The match will be played from 9:30 p.m. at the El Teniente stadium in the city of Rancagua, just over 100 kilometers from Santiago, with Uruguayan Christian Ferreyra refereeing and ESPN televising.
Audax Italiano is a club from the Chilean capital but its stadium located in the town of La Florida is being used by the health authorities as a vaccination center against Covid-19.
The rematch will be played on March 2 at the UNO stadium in La Plata and the winner of the series will advance to phase 3, the last one prior to entering the groups, where they will meet Everton, from Chile, or Monagas, from Venezuela, a series in which the trans-Andeans have a 3-0 advantage.
For the same phase 2, there will be three other games: at 7:15 p.m., América (Brazil)- Guaraní (Paraguay) and Bolívar (Bolivia)- Universidad Católica (Ecuador) and at 9:30 p.m., Barcelona (Ecuador)- Universitario (Peru).
Students, four times winner of the Copa Libertadores, returns to play the most important tournament in South America after almost four years.
His last presentation was when in August 2018 he was eliminated in the round of 16 against Gremio, from Brazil.
The La Plata team qualified for this preliminary phase due to its position in the accumulated table of the 2021 season.
Audax Italiano entered the Libertadores under the guidance of Argentine coach Pablo “Vitamina” Sánchez after finishing third in the 2021 Chilean championship.
Despite the historic achievement, the Rosario DT left his position at the end of last year due to differences with the leadership and Ronald Fuentes took over in his place.
– Likely formations –
Italian Audax: Joaquín Muñoz; Nicolás Fernández, Carlos Labrín, Fabián Torres and Roberto Cereceda; Osvaldo Bosso and Fernando Cornejo; German Estigarribia, Bryan Figueroa and Michael Fuentes; Lautaro Palacios. DT: Ronald Fuentes.
Students from La Plata: Mariano Andújar; Leonardo Godoy, Agustín Rogel, Fabián Noguera and Emmanuel Más; Fernando Zuqui, Jorge Morel, Jorge Rodríguez and Gustavo Del Prete; Leandro Diaz and Mauro Boselli. DT: Ricardo Zielinski.
Referee: Christian Ferreyra, from Uruguay.
Field: El Teniente (Rancagua, Chile)
Start time: 21.30
TV: ESPN.
Source: Ambito
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