Argentinos Juniors debuts in the 2026 Copa Libertadores this Wednesday against Barcelona de Ecuador. The match will be played at the Banco Pichincha stadium in Guayaquil at 21:30 hours.

What's at stake?

Argentinos Juniors and Barcelona de Ecuador are looking to advance in the competition and reach the group stage.

The team that is eliminated in this instance will not have further participation in international tournaments.

Possible lineups

- Barcelona de Ecuador: José Contreras; Bryan Carabali, Javier Báez, Luca Sosa, Jonnathan Mina; Jandry Gómez, Johan García, Milton Celiz; Joao Rojas, Sergio Núñez y Jonathan Perlaza. Coach: César Farías. - Argentinos Juniors: Brayan Cortes; Leandro Lozano, Francisco Álvarez, Erik Godoy, Kevin Coronel; Federico Fattori, Enzo Pérez or Nicolás Oroz; Hernán López Muñoz, Alan Lescano, Emiliano Viveros; and Tomás Molina. Coach: Nicolás Diez.

The preview

Barcelona coach César Farías plans to start with several Argentine players. Argentinos Juniors had an irregular start to the year, but in their last presentation they defeated River Plate 1-0 at home.

Match broadcast

The match will be broadcast live on television exclusively through Fox Sports, a channel that can be tuned online on Flow, DGO and Telecentro Play; and on the Disney+ Premium digital platform.

The rematch of the series will be on Wednesday, February 25 at 21:30 at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in the La Paternal neighborhood.