Millionaires will receive this Tuesday -from 10:00 p.m.- in Bogotá to Palestinian on the fifth day of Group E, which will be their last option to stay alive in the Libertadores Cupagainst a rival who is driven and motivated.
The area leads Bolivarwith 10 units, followed by the Chileans with 6, Flamengo with 4 and the Colombians with just 2 points, so a defeat or a draw will mean their final elimination.
Although the capital team managed to get out of a bad streak on Saturday by beating Deportivo Pereira 1-0 on the second day of the semi-final home runs of the local tournament, the situation is not encouraging for the coach Alberto Gamerowho has to deal with several injuries that have affected his team’s performance.
For example, it is confirmed that the scorer Leonardo Castro and the creative Daniel Cataño will not be in Tuesday’s duel, while the Argentine Santiago Giordana and the midfielder Daniel Ruiz, due to discomfort and a virus, respectively, are in doubt.
Who Gamero will recover is the Venezuelan full-back Delvin Alfonzo, who served two dates of sanction for expulsion.
Palestino, meanwhile, arrived in Bogotá on Sunday night. The team was received at the El Dorado international airport by dozens of people who waved the Palestinian flag.
The tricolor team, led by the Argentine Pablo Sanchezis motivated after beating Flamengo 1-0 and will look for a victory in the Colombian capital that will allow him to get closer to qualifying for the round of 16 of the competition.
“Millonarios has the obligation to win both games to have concrete chances of something, and we have to know how to be intelligent, to try to play with the rival’s needs,” said Sánchez.
He added: “It’s a difficult match, we’re on par with Bogotá, which is doing well in the local tournament, but needy in the Cup. So hopefully we’ll be able to show our power and be able to continue on a roll in the Cup.”
The coach will have his entire payrollwhich includes experienced midfielder Bryan Carrasco, Argentine striker Gonzalo Sosa and goalkeeper César Rigamonti.
Probable alignments of Millonarios and Palestino:
Millionaires: Alvaro Montero; Delvin Alfonzo, Andrés Llinás, Juan Pablo Vargas, Jhoan Hernández; Juan Carlos Pereira, Daniel Giraldo, Emerson Rodríguez, David Silva, Daniel Ruiz, and Beckham Castro. Coach: Alberto Gamero.
Palestinian: Caesar Rigamonti Benjamín Rojas, Iván Román, Cristián Suárez, Dilan Zúñiga; Nicolás Linares, Misael Dávila, Ariel Martínez; Bryan Carrasco, Junior Marabel and Jonathan Benítez. Coach: Pablo Sánchez.
