Riestra will be one of the Argentine protagonists of the next Copa Sudamericana and, for his international participation, he chose the Pedro Bidegain stadium as his venue. The Bajo Flores club will play its three home games corresponding to the group stage of the competition there, using the San Lorenzo field to meet the requirements demanded by Conmebol.
Although Riestra has its own stadium, located a few meters from the Nuevo Gasómetro, the decision responds to regulatory and infrastructure issues. In this way, the team will play its home in the same neighborhood where it usually coexists with San Lorenzo, but this time on the Barça stage and in a continental context.
At the moment, the amounts of the stadium rental or the contractual details of the agreement between both institutions were not disclosed. There are also no certainties about the dates and times in which these matches will be played, since Riestra, nor San Lorenzo, do not yet know their group rivals, something that will only be defined once the preliminary phase of the Copa Sudamericana, scheduled for February, is over.
Thus, the Pedro Bidegain will once again be an international stage, this time with an unexpected tenant, while the continental calendar begins to take shape and Boedo prepares to host drink nights in other people’s shirts.
