Valley Independent will leave the premises for the victory over America Mineiroand waiting for the result between Atlético Mineiro and Deportes Tolima, from Colombia, to find out if they manage to advance to the round of 16 of the Liberators cup.
While Independiente is third with 5 points, Deportes Tolima has 8 and Atlético Mineiro is the leader of Group D, with 11 points.
The football moment is not ideal for the Ecuadorian team, because after having everything in their favor to win the first phase of the Ecuadorian championship, they lost 0-1 at home against one of the last in the standings, Mushuc Runa , and left the first option to win it in the hands of Barcelona.
In addition, its current coach, the Portuguese Renato Paiva, will lead the team until next Sunday, to accept a project and a better economic proposal from León, from Mexico.
Paiva was also unable to direct the Valle team in the current Libertadores because he did not meet one of the requirements of the South American Football Confederation (CSF) for European coaches, and the Ecuadorian Miguel Bravo appeared in his position, who directs the minor divisions. of the club.
Independiente will miss Argentine midfielders Lorenzo Faravelli and Nicolás Previtali due to injuries that will keep them out of the competition for much of the current season.
Among the figures that the team will have for the confrontation for the last date of the group stage, will be the Argentines, the defenders Richard Schunke, Mateo Carabajal, the midfielder Cristian Pellerano and the attacker Jonathan Bauman.
América Mineiro led by Vágner Mancini tied 1-1 at home against Botafogo last Saturday for the Brazilian Championship, and is in ninth place in the standings, with 10 units, four less than the leader, Corinthians .
Among the reinforcements with which El Conejo, as América Mineiro is also known, will be the defenders, the Argentine German Conti, the Paraguayan Raúl Cáceres, the Colombians, the midfielder Juan Pablo Ramírez and the striker Orlando Berrío.
The match will be played at the “Banco Guayaquil” stadium, owned by Independiente del Valle, in the town of Valle de Chillo Jijón, near the Ecuadorian capital, from 7:00 p.m. local time (00:00 GMT), with the arbitration of the Uruguayan Leodán Gonzalez. EFE
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