Lanús chase dream away to Universidad de Chile in Sudamericana semi | OneFootball

Mauricio Pellegrino's team faces the "U" in the first leg of the semifinals of the second continental competition. The match will be played from 7 PM (Argentine time) at the National Stadium, with Brazilian referee Anderson Daronco officiating.

Lanús will face a new international challenge with the hope of getting closer to a continental final. From 7 PM, the team from the southern part of Buenos Aires will visit Universidad de Chile at the Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium for the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana semifinals.

The match will be broadcast on ESPN, Disney+, and DSports, and will feature Brazilian referee Anderson Daronco, accompanied by his compatriot Rodolpho Toski in the VAR.

The "Granate" arrives with high spirits after having eliminated Fluminense, the current Libertadores champion, in a series that surprised the entire continent: they won 1-0 at La Fortaleza and then drew 1-1 at the Maracanã, demonstrating character and skill.

With that confidence, those led by Mauricio Pellegrino will seek to take revenge for what happened last year when they were eliminated at this same stage against Cruzeiro. This time, the present finds them solid: Lanús has won six of their last eight matches and is showing an increasingly convincing version.

Facing them will be Universidad de Chile, a rival that also arrives with history and controversy. The team from across the Andes was involved in one of the most talked-about episodes of the tournament: in the round of 16, disturbances caused by their fans against Independiente led to the elimination of the Argentine team, while the "U" received only minor sanctions. In the quarterfinals, they overcame Alianza Lima with an aggregate score of 2-1.

Both clubs know what it is like to lift this trophy. The Chileans achieved it in 2011 under the leadership of Jorge Sampaoli, and the "Granate" did the same in 2013, when they won their first continental title.

Probable lineups

Universidad de Chile: Gabriel Castellón; Fabián Hormazábal, Franco Calderón, Matías Zaldivia; Marcelo Díaz, Charles Aránguiz, Javier Altamirano, Matías Sepúlveda, Lucas Assadi; Maximiliano Guerrero and Lucas Di Yorio. Coach: Gustavo Álvarez.

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