Deportivo Independiente Medellín receives this Wednesday, from 7:30 p.m. to América de Cali, at the Atanasio Girardot stadium, for the first leg of the first phase of the Copa Suramericana 2022. The powerful will begin their fifth participation in this continental competition, facing the Valle del Cauca team. The people of Antioquia are convinced that they will continue to be solid at home, making a good difference to settle the series at the Pascual Guerrero stadium.
The time has come for the powerful continental contest, those led by Julio Comesaña will seek a positive result at home, against an inspired America that comes from winning the Valle del Cauca classic. Antioquians will have three novelties to measure themselves against the red devils. Andrés Ricaurte is in full condition and would be available, as are Juan Manuel Cuesta and Yulián Gómez. For his part, Miguel Monsalve would not be summoned for this meeting.
Andrés Ricaurte spoke about his return to the squad and what he expects from this key against the Scarlets. “Very happy to return to the group of concentrates, share with my teammates and facing a new tournament, losing a classic hits, but we have a lot to play for. As the tournament is made up, we have to face a Colombian team, but it is the opportunity to show our power”.
Personally, the player commented that “I had six weeks of recovery, I have been working with the team for a week and I am ready to contribute to it on the field.”
Finally, Ricaurte explained that “the support of our people is very important, it drives us to win and hopefully they will be key for this next game.”
Data between Independiente Medellín and América de Cali
For Conmebol tournaments, Deportivo Independiente Medellín and América de Cali have faced each other four times, all in the group stage in the 2005 and 2009 Copa Libertadores respectively. The balance is one win for each team and two draws, three goals for the mighty and two against.
In Copa Suramericana, América de Cali would be the second Colombian rival that DIM will face, the first was Deportes Tolima, which they faced in the 2006 edition, on that occasion the red team was eliminated with a 4-2 aggregate. The first leg in Ibagué fell to the DIM 3-1, while the return game in the Atanasio, tied at one goal.
The 2022 edition will be the fifth participation of Independiente Medellín in the Copa Suramericana, its best performance was in the 2016 version, when it reached the quarterfinals, falling 0-2 on aggregate in favor of Cerro Porteño from Paraguay.
likely alignment
Independent Medellin: Andres Mosquera Marmolejo; Juan David Mosquera, Víctor Moreno, Andrés Cadavid, Germán Gutiérrez; Adrián Arregui, David Loaiza, Jean Pineda, Vladimir Hernández, Felipe Pardo; Luciano Pons.
D.T.: Julio Comesana.
Hour: 7:35 p.m.
Stadium: Athanasius Girardot.
Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil).
TV: DirecTV Sports.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED Correspondent
Medellin
En Twitter: @juanchoserran8
