A full, 100%: the six Argentine teams that dispute the Copa Libertadores agreed to the round of 16. And even four of them won their groups: River Plate, Students from La Plata, Colón y Boca Juniors They were at the top of their zones. and the other two, workshops y Velez SarsfieldThey passed the wheel as escorts.
And this Friday they will meet their next rivals, because at 13 and at the headquarters of Conmebol, located in Luque, Paraguay, the draw that will determine the crosses of the round of 16both from the Libertadores and the South American Cup. In this last competition the Argentines did not do so well, because Two of the six qualified: Lanus y union. were left eliminated Independent, Racing, Banfield and Defense and Justice. It is true: it was more difficult to access the next stage, because only the winner of each zone did it.
In this Friday’s draw for the Copa Libertadores, the matches for the round of 16 will be between the eight occupants of the ciborium 1that is, the first of groupand the eight of bomb 2o sea, the seconds. In the first set are, seeded in order from best to worst, the following clubs:
In the second batch, that of the escorts, these eight paintings are stacked in decreasing order:
But still, there may be clashes between Argentine teams in the round of 16: Boca, River, Estudiantes and Colón will not be able to cross each other in that round, but they will be able to run into Talleres or Vélez, who in turn will not be able to face each other in that instance. It is worth remembering that those located in copon 1 will be local in the second game of their respective series.
The last classified of the six was Boca, who with anguish got the victory they needed against Cali, in La Bombonera, by 1 to 0. And thus they maintained their series of access to the round of 16 for the Copa Libertadores, which began in the year 2000 , when he was champion: since then the blue and gold team played the Cup 18 times out of 23 seasons, and always surpassed the group stage.
Boca Compact 1 vs. Cali 0
This is how the tables of the Libertadores with Argentines remained
The South American Cup
The final day of the zone stage of the Copa Sudamericana had two shocking results for Argentine football: the surprising defeat and elimination of Racing and the amazing win by Unión in Colombia, which deposited the Santa Fe club in the round of 16.
The eight group winners, and therefore classified for the initial round of the playoffs, are these:
These eight will be measured with the third in the Libertadores zone, which “descend” to the South American and enter directly to the round of 16. They are:
Two of them will be the opponents of Lanús and Unión, who impressed with a win in Barranquilla: 4-0 a Junior. The Tatengue team was bound to win, and boy did they do it on foreign soil. The breadth of the victory even made him fourth among the eight that entered the playoffs.
Summary of Junior 0 vs. union 4
Instead, Racing needed a mere draw at home against the eliminated Uruguayan River Plate. He didn’t even add that point: he was surprised, and surprised, with a 0-1 in Avellaneda and what seemed like an almost certain classification turned into an unexpected blow. In less than two weeks the Academy, which was doing so well, was left without the Professional League Cup and without the South American Cup.
Synthesis of Racing 0 vs. River Plate (Uruguay) 1
The round of 16 matches of the South American will be determined by chance in the same draw as those of the Copa Libertadores, this Friday in Paraguay.