Yesterday, the team led by Julio Comesaña began its journey to Paraguayan lands to face Guaireña tomorrow in Asunción. With 24 players, DIM hopes to break its bad start streak in the tournament. Last time, in 2018, the team was eliminated in the first round, precisely by a Paraguayan team. It is the fifth time that 'El Poderoso' participates in the competition and under the command of the Uruguayan they aim to reach phases of direct elimination.
Faced with the high costs of charter flights, the team had to board a commercial flight and make a stopover in Panama. They arrive in Asunción with changes in their payroll due to the injuries of some of their players. The goalkeeper Andrés Mosquera and the steering wheel José Hernández Chavez, will be absent and instead Luis Vasquez and Miguel Camargo will make up the starting team. Weimar Asprilla and the youthful Gabriel Bran also join. Another novelty is the return of Vladimir Hernández, who had had a muscular discomfort in the match against America in Cali, in the return of the first phase of the South American Conmebol Cup. Victor Moreno also traveled with the team, despite having experienced physical discomfort in the last league match. According to the medical report, there are no injuries that could affect its performance. However, the DT has not revealed whether he will be as an initialist or will start from the alternate bank.
The red mountain team arrived in Paraguay around 10am and will have a training session today. The DT will define the starting team at the close. According to Adrián Arregui, the team is able to meet its commitments in the international tournament. “We have a strong and structured team. We're on the right track. We are fine in several respects, but the most important thing is still missing, so we must continue to strive to find that identity that we have been looking for some time.”
Regarding the changes that have occurred in the squad during the semester, Arregui said that he and his teammates have adapted to what the coach wants. He added that the players have given all their efforts to achieve the goals they set themselves at the start of the season. The Antioquian team will return to Medellín, after their engagement, on April 8, in two flights, and then arrive in Barrancabermeja to face Alianza Petrolera.
The match for matchday 1 of the Copa Sudamericana group stage will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will take place at the Defensores del Chaco Stadium. Medellín is part of group E, together with Porto Alegre International and Ecuadorian team 9 de octubre. This is how the commitments are organized:
06/04 | October 9 - International
07/04 | Guairena - Medellin
DATE 2
14/04 | Medellin - October 9
14/04 | International - Guairena
DATE 3
26/04 | Medellin - International
27/04 | Guairena - October 9
DATE 4
03/05 | October 9 - Medellin
05/05 | Guairena - International
DATE 5
17/05 | International - Medellin
17/05 | October 9 - Guairena
DATE 6
24/05 | International - October 9
24/05 | Medellin - Guairena
The other Colombian team that starts its participation in the tournament today is Junior from Barranquilla. He will face Union de Santa Fe, in Argentina. El Tiburón came from winning in the local tournament, while Union fell on the last date played against Patronato. The other two teams in this group H are Oriente Petrolero, from Bolivia, and Fluminense from Brazil.
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