Copa Libertadores
Barcelona SC vs Flamengo
The 2019 Copa Libertadores champion, Flamengo, will try to weather the storm after the recent defeat against Independiente del Valle and the casualties due to COVID-19 infections of six of its figures, with a victory over Barcelona for the fourth date of Group A of the tournament.
No one imagined that Flamengo would suffer such a spectacular 5-0 fall in the Ecuadorian capital, that six players would test positive for COVID-19, and that he would not be able to train either, on Sunday, due to the ashfall in Guayaquil after the volcano eruption Sangay, located in the Amazon of the Andean country.
So the Spanish coach Domènec Torrent will have to sort out from the emotional impact suffered on the squad and rearm the team for the decisive confrontation tomorrow.
Barcelona's situation with three consecutive defeats is also complex, as it lost the first two home games 0-3 against Independiente del Valle and recently 1-2 against Junior de Barranquilla, in addition to the 3-0 win suffered in the first leg against Flamengo.
Desperation and anxiety would be the first rivals to beat for the Barça fans accustomed to enforcing their stadium, since in the first three play-offs of the current Libertadores they won all the matches.
For the good of the Barcelona coaching staff led by the Argentine Fabian Bustos, the midfielders will reappear, the Ecuadorian nationalized Argentine Damián Díaz and the Uruguayan Bruno Piñatares, who each served a suspension match.
No one imagined that Flamengo would suffer such a spectacular 5-0 fall in the Ecuadorian capital, that six players would test positive for COVID-19, and that he would not be able to train either, on Sunday, due to the ashfall in Guayaquil after the volcano eruption Sangay, located in the Amazon of the Andean country.
So the Spanish coach Domènec Torrent will have to sort out from the emotional impact suffered on the squad and rearm the team for the decisive confrontation tomorrow.
Barcelona's situation with three consecutive defeats is also complex, as it lost the first two home games 0-3 against Independiente del Valle and recently 1-2 against Junior de Barranquilla, in addition to the 3-0 win suffered in the first leg against Flamengo.
Desperation and anxiety would be the first rivals to beat for the Barça fans accustomed to enforcing their stadium, since in the first three play-offs of the current Libertadores they won all the matches.
For the good of the Barcelona coaching staff led by the Argentine Fabian Bustos, the midfielders will reappear, the Ecuadorian nationalized Argentine Damián Díaz and the Uruguayan Bruno Piñatares, who each served a suspension match.