Racing and Vélez battle to become the first Copa Libertadores semi-finalist | OneFootball

After winning the first leg away, the Academy hosts Fortín at the Cilindro and continues to dream of making history in the Libertadores.

Racing and Vélez will play this Tuesday from 19.00 in a Presidente Perón Stadium that will not have visiting fans, for the Copa Libertadores. The Academy won the first leg duel in Liniers, thanks to a solitary goal from Maravilla Martínez, in a match that saw the expulsion of Lisandro Magallán and the cancellation of a goal by Aarón Quirós. Both won their weekend matches and are going for the semi-final ticket.

How Racing and Vélez arrive at the duel for the Copa Libertadores

After a turbulent start in the Clausura Tournament, the reigning champion of the Copa Sudamericana moved away from the bottom of Zone A and seems to have righted the course, entering a streak of three consecutive victories in which it overcame San Lorenzo, Vélez itself and Huracán, in its most recent victory, in a clash that coach Gustavo Costas took advantage of to rest those who are usually starters, in preparation for the quarterfinal duel of the Copa Libertadores.

The team led by Guillermo Barros Schelotto has gone five league matches in a row without losing and won its weekend commitment against San Martín in San Juan, with goals from Manuel Lanzini and Dilan Godoy. Managing to arrive in the best way to seek the comeback in Avellaneda, with the good news that one of its stars, Maher Carrizo, will renew his contract until 2027, as reported by its president Fabián Berlanga. Without Lisandro Magallán, who saw the red card in the first leg, the Vélez team will go for a historic comeback that allows them to continue dreaming of eternal glory.

The probable formation of Racing vs. Vélez, for the Copa Libertadores

Facundo Cambeses, Facundo Mura, Franco Pardo, Santiago Sosa, Nazareno Colombo, Gabriel Rojas; Juan Ignacio Nardoni, Agustín Almendra, Bruno Zuculini or Matías Zaracho; Santiago Solari or Duván Vergara, Adrián Martínez DT: Gustavo Costas.

The possible eleven of Vélez vs. Racing, for the Copa Libertadores

Tomás Marchiori, Jano Gordon or Agustín Lagos, Emanuel Mammana, Aarón Quirós, Elias Gómez, Rodrigo Aliendro, Agustín Bouzat , Tomás Galván or Manuel Lanzini, Maher Carrizo, Imanol Machuca and Michael Santos or Braian Romero DT: Guillermo Barros Schelotto.

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