Estudiantes de La Plata qualified for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores: this will be the draw

El Pincha secured his place in the main instance of the contest by eliminating Everton with an overall 2-0. On Friday, March 25 in Paraguay, the eight zones will be defined with the teams that will go in search of the title

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Estudiantes qualified for the group stage of the 2022 Copa Libertadores by beating Everton in La Plata by 1 to 0 as he had done in the first leg match in Chile. El Pincha fulfilled the goal of remaining in the Libertadores after four matches against the two Chilean teams, now Everton and before Audax Italiano.

Estudiantes and Everton played a passive and anodyne first hour without creativity or depth. The two bet on similar schemes, with lines of three in the background, ruffled sides and three front ones. The monotony was shaken by a free kick by former Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Juan Cuevas in the 17 minutes of the initial stage, when he finished a free kick below the barrier and Mariano Andújar responded confidently. The place came up with a couple of shots from outside of Jorge Rodríguez and Matías Pellegrini. In the first one, the Argentine goalkeeper Fernando De Paul responded well and the second went outside.

Students, with important absences and players who reached the limit due to strong influenza states, speculated with the advantage of the first leg, and Everton, except in a series of four consecutive corner kicks, never burned the ships to try to turn history around. Until 33 minutes, in a bad start for the Chilean defense, Estudiantes pressed in the middle of the court, Uruguayan central defender Agustín Rogel, climbed in attack. He took advantage of a rebound and faced like a striker. Upon entering the area he took out a tremendous right hand crossed to beat De Paul and give peace of mind to Ricardo Zielinski's team.

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The complement showed a more sharp Estudiantes despite the advantage and Everton with the same posture, since he never broke the mold or had rebelliousness to change history. The Argentine team had two chances in the first 10 minutes. At 5 a good match against Gustavo Del Prete who went close and at 8 a shot by Pellegrini that De Paul held in two halves. Then the Uruguayan Manuel Castro made a good aftershock in the 22 minutes that ended in a shot by Emmanuel Mas that went off the left pole. At 37 minutes a good free kick by Braian Orosco found Rogel's head, who forced a great save for De Paul.

In the winner was another good work by the central defenders Ezequiel Muñoz and Rogel, although he also fulfilled a good task Mas. The albirrojos, who today could not count on their two centre-forwards, the injured Mauro Boselli and the suspended Leandro Díaz, will not have a rest after this celebrated qualification, because tomorrow Zielinski will start thinking about the starting team that will play on Sunday from 14 the platense classic on the Gymnastics court and Fencing.

Formations:

Students: Mariano Andujar; Agustín Rogel, Ezequiel Muñoz and Fabian Noguera; Leonardo Godoy, Jorge Rodriguez, Fernando Zuqui and Emmanuel Más; Matias Pellegrini, Gustavo Del Prete and Alan Marinelli. DT: Richard Zielinski.

Everton (Chile): Fernando De Paul; Rodrigo Echeverria, Julio Barroso and Diego Oyarzún; Adrián Sanchez, Benjamin Berrios, Alvaro Madrid and Alex Ibacache; Juan Cuevas, Lucas Di Yorio and Ismael Sosa. DT: Francisco Meneghini.

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This Thursday, all the pots will be defined with the match between Universidad Católica de Ecuador against The Strongest. It should be noted that in the first leg it was 0-0 equality and everything will be resolved in the return match. In addition, Fluminense tries to claim the advantage of two goals he scored in the first match to eliminate Olimpia.

Conmebol has already confirmed the date of the draw for this instance: it will be Friday, March 25 in Paraguay. At the Conmebol Convention Center, in Luque, Paraguay, chance will determine how the eight zones will be formed. The event will start at 12 (Argentine time) and, as is customary, in the same event the groups of the South American will first be drawn.

It is worth mentioning that, as in the Champions League, the double value of the visiting goal in case of equality in the overall result from the round of 16 onwards was extinguished from the rules. The venue and date of the final of the continental competition par excellence in South America have already been designated with a special date because of the movements in the calendar that generated the celebration of the Qatar 2022 World Cup between November and December: Saturday, October 29 at the Monumental Stadium in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

· THE COPONES OF THE LIBERTADORES DRAW

Pot 1: Palmeiras (Brazil) will go to Group A for being defending champions, River (Argentina), Boca (Argentina), Flamengo (Brazil), Nacional (Uruguay), Peñarol (Uruguay), Atlético Mineiro (Brazil) and Cerro Porteño (Paraguay).

Pot 2: Athletico Paranaense (Brazil), Libertad (Paraguay), Independiente del Valle (Ecuador), Universidad Católica (Chile), Emelec (Ecuador), Corinthians (Brazil), Colo Colo (Chile) and Velez (Argentina).

Pot 3: Sporting Cristal (Peru), Deportivo Cali (Colombia), RB Bragantino (Brazil), Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela), Alianza Lima (Peru), Deportes Tolima (Colombia), Colon (Argentina) and Caracas (Venezuela).

Pot 4: Always Ready (Bolivia), Workshops (Argentina), Independiente Petrolero (Bolivia), Fortaleza (Brazil), América Mineiro (Brazil), Fluminense/Olimpia, Estudiantes and the winner of Universidad Catolica (Ecuador) against The Strongest (Bolivia).

· THE DATES OF THE GROUP STAGE:

First: from 5 to 7 April

Second: from April 12th to 14th

Third: from April 26th to 28th

Fourth: May 3 to 5

Fifth: from May 17 to 19

Sixth: from May 24 to 26

Round of 16: from 28 to 30 June (first leg) and from 5 to 7 July (second leg)

Quarterfinals: August 2-4 (first leg) and August 9-11 (second leg)

Semifinals: 30 and 31 August (first leg) and 6 and 7 September (second leg)

End: October 29

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