César Vallejo’s Copa Sudamericana 2024 Group: Paolo Guerrero’s Rivals Revealed

2024-03-19 12:48:00
César Vallejo’s confirmed group in Copa Sudamericana 2024: meet Paolo Guerrero’s rivals.

Today, Monday, March 18, the draw for the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana was held in Luque, Paraguay. One of the Peruvian representatives is César Vallejo, a club that dreams of having a great tournament with the help of its star player, Paolo Guerrero. The ‘poets’ were drawn in Group A, so they will face Defensa y Justicia, Independiente Medellín and Always Ready.

– Date 1: César Vallejo vs Defense and Justice (Local)

– Date 2: Independiente Medellín vs César Vallejo (Away)

– Date 3: Always Ready vs César Vallejo (Away)

– Date 4: César Vallejo vs Independiente Medellín (Local)

– Date 5: César Vallejo vs Always Ready (Local)

– Date 6: Defense and Justice vs César Vallejo (Visitor)

César Vallejo was placed in Group A and will face Defensa y Justicia, Independiente Medellín and Always Ready.

The Trujillo team, which is looking for a coach after the departure of Roberto Mosquera, is in Pot 3, along with Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Sportivo Luqueño, Cuiabá, Nacional Potosí, Belgrano, Racing de Montevideo and Sportivo Ameliano, so it does not will face these teams. Nor will they face Deportivo Garcilaso, which is in Pot 4, since two clubs from the same country cannot collide in this phase of the competition.

Paolo Guerrero is the great figure of César Vallejo this season.

Paolo Guerrero has played 3 matches with César Vallejo. His debut was bittersweet, as he scored the first goal, but could not prevent a 2-2 draw at home against Cusco FC. In the second, for the Copa Sudamericana, he was key in the 2-0 victory over Sport Huancayo, although he was not present on the scoreboard and had a great header goal disallowed.

The last one was the most complicated, because they lost 2-0 against Sport Boys and he had almost no participation in the game, since few balls reached him and he was well marked by the ‘pink’ defense. It should be noted that he was not present in the last match, in which they tied 1-1 with Alianza Atlético, due to ankle pain resulting from a blow with ‘Chengue’ Morales in the duel with the ‘missilera’.

César Vallejo faced Cusco FC on date 6 of the Apertura Tournament of League 1 2024

César Vallejo has been making his fifth participation in the Copa Sudamericana. The first time was in 2010, being the first international tournament they played in their history. On that occasion they faced Barcelona SC and were eliminated in the first round after losing 2-1 in Trujillo and 3-1 in Guayaquil, resulting in a 5-2 aggregate loss.

The following year, 2011, they were part of the tournament again, although they were quickly left out again, this time against Independiente Santa Fe, a club with which they tied 1-1 at Mansiche and lost 2-0 in Colombia.

In 2014 the ‘poets’ had their best performance in Conmebol tournaments, as they advanced to the quarterfinals. First they beat Millonarios, defeating them 2-1 on the road with a double from Andy Pando, and they closed with a 2-2 draw in La Libertad, with another double from Ronald Quinteros. Later it was their turn to the University of Sucre, with whom they shared a 2-2 draw in Bolivia; goals from Pando and Daniel Chávez, and they beat 3-0 in the ‘city of eternal spring’, Donald Millán and again Pando and Chávez were the authors of the conquests.

César Vallejo had his best campaign in the Copa Sudamericana in 2014, with the help of figures such as Andy Pando, Luis Cardoza, Donald Millán, Ronald Quinteros, Salomón LIbman, among others (AFP)

In the round of 16, the northerners clashed with Bahía, they started losing 2-0 in Brazil, but they equalized the series by winning 2-0 at home thanks to the goals of ‘Patito’ Quinteros and William Chiroque, so they went to penalties, where Salomón Libman became a figure by saving four shots. Their adventure culminated in the quarterfinals, where they succumbed to Atlético Nacional, who beat them 1-0 in both games.

It took 9 years for César Vallejo to return to the Copa Sudamericana, and it was in 2023, when there was already another competition format. In the first stage they defeated Deportivo Binacional 3-1, entering Group A, along with Liga de Quito, Magallanes de Chile and Botafogo. They were last with 4 points, all achieved against the ‘Mapuches’ whom they beat 3-2 at home and tied 1-1 away. The other 4 games were losses.

This 2024 they started on the right foot by eliminating Sport Huancayo (2-0) and are waiting, with Paolo Guerrero, to have their best campaign in the second Conmebol club tournament.

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