing achieves a victory against the Brazilian team, it will reach nine points and will be close to obtaining a ticket to the round of 16 of the continental contest.
In addition, the match acquires singular importance for coach Fernando Gago, questioned by a sector of Racing fans after the string of five games without victories with a draw and four losses in the local tournament, the last one against Boca at La Bombonera .
Flamengo, meanwhile, has three points in the zone, after the 2-1 loss against Aucas in the cup debut and the 2-0 win against Ñublense in Rio de Janeiro.
In the Brasileirao, the team led by Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli is in 13th place with 3 units, at the rate of one win and two losses, the last one 3-2 against Botafogo.
On the next day (fourth) Racing will visit Aucas in Ecuador and Flamengo will visit Ñublense in Chile.
= Probable Formations =
Racing Club:
Gabriel Arias;
Facundo Mura or Iván Pillud or Oscar Opazo, Leonardo Sigali, Tomás Avilés or Jonathan Galván or Emiliano Insúa and Gabriel Rojas;
Juan Nardoni, Aníbal Moreno and Emiliano Saliadarre;
Gabriel Hauche, Paolo Guerrero and Matias Rojas.
DT: Fernando Gago.
Flamengo:
Saints;
Fabricio Bruno, David Luiz, Léo Pereira and Marinho;
Arturo Vidal, Gerson, Ayrton Lucas and Thiago Maia;
Pedro and Gabriel Barbosa.
DT: Jorge Sampaoli.
Referee:
Jesus Valenzuela.
Stadium:
Juan Domingo President Perón.
Time:
19.00
TV:
Fox Sports.
