📋 Estudiantes v Flamengo: line-ups confirmed for decider in 🇦🇷 | OneFootball

The long-awaited Thursday night, September 25, 2025, has arrived for Estudiantes and Flamengo.

They will face each other at the Jorge Luis Hirschi Stadium in La Plata, starting at 9:30 PM (Brasília time), in the second leg of the 2025 Copa Libertadores quarter-finals.

The team that advances will face Racing in the semifinals and will play away in the second match.

In addition, they will secure a prize of 2.3 million dollars.

Match Situation 🆚

The Rubro-Negro won the first leg 2-1 and will have the advantage of a draw on Argentine soil.

Los Pincharratas will only advance in regular time if they win by at least two goals.

An Estudiantes win by one goal will force a penalty shootout.

Estudiantes 🔴⚪

The team, whose president is former midfielder Juan Sebastián Verón, advanced as the leader of Group A, leaving Botafogo in second place.

They knocked out Cerro Porteño in the round of 16 before facing Flamengo.

Coach Eduardo Domínguez is still without defender González Pirez, who is still injured.

But Colombian winger Edwuin Cetré has recovered.

Gabriel Neves, formerly of São Paulo, and Lucas Alario, formerly of Internacional, are among the options.

Homegrown player Guido Carillo returned to the club in 2023, had a good season in 2024, but has only three goals in 29 matches this year.

Flamengo ⚫🔴

The Rubro-Negro did not have the group stage their fans expected.

They advanced only in the last round and thanks to goal difference.

But the leader of the Brasileirão gained momentum in the season and had no trouble getting past Internacional in the round of 16 to face Estudiantes.

Filipe Luís once again has Jorginho available, whose last match was the 8-0 win over Vitória in the Brasileirão.

He starts alongside Saúl.

Alex Sandro is a new addition at left back.

Valera is one booking away from suspension.

Photo: Reproduction/Flamengo

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.