Deportivo Riestra travel to Montevideo City Torque in key group clash | OneFootball

El Malevo will play this Tuesday from 7 p.m. at the Centenario Stadium, in the fifth matchday of Group F. It needs a win to go into the final round with a chance.

Deportivo Riestra will face a decisive test this Tuesday in the Copa Sudamericana. From 7 p.m., it will visit Montevideo City Torque at the Centenario Stadium, for the fifth matchday of Group F, with the obligation to pick up points to stay alive in the tournament.

El Malevo comes into the match third in the group with 4 points, and needs a victory to keep realistic qualification hopes alive heading into the final matchday. The Argentine side had revived its hopes precisely against Torque, when it earned the first international win in its history with a 2-1 victory in Bajo Flores.

However, it then suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat to Gremio, a result that once again left it trailing in the race to advance. In the domestic tournament, the team managed by Guillermo Duró has shown inconsistency in recent weeks and is coming off a 0-0 draw with Lanús in the last round of the regular phase, where it finished bottom of Zone A.

On the other side will be Montevideo City Torque, leaders of Group F with 9 points, although under pressure to stay on top in a group that tightened after the fourth matchday. The Uruguayan side is coming off a 1-0 win over Palestino in Montevideo, a result that allowed it to recover after the loss to Riestra in Buenos Aires.

On the domestic front, the sky-blue team is coming off a 2-1 loss to Nacional at the start of the Intermediate Tournament, a result that ended a positive run it had carried over from the close of the Apertura.

The sixth and final matchday of the group will be played on Tuesday the 26th. Montevideo City Torque will visit Gremio, while Riestra will close its campaign away to .

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