After reacting in the Brasileirão, Grêmio has a decisive night for the Copa Sul-Americana this Thursday (29).
Later, from 19h (BrasÃlia time), Tricolor will host Sportivo Luqueño at the Arena.
Game valid for the sixth and last round of Group D of the competition.
Situation of the key 📊
Grêmio is, with nine points, the second placed.
Sees Godoy Cruz Рwho will host Atl̩tico Grau Рleading with 11.
To finish first and go straight to the round of 16, Tricolor needs to win and root for the defeat of the Argentine team in Mendoza.
If Godoy Cruz draws, Grêmio will need to win and have a higher goal difference. Today they have three for against five of the rival.
A direct spot is worth $600,000 (R$ 3.4 million) in prize money.
And the passage to the playoffs will make the team in question take $500,000 (R$ 2.8 million).
Tiago Volpi, Kannemann, and Braithwaite were not even related.
Jemerson returns. And will be the captain.
Without being able to play in the Sula, Marlon sees Lucas Esteves return to being the LE.
There are several changes.
Monsalve, Edenilson, Cuéllar, Ely, Igor Serrote, and João Lucas continue to recover.
Already eliminated, Luqueño, commanded by Julio César Cáceres – a historic player of Olimpia and with passages through Boca Jrs. and Atlético-MG – is full of problems.
It does not count with its two main goalkeepers, which guaranteed the lineup of the young Francisco Mongelós, 20 years old.
Captain of the team, Pablo César Aguilar serves a suspension, but warns that he will leave the club. And may even end his career.
Striker Guillermo Hauché left the club after an act of indiscipline. And the LD Rodi Ferreira was left out of the related for the same reason.
It occupies only the tenth place (of 12) in the elite of the Paraguayan league.
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