6th and last round in the Libertadores group stage. Nacional, 2nd with 10 points and one below leaders Olimpia, is already qualified as they have 6 points advantage with Melgar.
They are coming from a huge game just two days ago against Millonarios, in the final for the title in Colombia, where they lost in penalties. The fans are very angry with the club due to their poor performances, and the club has many problems inside the team. For this match, the squad is full of reserves and youngsters from the B team.
Best players aren’t in the squad, such as Jarlan Barrena, Zapata, Dorlan Pabon, Candelo, Duque, Mermin… For the fans this is a total lack of respect, giving to the main players holidays and avoiding them to receive the anger of the fans. Anyway, won’t be any kind of support by the stadium, so the home advantage is very small here.
This period for coach Autori seems over, and surely will be replaced/fired very soon.
On the other hand, Patronato has big motivation for this match. They are at the bottom, but only one point below Melgar who will play against Olimpia. They have chances for the 3rd position, which could allow them to play the Sudamericana.
For Argentinian teams the prizes in USD (qualifying for Sudamericana) are very important, so they will be very motivated for that. Seeing their squad is the best one: all starters and main players are there.
They also played a game 2 days ago, but it was a league game where they used a mixed squad with some reserves, which is a signal that they have been focused on this fixture.
So we’ll see an unmotivated and B team from Atletico Nacional against a motivated Patronato who needs money and points to achieve the third position. Previous game ended 1:2 for Nacional, scoring two late goals at 77’ and 80’ (both by Dorlan Pabon, who isn’t in the squad for this match).
解放者队的第六轮也是最后一轮小组赛。国家队以10分排名第二,比领头羊奥林匹亚队低1分,他们已经出线了,因为他们有梅尔加6分的优势。
就在两天前,他们刚刚在哥伦比亚与百万富翁队进行了一场激烈的比赛,在决赛中,他们在点球大战中落败。由于球队表现不佳,球迷们对俱乐部非常生气,而且俱乐部内部也存在很多问题。在这场比赛中,球队全部由预备队和B队的年轻人组成。
最好的球员不在阵容中,比如巴雷纳、萨帕塔、多兰·帕蓬、坎德洛、杜克、梅明……对球迷来说,这完全是不尊重,给主力球员放假,避免他们受到球迷的愤怒。无论如何,球场不会提供任何形式的支持,所以主场优势在这里非常小。
教练Autori的这段时间似乎结束了,肯定很快就会被替换或解雇。
另一方面,Patronato对这场比赛有很大的动力。他们排名垫底,但只比将对阵奥林匹亚的梅尔加少1分。他们有机会获得第三名,这可能使他们有机会与南美队比赛。
对于阿根廷队来说,美元的奖金(南美的参赛资格)非常重要,所以他们会非常有动力。看到他们的阵容是最好的:所有的首发球员和主力球员都在那里。
他们两天前也踢了一场比赛,但这是一场联赛,他们使用了混合阵容和一些预备队,这表明他们已经专注于这场比赛。
所以我们将看到一支缺乏动力的B级球队对阵一支需要金钱和积分来获得第三名的球队。上一场比赛,国家队以1:2结束,在77 '和80 '的时候打进了两个进球(都是由杜兰·帕蓬(Dorlan Pabon)打进的,他没有入选本场比赛的大名单)。