The presentation of Argentine teams that play international competitions steals the scene of today’s agenda for soccer fans. There will be action at the two biggest club tournaments in America.
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From 7:15 p.m., Lanús will be Independiente’s venue in La Fortaleza in the south of Greater Buenos Aires, for the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa Sudamericana. The team led by Luis Zubeldia beat Bolívar of Bolivia in the round of 16 with a 6-2 win in the second leg played in Lanús last week. For his part, the Red one led by Lucas Pusineri also passed comfortably because he had crushed Fenix 4-1 on the road, which he beat 1-0 in the second leg played in Argentina.
It should be remembered that both Independiente (in 2010 and 2017) and Lanús (2013) know what it is to lift this cup. Yesterday, in the first leg of their quarterfinal series, Defensa y Justicia defeated Bahía de Brasil 3-2 as a visitor.
At 21:30 it will be River’s turn, who will use the Independiente court to receive Nacional for the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores. Marcelo Gallardo’s men beat Athletico Paranaense in the previous bracket and the Uruguayan team went through penalties to Independiente del Valle.
Both games will be televised on ESPN.
Earlier, matches will be played corresponding to the group stage of the Europa League, the tournament on the European continent that follows the Champions League in importance. Napoli-Real Sociedad and the presentation of Bayer Leverkusen stand out, with Lucas Alario and Exequiel Palacios in their squad, among others. Tottenham, with Giovani Lo Celso, will be local to Royal Antwerp of Belgium from 5 pm with ESPN broadcast.
There are 12 groups of 4 teams each and today’s date is the last of this stage, where almost all the defined zones are.
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