One of the big complaints about the cups liberators Y South American is the distribution of quotas. While Brazil and Argentina have between six and eight polling stations, the rest of the countries only have four representatives.
Now, in the Copa Sudamericana, Conmebol announced a change that harms the qualifiers from countries other than Argentina and Brazil.
It should also be remembered that since 2021, the entity decided that the clubs of the same federation will face each other in the first phase, which leaves the other eight countries with only two representatives in the group phase.
The drastic change in the first phase of the South American
Now, Conmebol increases the degree of difficulty. On the official account of the South American Cup, It was announced that the duels of the first phase of the tournament, in which there are no representatives from either Brazil or Argentina, will be played in a single match.
The local condition will be drawn at the ceremony that will take place this Wednesday in Asunción, with which two teams from Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile will not even be able to play a game in their stadium, at least in this instance of the tournament.
Those classified for the Copa Sudamericana by Colombia are Deportes Tolima, Junior from Barranquilla, Santa Fe and Águilas Doradas.
There is a new instance after the group stage
Another change in the format of this tournament was also announced. Until now, the teams that finished in the third box of the Libertadores group stage went on to play Sudamericana.
Now, Conmebol announced that the third of the Libertadores must play a playoff with the second of the group stage of the South American, which until the 2022 edition were out of competition.
These confrontations will be round-trip matches and the local status will be determined by the performance of each team in their respective tournament.
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