Argentinos Juniors receives Independiente del Valle in its debut in the Copa Libertadores

Luck was not on his side Argentine Juniors during the draw, since it fell into one of the most complex areas: Group D. His first stumbling block is in Diego Armando Maradona where they will receive Independiente del Valle, the last champion of the Copa Sudamericana. The referee is the Peruvian Diego Haro.

El Bicho, who was able to lift this trophy in 1985, after an irregular start to the season, seems to have found his way and has gone undefeated in five games, which allowed him to climb to seventh position in the Professional League (seven behind the leader River Plate) and advance to the round in the Argentine Cup (beat Deportivo Armenio 3-0).

The visit, on the other hand, is the top seed, being the current champion of the Copa Sudamericana and beating Flamengo in the Recopa Sudamericana. In addition, after two victories in a row, he is the leader of the Ecuadorian First Division tournament.

Tomorrow it will be the turn of Liverpool from Uruguay, which will host Corinthians from Brazil.

Formations:

Argentine Juniors: Federico Lanzillota; Kevin MacAllister, Marco Di Cesare, Lucas Villalba; Marcelo Cabrera, Fabricio Domínguez, Federico Redondo, Santiago Montiel; Francisco González Metilli; Gabriel Avalos and Gaston Veron. DT: Gabriel Milito

Valley Independent: Wellington Ramirez; Matthew Carabajal, Richard Schunke, Augustine Garcia Basso; Matthias Fernandez, Julius Ortiz, Christian Pellerano, Lawrence Faravelli; Lautaro Diaz, Kevin Rodriguez and Junior Sornoza. DT: Martin Anselmi.

Estadio: Diego Armando Maradona.

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru).

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