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Since 2016, when he was champion, Nacional has not managed to overcome the Eighth of the Eighth Barrier in the Copa Libertadores.

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This Tuesday returns to international action, in Copa Libertadores, Atlético Nacional. The Verlaga team will have the first game of the round of 16 on Tuesday in a local condition against São Paulo in Brazil.

The team led by Javier Gandolfi comes from a solid victory in a local condition against alliance with an alternate payroll in Betplay League, thinking about international commitment.

On the side of the Brazilian team, it arrives in Colombian territory after a triumph at the local level against Vitoria in its last meeting in the Brazilian.

Since 2016, when he was champion, Nacional has not managed to overcome the Eighth of the Eighth Barrier in the Copa Libertadores. The great goal this year will be to be able to cut the bad streak and finally be able to get among the eight best in South America.

What happened in the last participations of Atlético Nacional in Libertadores?

2017: Eliminated in the group stage.

2018: It reached the round of 16 and was eliminated by Atlético Tucumán.

2019: Eliminated in the third qualifying phase before Libertad.

2021: Eliminated in the group stage.

2022: Eliminated in the second qualifying phase against Olimpia.

2023: It reached the round of 16 and was eliminated by Racing Club de Avellaneda.

2024: Eliminated in the second qualifying phase against Nacional de Paraguay.

The Argentine-Mexican coach Javier Gandolfi under a magnifying glass clings to a payroll in which the international Edwin Cardona, David Ospina and Marino Hnestroza stand out.

But the Paulista tricolor, Tricampeón de Libertadores (1992, 1993, 2005), lands in the round of 16 after leading his group and recharged after recovering from a knee injury to his emblem, Lucas Moura.

“It was one of the biggest challenges of my career in terms of injuries,” admitted the former Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham.

On the part of the Verlaga team, Gandolfi confirmed the decline on the attack front. This is the Uruguayan striker Facundo Batista, who suffered a fracture of partition in the last match of the Colombian League. In the next few days it will have to be surgically intervened.