Last Thursday, June 29th, it was announced that Universitario will face Corinthians in the Copa Sudamericana playoffs. The Cremes finished second in Group G and meet Timao, who finished third in Serie E of the Copa Libertadores behind Independiente del Valle and Argentinos Junior.
The manager said after beating Uruguay’s Liverpool 3-0 on the final day of the group stage Vanderlei Luxemburgo He assured that after being eliminated from the Maximum Club tournament, he will now give priority to the Brasileirao and the Copa Brasil and think about how his participation in the next edition of the Libertadores will look like. In this way he ruled out focusing on that South American Cup, competition in which his closest opponent is University.
“The Libertadores are a completely different competition than the South Americans. You have to use players to give them more experience. It will depend a lot on the moment and the rivals that are in front of us to give the team balance.” What I think, and I’ve spoken to Duilio before, is that we have the Brazil Cup, a competition with six games to win and the Brasileirao we’ll be aiming for to get to the Libertadores. There is no doubt about that between the Sudamericana, the Brazil Cup and the Brasileirao; the Brazil Cup and Brasileiraro will be the priorities,” he said at a press conference.
Copa Sudamericana Playoff Crossover. Photo: CONMEBOL
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When is the first leg between Universitario vs. Corinthians?
The first leg between Universitario vs. Corinthians For the playoffs of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana will take place on July 11. The game starts at 19:30 (Peruvian time) at the Neo Química Arena in Brazil.
When is the second leg between Universitario and Corinthians?
The counter-confrontation between Universitario vs. Corinthians for the playoffs of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana will take place a week later, on July 18, from 7:30 p.m. (Peruvian time) at the Monumental.