Today, Wednesday, April 19, different matches will take place around the world. For example, a Peruvian team will compete in the Libertadores Cup. Likewise, one more date will be played than the South American Cup. Finally, the last two classified to the semifinals of the Champions League.
Sporting Cristal it will be the only national club that will have action in the international contest. The team ‘sky blue’ will be measured with River Plate at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on date 2 of the group stage of the Conmebol tournament. The two clubs will meet after 25 years.
Peruvians and Argentines need a victory to get into the Group D fight, because in their debuts they fell with fluminense in Lima (3-1) and The Strongest in La Paz (3-1), respectively. The Brazilian team leads the standings after their victory against the Bolivians in their second game. Perfect score for the ‘flu’ (6 points).
As for the South American, three matches will be played. Guarani vs Danube, Defense and Justice vs América Minerio and LDU Quito vs Magallanes. The latter is of interest to the Peruvian team, Cesar Vallejo Universitysince they are located in their group.
The Champions League already has its first two semifinalists after the victory of real Madrid against Chelsea and the 1-1 draw between AC Milan and Naples. Today, the other two clubs will be defined, which will come out of the following brackets: Manchester City vs. Bayern Munich and Inter vs Benfica.
Those led by Pep Guardiola took an important advantage with a resounding win (3-0) in England. While the Italians struck in Portugal and beat the ‘Eagles’. However, anything could happen in football.
– Sporting Cristal vs River Plate (7:00 p.m. / Monumental Stadium / ESPN, Star+)
– Nacional vs Independiente Medellín (5:00 p.m. / Gran Parque Central stadium / Star+, ESPN)
– Flamengo vs Ñublense (7:30 p.m. / Maracaná stadium / Star+)
– Corinthians vs Argentinos Jrs. (7:30 p.m. / Sao Paulo Arena / Star+)
– Colo Colo vs Monagas (8:00 p.m. / Monumental Chile Stadium / Star+, ESPN 4)
– Barcelona vs. Bolívar (9:00 p.m. / Monumental Banco Pichincha stadium / ESPN2, Star+)
– Guaraní vs Danubio (5:00 p.m. / Manuel Ferreira stadium / ESPN2, DirecTV, Star+)
– Defense and Justice vs América Mineiro (7:00 p.m. / Noberto ‘Tito’ Tomaghello stadium / ESPN2, Star+)
– LDU Quito vs Magallanes (9:00 p.m. / Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium / Star+)
– Bayern Munich 1-1 Manchester City (Finished)
– Inter 3-3 Benfica (Finished)
– United States vs. Mexico (9:00 p.m. / University of Phoenix Stadium / TUDN, HBO Max)
– Alianza Lima 5-1 César Vallejo University (Finished)
– Deportivo Municipal vs Academia Cantolao (4:00 p.m. / Iván Elías Moreno stadium / Nativa TV)
