National vs. Olimpia live – Schedule and on which channel to follow the Copa Libertadores match

Olympia from Paraguay and National Athletic of Colombiatwo old rivals of Libertadores Cup, will meet again this Thursday in the first leg of the second phase of the 2022 edition of the South American competition. At Defensores del Chaco Stadium, in Asunciónthe dean of Guaraní soccer and the Medellin purslane will face each other from 9:30 p.m. local time (00:30 GMT on Friday).

Olimpia is presented with the incentive of the dramatic 2-2 draw with Libertad in an electrifying local Apertura match and the enthusiasm of its numerous fans attracted by the incisive play exhibited by the eleven directed by Julio César Cáceres, which has young talents such as striker Guillermo Paiva (22 years old) and central defender Luis Zárate (21).

WHERE TO SEE NATIONAL VS. OLYMPIA

The match between National vs. Olympia will be broadcast via Facebook Wacth (official page of the Conmebol Copa Libertadores). It is necessary to remember that from Conmebol, last Tuesday morning they announced that the match was to be broadcast live on the television channel with the rights, but in the afternoon, the match was removed from the channel’s grid and the announcement of Conmebol was eliminated.

Cáceres left behind two of the club’s favorites, veteran attacker Roque Santacruz (40) and attacking midfielder William Mendieta (33), hired by Libertad for this season.

The ‘new’ Olimpia showed forcefulness in the first phase of the Libertadores, in which they eliminated the weak Peruvian team Universidad César Vallejo by a global score of 3-0 with an outstanding performance by Paiva, author of a goal in the 2-0 victory in revenge.

HOW DOES NACIONAL GET TO THE LIBERTADORES CUP MATCH

Atlético Nacional, on the other hand, led by Alejandro Restrepo, arrives at the match against Olimpia with three casualties, including midfielder Alexander Mejía, who is recovering from a tear.

Mejía is known to Paraguayans for his recent past in Libertad (2019-2021) with which he won a Copa Paraguay and an Apertura tournament.

Nor will the midfielder Baldomero Perlaza who is recovering from a delicate ankle injury, nor the defender Juan Cabal with a sprained knee. The DT will have in return midfielder John Duque, who overcame an ailment in his right foot.

WHAT TIME DOES NATIONAL PLAY VS. OLYMPIA

• Peru: 7:30 p.m.
• Ecuador: 7:30 p.m.
• Colombia: 7:30 p.m.
• Mexico: 6:30 p.m.
• Argentina: 9:30 p.m.
• Uruguay: 9:30 p.m.
• Chile: 9:30 p.m.

Atlético Nacional, whom Olimpia has between eyebrows since he beat him in 1989 in the Copa Libertadores final to win the first of his two titles in the continental tournament (the other was in 2016), comes from a victory by 1 -0 against Unión Magdalena over the weekend for the Colombian Apertura.

In Restrepo’s squad, Argentine defender Emmanuel Olivera and playmaker Giovanni Moreno stand out, the latter recently arrived from a long internship at Shanghai Shenhua in China.

POSSIBLE ALIGNMENT OF OLIMPIA – NATIONAL

Olympia: Alfredo Aguilar – Víctor Salazar, Saúl Salcedo, Antolín Alcaraz, Iván Torres – Alejandro Silva, Edgardo Orzusa, Marcos Gómez, Guillermo Paiva – Derlis González and Jorge Recalde. DT: Julio Cesar Caceres.

Atletico Nacional: Kevin Mier – Yerson Candelo, Felipe Aguilar, Emmanuel Olivera, Álvaro Angulo – Jhon Duque, Sebastián Gómez, Daniel Mantilla, Jarlan Barrera – Andrés Andrade, and Jéfferson Duque. DT: Alejandro Restrepo