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At 1:00 p.m. this Sunday, the Barcelona Sporting Club team takes its flight to Buenos Aires.
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At 1:00 p.m. this Sunday, the Barcelona Sporting Club team heads to Argentina for the first round of 16 match of the Copa Libertadores 2021 with Vélez Sarsfield. The first leg will be played on Wednesday, July 14 at the José Amalfitani stadium, popularly known as El Fortín, which is located in the extreme west of the city of Buenos Aires.
After the football slump that he showed on Saturday at the Clásico del Astillero against his eternal rival, Emelec, with whom he drew 1-1, Barcelona SC were left in an uncomfortable situation in their quest to retain the LigaPro 2020 title. , a positive result in his visit to Vélez could restore hope to those led by Fabián Bustos.
The downturn of most of the Canarian figures was notorious, after the stoppage of the Ecuadorian championship since May 30, due to the participation of the National Team in the qualifying round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup and in the America’s Cup, which concluded the night Saturday in Brazil.
So the first objective of winning the first phase of the LigaPro was complicated, because he was left with 28 points against the 31 of Emelec, who next weekend will visit Manta, while the yellow ones will receive Macará.
Before, the men of DT Bustos must face the start of the round of 16 against Vélez.
This Sunday the bullfighting delegation was made up of 22 players and the offensive midfielder Michael Hoyos again dropped due to plantar fasciitis. The Paraguayan center-back Williams Riveros is fully recovered.
Coach Bustos is likely to present the following line-up in Argentina: Javier Burrai; Byron Castillo, Luis Fernando León, Williams Riveros, Mario Pineida; Bruno Piñatares, Nixon Molina, Sergio López, Emmanuel Martínez; Damián Díaz and Carlos Garcés.
These are the summoned from Barcelona SC for the clash with Vélez:
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