It’s a Copa Libertadores night for Flamengo.
They will face Cusco FC starting at 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 stage.
José Javier Burgos (FIFA-URU) will be in charge of refereeing.
ESPN and Disney+ Premium will broadcast it.
Group standings 📊
Rubro-Negro have already qualified and secured first place.
The battle now is to guarantee the best overall record in the group stage and, with that, have the advantage of hosting the second leg through to a possible semifinal.
They have 13 points with a goal difference of nine.
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 dropping into 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 is once again able to count on Everton Cebolinha, who had been dealing with pain in the hip area.
Recovered from a shoulder injury, Pulgar was included in the squad 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 field.
Cusco 🇵🇪
The current sixth-placed team in the Peruvian league will say goodbye to its first Libertadores edition under its current name, as it was called Real Garcilaso until 2019.
Defeats in the first three rounds of the Libertadores ruined their chances of at least securing a spot in the Copa 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 has not managed to get the expected results in the South American tournament.
The lineup has not been announced yet.
Photo: Reproduction/Flamengo
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
