Pereira is going for the most important victory in his history against Boca Juniors

Deportivo Pereira, current champions of the Colombian league, is dreaming big and this Wednesday will try to break the unbeaten record of Boca Juniors, who lead Group F under Jorge Almirón with seven points and will look for a win that brings them closer brings to the round of 16 on the fourth day.

The game will be played at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas de Pereira Stadium, where the Colombians are second in the area by four points, beating Colo Colo on goal difference. The last place is occupied by Monagas with only one integer.

Despite not having qualified for the semifinal home runs, the team led by Alejandro Restrepo arrives at its best moment for the Libertadores game as the level has risen and this is reflected in it coming from the last have made four appearances in all competitions, winning three and drawing only one as a visitor against Junior de Barranquilla.

However, the strategist will have to deal with the defeats due to injuries to the experienced central defender Geison Perea, the Uruguayan midfielder Damián Waller and the midfielders Kener Valencia and Yesus Cabrera.

It is then expected that players such as goalkeeper Aldair Quintana, key with his saves in the first matches of the group stage, will appear as starters; veteran Jhonny Vásquez, team cornerstone; the creative Johan Bocanegra, and the brothers Ángelo and Arley Rodríguez, the team’s most dangerous offensive players.

Boca, meanwhile, traveled to Colombia with a 24-player squad led by goalkeeper Sergio “Chiquito” Romero, who finished second at the 2014 World Cup with Argentina.

Also included in the call-up are the other Boca figures such as veteran central defender Facundo Roncaglia, Colombian winger Frank Fabra, Peruvian winger Luis Advíncula, midfielder Pol Fernández, Paraguayan Óscar Romero, winger Sebastián Villa and goalscorer Darío Benedetto .

The ‘Xeneize’ injury casualties are the same as in recent weeks: those of central defender Marcos Rojo; the winger Valentín Barco, who plays at the U20 World Cup in Argentina, and the forwards Luca Langoni and Nicolás Orsini.

Almirón’s team rises and also arrives at a good time for the decisive game, as they have won four of their last five games in all competitions and only lost the Argentine Superclásico to River Plate.

Source: El heraldo

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