📋 Flamengo named to chase the best Libertadores record | OneFootball

It’s a Copa Libertadores night for Flamengo.

They will face Cusco FC from 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) this Tuesday (26).

The match is valid for the sixth and final round of Group A of the competition.

And the Maracanã will be the venue. 

José Javier Burgos (FIFA-URU) will referee the match.

ESPN and Disney+ Premium will broadcast it. 

Group situation 📊

Flamengo are already qualified and have first place secured.

The battle now is to secure the best record in the group stage and, with that, have the advantage of hosting the second leg up to a possible semifinal.

They have 13 points with a goal difference of +9. 

The main challengers are Rosario Central and Independiente Rivadavia, who have the same record.

Cusco, meanwhile, have just one point, are bottom of the group, and no longer even have a chance of reaching the Sudamericana.

Estudiantes (six) and Independiente Medellín (seven) will face each other at the same time with an eye on the second qualifying spot.

Flamengo ⚫🔴

Leonardo Jardim once again has Everton Cebolinha available, after he had been dealing with pain in the hip area. 

Recovered from a shoulder injury, Pulgar was called up again. 

But Jorginho is out after suffering a fracture to his right big toe against Palmeiras.

It will be a heavily changed team on the pitch.

Cusco 🇵🇪

The current sixth-placed team in the Peruvian league will say goodbye to their first Libertadores edition under their current name, as they were called Real Garcilaso until 2019.

Defeats in the first three rounds of the Libertadores ruined their chances of at least fighting for a spot in the Sudamericana.

The expectation is that coach Alejandro Orfila will keep the core of the team that has been playing.

He was hired on the eve of the Libertadores after Miguel Rondelli took over at Melgar. And he did not achieve the expected performances in the South American tournament. 

The lineup has not been announced yet. 

Photo: Reproduction/Flamengo

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