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Last Wednesday, February 22nd, Sporting Cristal lost 2-0 to Nacional in the first leg of the 2023 Copa Libertadores Phase 2. The 'rimense' team couldn't control their opponent and fell at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asunción. However, Tiago Nunes' squad will seek victory by any means necessary, with the goal of overcoming the Paraguayan team in the scoreline and thus qualifying for the next stage of the continental tournament. However, the celeste team will not be alone, as they will have the support of their fans, who will be present at the Nacional Stadium this Tuesday.
And it is through their social networks that the national team announced that 55% of tickets have been sold for the match against the 'Banda Roja'. It should be noted that ticket prices for this match range from 12 to 150 new soles.
Tiago Nunes, coach of Sporting Cristal, declared in the preview of the match that he expects to see a large number of fans at the National Stadium this Tuesday. "Having our people there, being able to be there. I am imagining that we are going to bring in 30,000 or 40,000 people to work together and go all out for this comeback," stated the Brazilian coach.
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Similarly, the 'rimense' fans also expressed themselves on social networks and encouraged their team, which will seek the comeback against the Paraguayan team. "Let's go to the stadium, we all reverse the result together," "We must all win this match together," "The loyal ones will always be there," are some of the comments that can be read on Twitter.
Sporting Cristal is preparing to fight for their qualification
Sporting Cristal will arrive at this match against Nacional de Asunción without having played matchday 6 of the Torneo Apertura, as the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) suspended their match against Deportivo Binacional due to a lack of necessary guarantees for its broadcast. In spite of everything, this turns out to be good news for the 'celestes'.
Tiago Nunes' team will arrive well-rested without having to travel to Cusco, so it is expected that they can present a fully fit eleven at the Nacional Stadium. One of the doubts was the presence of Yoshimar Yotún, who was injured in the Defensores del Chaco. However, according to what the Brazilian coach stated in the press conference on Thursday, 'Yoshi' will be recovered by Tuesday.
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