The Brazilian Corinthians, champion of the Libertadores and the Club World Cup in 2012, will receive a Millionaires Wednesday in a match for the Group 5 of the Copa Libertadores in which will be without the support of her swollen be decisive sanctioned.
The Paulista club announced that, following the decision of the Conmebol to maintain the sanction imposed by the responsibility of their fans in the death of a fan in Bolivia, will comply with the sanction of playing their Libertadores matches at home with doors Pacaembu stadium closed, starting with the game against the box 'ambassador'.
The penalty was imposed for the alleged liability of fans
Corinthians in the death of Kevin Douglas Bolivian Sword Beltran, 14, took place at the stadium of Oruro (Bolivia) in last week's game between the San Jose and the Brazilian club for the first round of the tournament.
Corinthians players themselves, psychologically affected by what happened last week, has admitted that the absence of fans reduce pressure on Millionaires and will be a disadvantage for locals.
According to coach Libertadores champion, Tite, besides motivating players emotionally affected by the tragedy in Bolivia and the penalty, the
Corinthians need to strengthen them physically because they are fighting simultaneously two tournaments, including the regional state of Sao Paulo.
Worse, a setback could endanger classification
Corinthians for the next phase of the Libertadores because the club is second in qualifying Group 5, with a period equal to the San Jose, but behind the Mexican Tijuana, who started with a home win of the Millionaires.
Tite also will not use your striker Jorge Henrique, who is recovering from an injury that prevented him from being taken advantage of on Sunday. For these conditions, his substitute Alexandre Pato will be the World Cup, the main reinforcement Corinthians this year and still no place as a starter.
The coach has not clarified if finally aligned from the first minute when defender Chicao, one of their regular starters but it was low several weeks through injury.
Millionaires, who trains from Monday in Sao Paulo, intends to use the sanction of the Corinthians to recover the three points that gave in Bogota before the Tijuana. The Colombian delegation ensures that is not concerned with what might happen to the Corinthians without the support of their fans but with his own performance on the court.
"The fans can both support and pressure the home team. My team has to worry about playing his football and is present or not the public," said coach Hernan Torres.
The absence of the public "changes the context of the game so that means the fans of Corinthians.'ll Try to stay focused as they play in a big stadium without public can be difficult," the defense Ithurralde Ignacio.
The striker Fredy Montero was included in the delegation that arrived in Brazil despite still recovering from physical problems due to the interest of the Millionaires to have maximum power in Sao Paulo.
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