Ruled out: Contreras misses key U clash versus Botafogo

University of Chile is betting everything this Tuesday in Brazil. The Blues face Botafogo to define the passage to the round of 16 of the 2025 Copa Libertadores.The protecting champs play at home and in front of their fans and need to also win to protect their location in the next stage. It will be a real final.The U, the present leader of their group, although just one point above Estudiantes and Botafogo, gets here with some doubts. In part since they come from losing to Deportes Limache, a difficult setback in the First Division, although they played nearly without starters.And that match likewise left a loss: that of Rodrigo Contreras.The striker completed with some discomfort after the match against Limache.

Subsequently, it was validated that he had a strong contraction in the back of his ideal thigh.Contreras, however, signed up with the delegation that traveled to Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, so it was hypothesized that he could recuperate to play.However, this afternoon it was verified that he is certainly ruled out for this match.”The player is here, he remained in the health club with the medical professionals this morning, however he is out of the match,”stated Marcelo Díaz, a TNT Sports journalist.Despite being ruled out, Contreras traveled to stick with the squad, as did Matías Zaldivia, who will not be able to bet Botafogo due to build-up of yellow cards.It is expected that Fabián Hormazábal will play in place of Zaldivia in the line of 3, with Maximiliano Guerrero even more ahead on that side. In attack, Lucas Di Yorio would go in location of Contreras, in a

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