O’Higgins visits Palestino looking for a victory that encourages him to continue fighting for an international spot – 2024-08-10 05:55:51

For three golden points. This afternoon, O’Higgins will visit Palestino at the municipal stadium of La Cisterna, a key duel in the fight to reach international qualification positions.

The Celestes, who will present several modifications for this match compared to the last game in Viña del Mar, are clear that they must become strong as visitors to get closer to their objective, as coach Víctor Fuentes said on Wednesday.

Furthermore, regarding how to play against the Arabs, the forward who will start today, Esteban Moreira, pointed out that “I feel that this is the match to continue taking off, since we are only three points behind them,” and added that for this round it must be “an intense team, giving little breathing room to the rival and being direct.”

Furthermore, as Fuentes said, this time they will play with a 4-3-3 formation, matching what the tricolor team is doing, which is also thinking about the international concert, since they are still in the race for the Copa Sudamericana.

In addition, and regarding how to approach the match, Fuentes stressed that “we have to block their footballing connections, which are very good. Their attack is very fast and has a good start.” And of course, the team from La Cisterna has exponents with a lot of speed on the wing, attackers, and midfielders with good technical skills. The same goes for the defence, where their centre-backs have played an important role, especially in the cup matches.

The most likely starting eleven for 3pm today would be: Diego Carreño in goal; Moisés González, Leonel Mosevich, Juan Ignacio Díaz and Vicente Fernández in defence; Juan Fuentes, Martín Sarrafiore and Brian Rabello in midfield; Diego Buonanotte, Esteban Moreira and Yorman Zapata in attack.

For its part, the home team, led by Argentine Lucas Bovaglio, would line up Cesar Rigamonti; Benjamin Rojas, Ivan Roman, Cristian Suarez, Dilan Zuniga; Ariel Martinez, Misael Davila, Joe Abrigo; Bryan Carrasco, Gonzalo Sosa and Jonathan Benitez.

The referees designated for this match are: Víctor Abarzúa (main referee), Alejandro Molina (first assistant referee), Marcia Castillo (second assistant referee) and Matías Quila (fourth referee). The VAR will be attended by: José Cabero and Eric Pizarro.