By Gustavo Castilho
The Paulistas have a good advantage and have the return of a few players. The Gauchos make the first game of the round of 16 against a shaken Boca Junior.
The death of Diego Armando Maradona still touches the hearts of the world’s soccer lovers and especially Argentines. Postponed due to the death of the idol and ace, Game one of the Libertadores round of 16 between Internacional and Boca Junior, will happen soon, in Porto Alegre, at 21:30, Brasília time. The Colorado has several absences, due to injury, suspension, or Covid-19. Among these absences is coach Abel Braga who is still recovering from the disease. Boca Junior suffers less from absences. Salvio, which was previously a doubt, is now an assured presence in the match. The team’s top scorer together with Carlos Tévez, with 10 goals, has recovered from injury. Reserve defender Gastón Ávila recovered from Covid-19 and traveled with the delegation. The casualties on the team will be Walter Bou and Aron Molinas.
Palmeiras will host Delfín (EQU) at 7:15 pm in São Paulo. The alviverde has the return of eleven players. In Ecuador, the team from São Paulo took the best and won by 3 to 1. Without absences, Delfín struggles to achieve the historic classification for the club. The winner of that game faces whoever wins in the duel between Libertad (PAR) and Jorge Wilstermann (BOL). The teams also face each other today, in Bolivia. In Paraguay, Libertad by won 3-1. Another game that was moved on to Wednesday is Independiente Del Valle (EQU) and Nacional (URU), in Bolivia. In Uruguay, the score was tied 0-0.
