Barcelona to play for their lives

Barcelona to play for their lives to continue at the Libertadores Cup

Barcelona Sporting Club will seek today their first victory in the Group 1 of the current Libertadores Cup at the Monumental Stadium, when they face Mexico’s Toluca from Tejada, who will try to repeat what was done against Boca Juniors, whom he defeated 1-2 in the start of the group stage.

In the recent round of the Ecuadorian championship, Barcelona achieved the victory after three losses and two draws, thanks to a great goal form the Argentine Ariel Nahuelpan, the idol of Ecuador ended a rough patch.

Meanwhile, Toluca lost at home in the recent week by 0-1 to the Atlas, now they are in the thirteenth place in the standings, with twelve points.

Lineup:

Barcelona: Máximo Banguera; Pablo Saucedo, José Luis Perlaza, Frickson Erazo; Juan Carlos Paredes, Matías Oyola, Carlos Gruezo, Giovanny Nazareno; Damián Díaz, Michael Arroyo y Ariel Nahuelpan. Coach: Gustavo Costas.

Toluca: Alfredo Talavera; Diego Novaretti, Francisco Gamboa, Marvin Cabrera, Fausto Pinto; Lucas Silva, Flavio Santos, Antonio Naelson ‘Sinha’, Wilson Thiago; Edgar Benítez y Luis Tejada. Coach: Enrique Meza.

Stadium: Monumental “Isidro Romero”.