Racing receives Peñarol forced to win to continue in the Copa Libertadores: time, TV and formations

Racing receives Peñarol forced to win to continue in the Copa Libertadores: time, TV and formations

August 19, 2025 – 10:36

The “Academy” receives Peñarol from Uruguay tonight, for the round of 16, with the aim of tracing the 0-1 of the first leg, to live alive in the Copa Libertadores.

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Racing You will receive on Tuesday at Peñarol of Uruguay Within the framework of the round of 16 Copa Libertadores in which he is obliged to win by at least two goals of difference to be able to move on to the next instance since, in the first leg, he fell 1-0 in Montevideo.

The coach’s team Gustavo Costas It comes from losing 2-1 against Tiger, in local condition, within the framework of the fourth date of the Closing Tournament of the Professional League. Those of Avellaneda They won 1-0 in the middle of a night of lazy yields but, in the last five minutes, Victoria’s team scored twice, took the three points and generated the whistles of the public of Racing For its players.

In this defeat against Tiger, The coach Coasts He stopped a team with a majority of substitutes thinking about the second leg against Peñarol where will the headlines who played the first leg in Uruguay But with a modification and a doubt.

First, reinforcement Red frames would replace a Nazareno Colombo In the defensive trident they complete Marco Di Cesare and Santiago Sosa. Secondly, the doubt you have Coasts It lies on the left of the attack area where the Colombian could play Duván Vergara as in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo or could enter Adrián Balboa either Elías Torres To form a “double 9” with Adrián “Maravilla” Martínez.

For its part, the team of Diego Aguirre It comes from falling 2-1 with Boston Riveras a visitor, within the framework of the third date of the Clausura de Uruguay Tournament. The coach played this meeting at the Olympic Champions stadium with an alternative team in which Soló repeated the Argentine midfielder Eric Remedi.

Therefore, this Tuesday in Avellaneda, The coach Aguirre would repeat the same initial eleven that beat Racing in the first leg but with a single change forced by injury: the entry of David Teens by Leonardo Fernández.

What time do Racing vs Peñarol play

Hours: 21.30

Where to see Racing vs Peñarol

TV: Fox Sports.

Formations

Racing Club: Gabriel Arias; Marco Di Cesare, Santiago Sosa, Marcos Rojo; Gastón Martyrena, Juan Nardoni, Agustín Almendra, Gabriel Rojas; Santiago Solari, Adrián Martínez, Duván Vergara or Adrián Balboa or Elías Torres. DT: Gustavo Costas.

Peñarol (Uruguay): Brayan Cortes; Emanuel Gularte, Javier Méndez, Nahuel Herrera, Maximiliano Olivera; Javier Cabrera, Eric Remedi, Jesús Trindade, Ignacio Sosa; David Terans and Maximiliano Silvera. DT: Diego Aguirre.

Stadium: President Perón, Avellaneda.

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

VAR: Juan Lara (Chile)

Source: Ambito

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