Banfield visits Unión La Calera and Lanús receives Barcelona from Ecuador for the Copa Sudamericana: time, TV and formations

The Copa Sudamericana continues its course with six commitments, corresponding to the second date of the group stage. Among the highlights are the clashes that will have Unión La Calera-Banfield and Lanús-Barcelona as protagonists.

LA CALERA-BANFIELD UNION:

Banfield wants to continue steadily at the international level and this afternoon will have an interesting test on his trip to Viña del Mar. At the Sausalito Stadium, they will face Unión La Calera from Chile. From 19.15, on ESPN. The referee will be Paraguayan Juan Gabriel Benitez.

The Taladora, who has just beaten Patronato in Paraná and is within reach of the positions that qualify for the Final Stage of the Liga Cup, began its journey in this contest with an important 1-0 victory against Santos from Brazil, another candidate to win Group C (only the first of each zone advances from round).

Diego Dabove will not be able to count on midfielder Nicolás Domingo (expelled against Peixe) and left-back Ian Escobar (injury). In their places will be Matías Romero and Franco Quinteros or Julián Eseiza, respectively.

Locals, after equaling 0 to 0 in their visit to the home of Universidad Católica de Ecuador, need to become strong as a local to accommodate within their area. Coach Martín Anselmi has a varied Argentine presence within his squad: Ignacio Arce, Santiago Garcia, Sebastián Saez, Gonzalo Castellani, Lucas Passerini and Thomas Rodriguez.

Probable formations:

La Calera Union: Ignacio Arce; Simon Ramirez, Pedro Henrique, Christian Vilches, Santiago Garcia and Erick Wiemberg; Brayan Garrido, Williams Alarcón and Mathias Vidangossy; Bryan Carvallo and Sebastián Sáez. DT: Martin Anselmi.

Banfield: Enrique Bologna; Luciano Abecasis, Alejandro Maciel, Luciano Lollo and Franco Quinteros or Julián Eseiza; Juan Alvarez, Matias Romero, Giuliano Galoppo and Agustín Urzi; Juan Cruz and Amos Perales. DT: Diego Dabove.

Stadium: Sausalito (Viña del Mar)

Referee: Juan Gabriel Benitez (Paraguay)

Hora: 19.15

Television: ESPN

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LANUS-BARCELONA:

Lanús, who comes in free fall and with Jorge Almirón under the spotlight, will try to resurface in the Copa Sudamericana in a tough confrontation against Barcelona from Ecuador, the other contender to keep the passage to the next round. From 21.30, in the city of Lanús Nestor Díaz Pérez. ESPN will be televised and the referee will be Brazilian Bruno Abreu de Araujo.

The Garnet, which comes from falling at home to Aldosivi for the League Cup, is in the last place in Zone 2 and urgently needs to stop the bad streak of results. The South began their journey at the international level with a draw against Metropolitanos in Venezuela.

As far as the team is concerned, Jorge Almirón would put on the court an 11 similar to the one that comes from falling with the Tiburón, with the López-Sand duo on the offensive. The only variants will be the entry of Tomás Belmonte by Nicolás Pasquini and that of Ángel González by the injured Ignacio Malcorra.

Guayaquil, on the other hand, are the other side of the coin, as they are the comfortable leaders of Ecuador's Pro League (six units ahead of Liga de Quito, its most immediate pursuer) and started their way in the South American with a 4-2 win over Montevideo Wanderers.

Probable formations:

Lanus: Fernando Monetti; Brian Aguirre, Matias Perez, Yonathan Cabral, Alexander Bernabei; Lautaro Acosta, Facundo Perez, Tomas Belmonte, Angel Gonzalez; Jose Lopez and Jose Sand. DT: Jorge Almiron.

Barcelona: Javier Burrai; Leonel Quinonez, Luca Sosa, Carlos Rodriguez, Pedro Velasco; Bruno Piñatares, Nixon Molina, Jonhatan Perlaza, Adonis Preciado; Damian Diaz and Gonzalo Mastriani. DT: George Celico.

Stadium: City of Lanus Nestor Diaz Perez

Referee: Bruno Abreu de Araujo (Brazil)

Hora: 21.30

Television: ESPN

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