📋 Abel springs a surprise? Verdão named for Libertadores decider | OneFootball

It’s a decisive night for Palmeiras in the Copa Libertadores.

Verdão faces Junior Barranquilla starting at 7 p.m. Brasília time this Thursday night (28).

The match is valid for the sixth and final round of Group F of the competition and will be played at Allianz Parque.

Cristian Garay (FIFA-CHI) will referee the match. 

Paramount+ will broadcast it. 

Group situation 📊

Cerro Porteño has ten points, has already qualified, and is chasing 1st place.

It will host Sporting Cristal (six), which needs to win to advance.

Verdão has eight and only needs a draw to reach the knockout stage.

But first place will only come with a win and a Cerro defeat, as Cerro has the edge in the first tiebreaker criterion (head-to-head).

Junior (four), meanwhile, only has a chance of dropping into the Copa Sudamericana.

Palmeiras 🟢⚪

The expectation was that the team that started the clash against Flamengo would be kept unchanged.

And that was confirmed.

Ramón Sosa returned to training, was included in the squad, and will start on the bench. 

It will be Verdão’s 100th Libertadores match in Brazil against foreign teams.

There have been 75 wins, 14 draws, and ten defeats. The team has scored 248 goals and conceded 67. 

Junior 🇨🇴

Palmeiras’ rival eliminated Once Caldas and Santa Fe to reach the Colombian Apertura final.

It will face Atlético Nacional on the upcoming 2nd and 8th.

The focus has now shifted to securing a place in the Sudamericana playoffs. 

Alfredo Arias once again has Monzón available, as he has recovered from injury. 

But Navia and Celis remain in the medical department. 

The lineup has not been announced yet. 

Photo: Reprodução/Palmeiras 

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