River Plate drew 0-0 at Libertad in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores octavos and will decide the tie at the Monumental next Thursday Marcelo Gallardo is scrambling his defence after multiple back-line absences with Sebastián Driussi now fit to return Real Sociedad has appointed Sergio Francisco as head coach and is reinforcing its Zubieta academy core with summer signings Duje Caleta-Car and Gonçalo Guedes Weekend match schedules feature Instituto vs Unión at 19:00 on ESPN and Cruz Azul vs Santos at 19:00 on Canal 5, TUDN and ViX+ LaLiga’s strict fair play checks are delaying player registrations while the new CTA under Fran Soto has instructed VAR to review only clear, obvious errors
