Conmebol celebrates the return of Universitario to the Copa Libertadores

Universitario de Deportes confirmed his return to the Copa Libertadores this Saturday after Vallejo’s draw against Binacional, a day before facing Melgar in the last duel of Phase 2 of League 1. The classification was celebrated by all the creamy fans. also by Conmebol, who reacted immediately on social networks.

“University again in the Conmebol Libertadores! He qualified for the 2022 edition of the Cup: he will play it for the 33 time in history”, Highlighted the South American organization through its official accounts, joining the celebrations for the merengue achievement.

The pending task for Universitario is to secure the third Peruvian place for the continental tournament. To do so and settle in Phase 2 of the Libertadores, he must win or draw against Melgar this Sunday at 3:30 in the afternoon.

Attentive to the duel will be César Vallejo, because he has been provisionally four despite matching with the ‘Poderoso del Sur’ and hopes that Universitario will help him by defeating the ‘Domino’, which would thus finish fifth and would only have the right to Copa Sudamericana, where they will also be Cienciano, Sport Boys and Ayacucho FC.

The other national qualifiers for the Copa Libertadores are Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal, winners of the two stages of the championship, who will define their order of entry to the contest at the end of November, when they play the League 1 finals.