LDU v São Paulo: where to watch the Libertadores quarter-finals | OneFootball

São Paulo visits LDU this Thursday at 7 PM (Brasília time) at the Casablanca stadium in Quito, Ecuador, for the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores.

Where to watch: The match will be televised by Paramount, but you can also follow all the coverage of the match here on gazetaesportiva.com.

São Paulo arrives for the duel with high confidence. Last Sunday, even with many absences, the Tricolor defeated Botafogo, the current Libertadores champion, 1-0 at Morumbi, and remained strong in the fight for the G6 of the Brasileirão.

Despite the good moment, coach Hernán Crespo has been dealing with significant absences, such as Lucas Moura, Oscar, Calleri, André Silva, and Luiz Gustavo, who will be available to the São Paulo coach starting Saturday after recovering from a pulmonary thromboembolism.

São Paulo is seeking its first victory over LDU away from home in its history. In three encounters in Quito, the Tricolor has come up short in all of them, the most recent being in the quarter-finals of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana.

The altitude of over 2800m is the main concern for São Paulo. The Tricolor will have to adapt to the unfavorable conditions of playing at high altitudes, such as the thin air, lighter ball, and faster game pace.

The Tricolor departs for Quito late Wednesday morning and arrives on Ecuadorian soil around 5:30 PM (Brasília time). The team will not train the day before the match due to lack of time, limiting themselves to an activation session at the hotel where they will be staying.

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