Melgar from Arequipa will host Uruguay's River Plate today, Wednesday, April 13, in a match valid for the second date of group B of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana. The Peruvian team has the obligation to win so as not to get complicated in the table for a future qualification.
Precisely, the national team is not going through their best football moment in Liga 1. And it is that although it is in ninth place with 13 points, the last match was lost to the Universidad San Martín, which made it difficult for them to get closer to the first place that is owned by Deportivo Municipal with 20 units. Anyway, he has a pending match, which gives him some hope for the remainder of the championship.
Internationally, 'Dominó' is experiencing a bitter moment after losing in the debut to Cuiabá in Brazil. Although it could be thought that the teams of this country have abysmal power, in the match they played against the 'rojinegros' they were not superior and only punctual plays decided the result in their favor. The 2-0 defeat seemed to mean a lot of punishment for the Arequipas, as they dominated much of the compromise. Hence, before the Uruguayans they go out to recover those lost points.
Players such as Bernardo Cuesta, Cristian Bordacahar or Luis Iberico himself must improve their definition of the goal. And it is that in the duel that was played in Brazilian lands, they had several occasions to open the score, but they were not fine and ended up paying it with the result against.
On the other hand, the 'charrúa' team is one of the teams that surprised the championship in their country. This is because they are placed in the second square with 14 points, 5 less than the leader Deportivo Maldonado. To his credit he has 4 won games, 2 tied and 2 lost, the same as Boston River, but with better goal difference. Other greats such as Peñarol, Nacional or Danubio are far from the tip, although with serious options to reach it, since all three have scored 12 points.
Likewise, the forceful 4-1 victory won by those led by Gustavo Díaz on the last date of the Uruguayan league has given them that extra and reassurance to face the commitment to the Peruvian team. Nor should we ignore the fact that they have figures who played in Europe such as Maxi Pereira and Gonzalo 'Chory' Castro', so he is a careful rival.
Now, as for their participation in the Copa Sudamericana, the 'rioplatense' cast eliminated Liverpool from the same nation in the qualifying phase by a global score of 3 to 0. This result allowed him to enter the group stage, where they are gathered, in addition to Melgar and Cuiabá, with Racing de Avellaneda. Precisely, against the Argentines it was their first match at this stage. However, they lost because of the slightest difference, which forces them to seek victory at the height of Arequipa.
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Melgar de Arequipa will suffer the loss of Horacio Orzán, who received the yellow cardboard against Cuiabá in the last match, so he will not be before the 'darseneros'. Meanwhile, the visiting squad does not have any injured or sanctioned players, so they will come with their full roster.
STATEMENT
Since the Arequipa squad they have not spoken publicly about this party. Only on their social networks did they post an encouraging message. “Despite the difficulties we must stick together, this week we have a great opportunity to reverse this misstep,” the publication reads.
For his part, the Uruguayan defender of River Plate, José Aja, did rule on Melgar after the rout against Albion. “I played Copa in some matches but I didn't have to go to Peru. I do know the rival, I know they play football well and we are studying it. Our head is in Melgar. We also have our weapons and we are going to look for victory to place ourselves well in the group,” he said.
MELGAR VS. RIVER PLATE: POSSIBLE LINEUPS
Melgar: Carlos Cáceda; Alejandro Ramos, Alec Deneumostier, Leonel Galeano, Paolo Reyna; Alexis Arias, Jean Pierre Archimbaud, Martin Perez Guedes; Cristian Bordacahar, Luis Iberico, Bernardo Cuesta. DT: Nestor Lorenzo
River Plate: Salvador Ichazo; Santiago Brunelli, Jose Aja, Horacio Salaberry, Maxi Pereira; Walter Clar, Nicolas Sosa, Matias Alfonso, Tiago Galletto, Gonzalo Castro; Thiago Borbas. DT: Gustavo Diaz
TIMES TO WATCH MELGAR VS RIVER PLATE IN LATIN AMERICA
- Peru: 5:15 p.m.
- Mexico: 4:15 p.m.
- Ecuador: 5:15 p.m.
- Colombia: 5:15 p.m.
- Venezuela: 6:15 p.m.
- Paraguay: 6:15 p.m.
- Argentina: 7:15 p.m.
- Uruguay: 7:15 p.m.
- Brasil: 7:15 p.m.
- Chile: 7:15 p.m.
CHANNELS TO WATCH MELGAR VS RIVER PLATE LIVE
- Peru: DirecTV Sports
- Ecuador: DirecTV Sports, Star+
- Colombia: DirecTV Sports, Star+
- Venezuela: DirecTV Sports, Star+
- Argentina: DirecTV Sports, Star+
- Uruguay: DirecTV Sports, Star+
- Chile: DirecTV Sports, Star+
- Brazil: NOW NET and Claro, CONMEBOL TV
- United States: beIN SPORTS
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