Estudiantes de La Plata tied 1-1 with Gremio on the Couto Pereira Stadium in Curitiba for the pending match of the fifth spherical of Group C of the Copa Libertadores, which had been postponed because of the floods that hit Porto Alegre. On this manner, the spherical of 16 matches of the best continental competitors have been outlined.
The workforce led by Renato Gaúcho took the lead 3 minutes into the second half by means of the Argentine Franco Cristaldo, who outlined a cross earlier than the departure of Matías Mansilla, however with seven minutes remaining till the tip of the match, the Uruguayan Mauro Méndez He hit a header to beat Agustín Marchesin and set up the ultimate tie.
This distribution of factors didn’t change the equation for Estudiantes de La Plata, which was already eradicated from the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana resulting from its dwelling defeat in opposition to Huachipato (4-3), however for Gremio it meant a blow, because it completed as a guard of The Strongest in Group C and should face the present champion, Fluminense, within the spherical of 16.
The tie additionally sealed the Bolivian workforce’s classification as chief and can meet Peñarol of Uruguay within the knockout stage. Whereas Huachipato from Chile completed third and can go on to play within the Copa Sudamericana Playoff.
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For Estudiantes, this participation within the Copa Libertadores ended up being a tough setback, as they completed in fourth place within the group with 5 factors. These led by Eduardo Domínguez barely received a match (2-1 in opposition to The Strongest in La Plata) and left a nasty picture within the worldwide competitors.
As soon as the group stage of the Copa Libertadores has been accomplished, that is how the spherical of 16 matches have been fashioned, which is able to start to be performed from August 14 to 21 (round-trip matches):
– KEY 1: Atlético Mineiro vs. San Lorenzo
– KEY 2: Fluminense vs. Guild
– KEY 3: River Plate vs. Córdoba Workshops
– KEY 4: Junior de Barranquilla vs. Colo Colo
– KEY 5: Saint Paul vs. Nationwide
– KEY 6: Palmeiras vs. Botafogo
– KEY 7: The Strongest vs. Penarol
– KEY 8: Bolívar vs. Flamengo
Trainings:
Guild: Augustine Marchesin; John Peter, Rodriguez Ely, Walter Kannemann, King; Dodi, Pepe; Everton, Crystal Frank, Yeferson Soteldo; Diego Costa. DT: Renato Portaluppi
College students: Matthias Mansilla; Eros Mancuso, Federico Fernandez, Zaid Rosemary, Nico Fernandez; Enzo Perez, Fernando Zuqui, Alexis Manyoma, Pablo Piatti; Edwuin Cetre and Javier Correa. DT: Edward Dominguez.
Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
VAR: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)
Stadium: Couto Pereira
TV: Fox Sports activities
The Group C standings:
