LIBERATORS CUP
El Más Grande will face the gaucho cast in the round of 16. His tour in the group stage, the team figures and his present in the Brazilian championship.
Updated on 07/05/2023 – 2:46 p.m. ART
© Getty ImagesThe Millionaire will face each other again with Inter de Porto Alegre.
The draw for the Copa Libertadores defined the fate of the eight games that will start the round of 16. The moment of truth begins and the direct elimination duels. And River, one of the heavyweights of the contest, will have a tough test at the start of the mata-mata series: Their first rival will be Internacional de Porto Alegre, one of the teams that is betting strongly to regain ground on the international level.
Inter de Porto Alegre was part of Group B, where they went head-to-head with Nacional from Uruguay and Independiente de Medellín. Everything was resolved on the last day, where they beat DIM 3-1 in Brazil and secured their ticket to the round of 16. River’s next rival is one of the undefeated in the Copa Libertadores, as they achieved 3 wins and 3 draws in the group stage. In addition, he scored 10 goals and conceded 6. In the overall balance, he ended up being the seventh best ranked among the first, only above Fluminense.
In local football, Internacional has been carrying out a somewhat irregular campaign. It is in eighth place in the standings with 21 points, product of 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. It is 12 units behind Botafogo, the only leader. At the end of May he lost 3-1 against Gremio, his classic rivalin a match in which Walter Kaennemann was sent off in the tricolor and which had the Uruguayan Luis Suárez as one of the scorers.
In the Inter squad there are several familiar faces. In defense, the Porto Alegre team has the experience of Gabriel Mercado, former side of River and the Argentine National Team, champion of the 2015 Copa Libertadores with the Sacred Mantle. In addition to the native defender from Puerto Madryn, he also has another compatriot in the last line: Fabricio Bustos, former Independiente striker and one of the players that Marcelo Gallardo wanted at some point to reinforce his team.
Beyond the presence of the two Argentine defenders, Internacional has several new faces that have joined the squad in recent weeks. The most brilliant reinforcement was Enner Valencia, goalscorer for the Ecuadorian National Team. The attacker, who comes from playing a great World Cup in Qatar, arrived free from Fenerbahce. The other great figure of Inter is Luiz Adriano, a footballer who has just played for Antalyaspor, also in Turkey.
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2023-07-05 17:46:54
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