Conmebol confirmed the arbitrators designated for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores 2025. The controversy is installed by the Brazilian referees who put River and Racing as a visitor.
The CONMEBOL confirmed the arbitrators designated for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores 2025and several of these designations did not go unnoticed, especially for Argentine teams, who reactivated old controversies with some renowned judges.
The cross between River and Freedom of Paraguay, that the August 14 in Assumption, will be under the orbit of the Brazilian Wilton Sampaioa name that generates discomfort in Núñez.
Your performance in the Superclassic facing Mouth In the semifinals of the Libertadores 2019 It is still remembered for nefarious failures, with a record of fouls and corners in favor of Mouth, So your designation reasons suspicion again. So bad was his performance that his own Gallant When the game ended he said on his face: “You, a disaster.”
In the case of Racing, that will face Peñarol he August 12 in Montevideo, The designated was Raphael Clausanother Brazilian with extensive continental trajectory. The choice of CLAUS reaffirms the trend of CONMEBOL to privilege judges of Brazil In high voltage matches, something that generates discomfort among several Argentine clubs.
For its part, Silver students will visit a Cerro Porteño he August 13 in Paraguay, In a duel that will be directed by the Chilean Piero Mazawhile Vélez It will be measured before Strength in Brazil With the Paraguayan Derlis López as the main referee.
In other crosses, Facundo Tello will be in charge of directing University vs. Palmeiraswhile Darío Herrera will have the difficult task of imparting justice in the duel between Flamengo and Inter from Porto Alegre. Both Argentine referees will be accompanied by entirely national arbitral bodies.
The arbitral lists of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores:
Atlético Nacional vs. Sao Paulo
- Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uru)
- Assistant 1: Martín Soppi (URU)
- Assistant 2: Horacio Ferreiro (URU)
- Fourth referee: Hernán Heras (Uru)
- Var: Leodán González (URU)
- Avar: Antonio García (URU)
Fortaleza vs. Vélez
- Referee: Derlis López (Par)
- Assistant 1: Roberto Cañete (PAR)
- Assistant 2: Eduardo Britos (Par)
- Fourth referee: Mario Díaz (Par)
- Var: Ulises Mereles (Par)
- Avar: José Villagra (PAR)
Flamengo vs. Inter
- Referee: Darío Herrera (ARG)
- Assistant 1: Gabriel Chade (ARG)
- Assistant 2: Facundo Rodríguez (ARG)
- Fourth referee: Nazareno Arasa (ARG)
- Var: Hernán Mastrángelo (ARG)
- Avar: Nicolás Lamolina (ARG)
University vs. Palmeiras
- Referee: Facundo Tello (ARG)
- Assistant 1: Juan Belatti (ARG)
- Assistant 2: Maximiliano del Yessso (ARG)
- Fourth referee: Luis Lobo (ARG)
- Var: Silvio Trucco (ARG)
- AVAR: Pablo Dvalo (ARG)
Freedom vs. River
- Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Bra)
- Assistant 1: Rodrigo Correa (Bra)
- Assistant 2: Bruno Boschilia (Bra)
- Fourth referee: Paulo Zanovelli (Bra)
- Var: Rodolpho Toski (Bra)
- Avar: Rodrigo Nunes (Bra)
Cerro Porteño vs. Silver students
- Referee: Piero Maza (Chi)
- Assistant 1: José Retamal (Chi)
- Assistant 2: Miguel Rocha (Chi)
- Fourth referee: Fernando Véjar (Chi)
- Var: Rodrigo Carvajal (Chi)
- Avar: Benjamín Saravia (Chi)
Peñarol vs. Racing
- Referee: Raphael Claus (Bra)
- Assistant 1: Bruno Pires (Bra)
- Assistant 2: Rafael Alves (Bra)
- Fourth referee: Bruno Arleu (Bra)
- Var: Wagner Reway (Bra)
- Avar: Rodrigo Guarizo (Bra)
Botafogo vs. Quito League
- Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Col)
- Assistant 1: John A. León (Col)
- Assistant 2: Sebastián Vela (Col)
- Fourth referee: Diego Ulloa (Col)
- Var: David Rodríguez (Col)
- Avar: Keiner Jiménez (Col)
Source: Ambito
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