Tigre, in crisis, host América de Cali in Sudamericana, must win | OneFootball

Tigre will look to claim its first win in Copa Sudamericana Group A when it hosts América de Cali of Colombia this Thursday in the third matchday of the continental competition.

The match will take place at the José Dellagiovanna stadium starting at 9 p.m. on Thursday and will be officiated by Uruguayan referee Mathías de Armas, while his compatriot Leodán González will be in charge of VAR. The match will be broadcast on ESPN 2 and the Disney+ platform.

Diego Dabove’s team heads into this match after losing 1-0 to Sarmiento de Junín last Saturday at the Eva Perón stadium in Junín, on matchday 16 of Zone B in the Liga Profesional Torneo Apertura.

As for the Copa Sudamericana, “El Matador” visited Peru’s Alianza Atlético in the opening matchday and drew 1-1, while in the second game it fell 1-0 at home to Ecuador’s Macará.

Meanwhile, David González’s team comes into this match after a 1-0 loss to Deportivo Cali on Saturday away from home in the Valle del Cauca derby, part of the 18th matchday of Colombia’s Liga Dimayor Torneo Apertura, where it sits fifth with 30 points, thus qualifying for the playoffs.

In this Copa Sudamericana, the Cali side drew 1-1 in the opening matchday against Macará in Ecuador and, in the second, defeated Alianza Atlético 2-1 in Colombia.

These are the probable lineups and other match details

Tigre: Felipe Zenobio; Nahuel Banegas, Alan Barrionuevo, Joaquín Laso, Valentín Moreno; Bruno Leyes, Gonzalo Piñeiro, Elías Cabrera, Gonzalo Martínez, Jabes Saralegui; Ignacio Russo. Head coach: Diego Dabove.

América de Cali (Colombia): Jean Fernandes; Omar Bertel, Cristián Tovar, Marlon Torres, Luis Mina; Rafael Carrascal, Josen Escobar, Jan Lucumi, Yeison Guzmán, Tomás Ángel; Andrés Ramos. Head coach: David González.

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