Irven Ávila: “Our first objective is to reach the Libertadores group stage”

Sporting Cristal You already know the rival you will face in phase 2 of the Copa Libertadores. This is the Bolivian Always Ready, a team from the city of El Alto, which they must beat in a qualifying round to continue advancing in their goal of accessing the regular phase of the continental club tournament.

The players of the Rímac club are aware that the first major objective of the 2024 season is to reach the group stage of the Conmebol competition. You know that very well Irven Avila, one of the most experienced team members on the team now led by Brazilian Enderson Moreira.

“We found out during practice who our rival was, it will be very hard because of the height. This year, during the international tournaments, we faced several of them, in the local tournament we also have rivals like that. Study the rival at the time, “Our first goal of the year is to reach the group stage of the Copa Libertadores.”, ‘Cholito’ indicated to the media.

Ávila, 33 years old, expressed his feelings after the start of the preseason led by Professor Enderson Moreira.

“The ‘teacher’ presented himself with the technical command, little by little he will capture everything, for now we are in the physical part, in the meantime, we are moving forward. Surely new colleagues will join, so we must take that responsibility calmly and help achieve the group objectives,” he noted.

Sporting Cristal will present its team to its fans with a friendly match against Universidad Católica de Chile, within the framework of one more edition of the Tarde Celeste 2024. This match will take place on January 14 at the National Stadium.