📋 Decision time: Atlético line-up to face Caracas in Sudamericana | OneFootball

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It's a more than decisive night for Atlético in the Copa Sudamericana this Thursday (15).

Later, from 9:30 pm (Brasília time), the Galo receives Caracas at the Arena MRV.

Game valid for the fifth round of Group H of the competition.

Key situation 📊

Peruvian Cienciano leads with six points. It is followed by Galo, which adds up to five.

Caracas (five, but with a lower balance) and Deportes Iquique complete the key.

The remaining duel of the round, between Cienciano and Iquique, will start from 11 pm (Brasília time).

Galo needs to win to go to the final round depending on itself, since it will receive the team from Peru.

Whoever finishes second will need playoffs against a Libertadores team to reach the round of 16.

Atlético 🐓

Cuca needed to choose between lining up the best he had available or preserving some athletes due to the classic on Sunday.

Cuello, suspended against Cruzeiro, was a certainty among the 11.

Natanel, Rony, and Scarpa start on the bench.

Arana and Gabriel Menino continue to recover from injuries.

Caracas 🇻🇪

The visitors arrive under pressure, as the season is not one of the best.

They were left out of the final phase of the Venezuelan tournament thanks to the lower balance in relation to Metropolitanos, the eighth-placed and last to qualify.

They need to win to reach the sixth round with good chances of advancing - they will be hosting Iquique.

The lineup of the team commanded by Fernando Aristeguieta has not been released yet.

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