Vasco travel to face Santa Fe with Marino tipped to start amid five absences | OneFootball

Vasco travel to Bogotá to face Independiente Santa Fe in the Copa Sudamericana quarter-finals on Tuesday 8, with winger Marino Hinestroza pushing to start at El Campín amid a reshaped attack.

According to PaponaColina, coach Pedro Emanuel has been increasing the Colombian’s minutes and he is the leading candidate to take the flank role, with Andrés Gómez, Adson and centre-back Carlos Cuesta kept in Rio as part of a rotation plan.

Thiago Mendes is suspended and striker Facundo Colidio does not have his Conmebol registration approved.

Playing in his home country, Hinestroza could draw on his knowledge of the conditions and the demands at 2,640 metres, with training tweaks arranged to free his dribbling and pace down the flanks.

The club have planned a swift turnaround after Tuesday’s match, returning immediately to refocus on the Brasileiro trip to Grêmio on Saturday in Porto Alegre.

The bench will include in-form centre-forward Andrey Fernandes, recently crowned Brasileiro Under-20 champion, offering a penalty-area option. Despite the absences, Vasco are confident of extending their manager’s unbeaten run in knockout ties and taking a positive result back to São Januário.

Source: PaponaColina

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