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Bolivia's The Strongest seeks qualification against River Plate

Xinhua, April 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Bolivia's soccer club The Strongest travelled to Buenos Aires on Monday ahead of their match against Argentina's River Plate on Wednesday, where they will be looking for a win in the fourth match of the Copa Libertadores de America.

The Bolivian team's coach, Mauricio Soria, said that in Wednesday's match he will repeat almost the same starting eleven that recently faced Brazil's Sao Paulo. The Strongest won the match 1-0.

"There is trust in the team. We have to enter the pitch with attitude and concentration to get a good result that could mean we go through to the next round," Soria told local media before leaving for the Argentinean capital.

The coach highlighted the Argentinian side's potential, however, he added that matches are played on the pitch and because of that "anything could happen."

On Wednesday, Sao Paulo and Venezuela's Trujillanos will kick off the fourth fixture in Group One with group leaders The Strongest facing defending champions River Plate later in the day.

In second place in the group with five points, River Plate's mission will be to defeat the Bolivian side and remove them from the top of the results table, where they currently have seven points.

"With plenty of enthusiasm and special motivation, because it is one of best Argentinian teams, we have to do something similar to what we did with Sao Paulo," said midfielder Walter Veizaga, who has now recovered from a muscular injury and will return to the starting eleven after missing the first leg against the Argentinian squad.

The Stongest's coach also added defender Fernando Marteli and midfielder Alejandro Chumacero to the squad after recovering from injuries sustained while representing their national team in the latest World Cup Russia 2018 South America Qualifiers. Endi