Overview
- After a 0-0 first leg in Lima, the decider will be played Thursday, Sept. 25 at Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso in Coquimbo with no visiting supporters and live coverage on DIRECTV/DGO.
- Universidad de Chile lost captain Marcelo Díaz to a confirmed hamstring tear suffered in the first leg, with Chilean reports pointing to Sebastián Rodríguez as the likely replacement.
- U. de Chile filed a formal complaint to CONMEBOL alleging insulting banners, discriminatory chants, and explosions near the team hotel following the match at Matute.
- Separately, CONMEBOL fined Alianza Lima USD 10,000 on Sept. 8 for a security/order infraction related to its game in Quito, warning of harsher penalties for repeat offenses.
- Managing a tight schedule, Alianza rotated for Liga 1 vs. Comerciantes Unidos without suspended center-backs Carlos Zambrano and Renzo Garcés, while the club’s women’s team registered four Brazilian reinforcements for the Libertadores and slipped in the local Clausura after a 2-1 loss at UNSAAC.