Racing and Vélez battle for the first Copa Libertadores semi-final spot | OneFootball

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

Racing and Vélez will play this Tuesday from 19:00 at the Estadio Presidente Perón, which will not have visiting fans, for the Copa Libertadores. The Academy won the first leg in Liniers, thanks to a solitary goal by Maravilla Martínez, in a match that saw the expulsion of Lisandro Magallán and the annulment of a goal by Aarón Quirós. Both teams won their weekend matches and are aiming for a spot in the semifinals.

How Racing and Vélez arrive at the Copa Libertadores clash

After a turbulent start in the Torneo Clausura, the current Copa Sudamericana champion has distanced itself from the bottom of Zone A and seems to have straightened its course, entering a streak of three consecutive victories in which they overcame San Lorenzo, Vélez itself, and Huracán in their most recent triumph, in a match where coach Gustavo Costas took the opportunity to rest the usual starters, ahead of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinal clash.

The team led by Guillermo Barros Schelotto reached five consecutive league matches without losing and won their weekend commitment against San Martín in San Juan, with goals from Manuel Lanzini and Dilan Godoy. They are arriving in the best possible way to seek a comeback in Avellaneda, with the good news that one of their stars, Maher Carrizo, will renew his contract until 2027, as informed by their 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 keep dreaming of eternal glory.

The probable lineup for 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 Coach: Gustavo Costas.

The possible lineup for 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 Coach: Guillermo Barros Schelotto.

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