By these days, the attention of the Colombian club is far from the stadiums and focuses on the health status of coach Miguel Ángel Russo. And that complex situation is having an impact on the field: after winning the Superliga title at the beginning of the month in the final against Atlético Nacional and winning the debut in the tournament, the Bogotá team accumulated two losses and a draw. This weekend, with all their starters, they lost 2-0 against Deportivo Cali.
How are Independiente's rivals?
- Deportivo Lara: The rival that Rojo will visit next Thursday, March 1, in the debut of both in the tournament, did not start in the best way in the Venezuelan tournament. After beating Atlético Venezuela 3-2 in the first round, the Barquisimeto team drew three consecutive games. This Sunday night, Leonardo González's team hosts Deportivo La Guaira and the coach decided to use starters. Incredibly, Lara has a match scheduled for Wednesday, 24 hours before the match against Independiente, a local tournament against Portuguesa, in which the coach will have no choice but to put substitutes.
- Corinthians: The São Paulo team is going through a somewhat irregular February in the Campeonato Paulista, in which they accumulated three consecutive games without winning, with two consecutive losses and a draw. However, this weekend they recovered in the best possible way: Timao defeated Palmeiras 2-0 in the classic, in a match in which coach Fabio Carille used all his starters.
- Independiente: Rojo is going through a good time in the Superliga, they came close to glory in the Recopa Sudamericana and face the continental tournament in search of recovering the glory of the past, something that they can start building in one of the toughest groups of this edition.