by The beginning of the journey towards the end of the Libertadores Cup is Rio de Janeiro will begin tomorrow with the draw for the crosses of the round of 16 with the participation of Mouth, River, Careers and Argentine Juniorsand with the possibility that the Super classic in the continental contest.
The event will take place at 1:00 p.m. (Argentine time) at the headquarters of conmebol in the city of lukeis Paraguayan and it can be seen live through the screen of ESPN, Fox Sports, DirecTV and Star Plus.
The Bombo one will integrate it Careers, international (Brazil), palmeiras (Brazil), fluminense (Brazil), independent of the Valley (Ecuador), Mouth, Athletic paranaense (Brazil) and olympia (Paraguayan).
In the two, meanwhile, will be those who finished second in their groups: flamenco (Brazil), national (Uruguay), Bolivar (bolivian), River, Argentines juniors, Sports Pereira (Colombia), Athletic mineiro (Brazil) and National Athletic (Colombia).
In this way, since teams from the same country can be paired, Mouth and River could meet in the next phase for a place in the quarterfinals, as the team from Jorge Almirón He was left with the first place in his area and that of Martin Demichelis was located as an escort fluminense.
“I would love to play with Boca in the round of 16, it is the game that all River fans want to play,” he said days ago Jorge Britopresident of the entity nunez.
The teams of Pot one will define the round of 16 series as local, while in the rest of the instances it will be defined according to the location they had in the group stage of the competition.
The round of 16 will begin the week of Wednesday, August 2 and the return matches will be played during the following week.
While waiting for the playoffs, when are the round of 16 draws for the South American?
like the Libertadores Cupthe round of 16 of the South American Cup They will be raffled this Wednesday, pending the playoffs between the second of the contest groups and the third of those of the Libertadores Cup that will complete the 16 teams that will compete for a place in the quarterfinals of the competition.
It will also take place at 1:00 p.m. in the Paraguayan city of luke and will be broadcast live on the official channels of the conmebol.
Newell’s and Defense and Justice are the two Argentine teams with their confirmed participation in the round of 16, along with Saint Pablo (Brazil), Strength (Brazil), Guarani (Paraguayan), goias (Brazil), League sports university Delaware Quito (Ecuador) and bragantino (Brazil).
besides, Saint Lawrence, Tiger and Students from La Plata They will seek to advance in the 16th. before the teams that come from the Cup liberatorsamong which is Patronato after his historic third place in his group.
The team of Boedo will face Independent Medellin Delaware Colombiawhile the team Victory go with Freedom Delaware Paraguayanthe set from La Plata with Barcelona Delaware Ecuador and then sponsorship go with Botafogo Delaware Brazil.
The rest of the playoff games will be America MG-Colo Colo; Audax Italiano-Ñublense; College-Corinthians and Emelec – Sporting Cristal.
The round of 16 of the South American Cup They will begin on August 2 with the first legs, after defining the round of 16 matches. in the weeks of July 12 and 19.
These are series to two games and the first eight in the group stage of the South American They will have the possibility of defining the return as a local.
In turn, the final will be a single match in which Montevideo Centennial Stadium on October 28 and the champion will play the collect with the cast that is established in the liberators.
