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This Sunday, from 6 p.m., O’Higgins will have the opportunity to sustain the good performance he showed on the first date and thus confirm, against Colo-Colo, that the team has something to fight for in 2024.

The celestials, who have prepared well for this match, believe that they can strike and take away the undefeated Cacique, a team that has just won on date 1 and celebrated in the Copa Libertadores after beating Unión Española and Godoy Cross respectively.

In that sense, in the run-up to the match, coach Juan Manuel Azconzábal pointed out that “against this rival we have to have optimal performance. At first glance, Colo-Colo may have individual wealth to resolve the match, but we are going to prepare so that O’Higgins shows strengths and hides weaknesses.”

The wealth of the white squad means that this Sunday they will leave out Arturo Vidal, who finished the international match injured, so the visit will have variations to give minutes to players who have not added much so far this year.

In addition, the trans-Andean added that “We will be attentive, because we look at the opponent, we know the individual characteristics, what the coach may proclaim, but sometimes the player’s imprint makes a difference.”

Along with this, he stressed that “we have to consolidate O’Higgins, with whatever rivals we have to look for our best and in that way violate the rival.”

For his part, goalkeeper Nicolás Peranic stated that “regardless of who we have in front of us, all games are relevant to achieving the objectives. That’s how I feel”, and that the key to winning will be “to enter concentrated, give ourselves as we did in Copiapó, work on each ball as if it were the last and try to show what we worked on during the week, generally, the one who manages to achieve The better way the previous plan within the game is that the more chances you have of winning.”

Regarding a hypothetical stellar eleven, the coach could choose to accept the return of Antonio Díaz to the defense and Camilo Moya to the midfield, leaving out Pedro Navarro and Cristóbal Castillo. Likewise, they will have to see a replacement for Juan Fuentes, complicated by a muscle injury, and also a substitute for Esteban Moreira, who could undergo surgery on one of his shoulders after suffering a fall in midweek. If so, the possible starting team would be made up of Nicolás Peranic in goal; Simón Contreras, Leonel Mosevich, Juan Ignacio Díaz and Antonio Díaz (Pedro Navarro) in the rear; Cristóbal Castillo, Camilo Moya, Bryan Rabello and Martín Sarrafiore in creation; leaving Octavio Bianchi and Arnaldo Castillo on the offensive.

It should be noted that the judge designated for this meeting is Nicolás Gamboa.