Coach Pablo Sánchez, known as Vitamina, will be without Richard Sánchez and may lose captain Richard Ortiz for the match against Vasco da Gama on Wednesday at Defensores del Chaco, in the fifth round of Group G of the Copa Sudamericana.
Copa Sudamericana
Competición regional de fútbol sudamericano cuyos partidos fueron trasladados.
Conmebol transferred to Asunción, Paraguay, the games of Always Ready, Independiente Petrolero and Blooming, which would play as home teams in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, due to the blockades and protests that paralyze Bolivia.
Conmebol transferred three matches involving Bolivian clubs to Asunción due to social conflicts in the country. Always Ready, Independiente Petrolero, and Blooming will play in Paraguay this week.
The penultimate round of the Paraguayan Torneo Apertura continues this Saturday with the only match between Guaraní and Ameliano. Meanwhile, Cerro Porteño and Nacional compete for the runner-up spot, and Olimpia, already champions, won agonizingly against Recoleta.
Cerro Porteño coach Ariel Holan criticized the team's performance after the loss to Sportivo Trinidense and asked for the Torneo Apertura to end quickly. The focus is now on the Copa Sudamericana.