Wilstermann to face Sao Paulo, Ayacucho and Everton in the Sudamericana

  Wilstermann's squad was placed in series "D" of the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana, where it will face the clubs Sao Paulo from Brazil, Ayacucho from Peru and Everton from Chile.

Only the first of each group will advance to the round of 16, therefore, Wilstermann's task will not be an easy one, as the favorite to qualify is Sao Paulo of Brazil, champions of the 2012 Copa Sudamericana.

Meanwhile, Bolivia's other representative in this tournament, Oriente Petrolero, was placed in group "H" along with Junior from Colombia, Union de Santa Fe from Argentina and Fluminense from Brazil.

Conmebol Sudamericana: Guabira 3 - 0 Wilstermann, Wilstermann Qualifies

 On Thursday, the Azucareros defeated the Aviadores with goals by Kevin Mina (20' and 50') and Layonel Figueroa (90+3). The match was played at the Gilberto Parada stadium in Montero. The 4-0 win in the first leg favored the cochabambinos.

Guabirá was one goal away from a place in the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana on penalties against Wilstermann.

The Azucareros defeated the Aviadores 3-0 on Thursday in Montero in a rematch of the first phase of this Conmebol tournament, but it was not enough due to the 4-0 defeat of the team from Cochabamba in the first leg.

Mauricio Soria made his debut as coach of the northern side with a victory. His team showed a different attitude to the one they played last week.

Kevin Mina recovered his memory. The Ecuadorian goal scorer scored at 20' and 50'. Laayonel Figueroa closed the scoring with three minutes left in the second half (90+3).

The goal difference (+1) saved Wilstermann from a defeat that could have been embarrassing due to their poor performance at the Gilberto Parada.

On few occasions did they reach goalkeeper Elder Arauz and that was a testament to how little they did offensively.

The qualification to the group stage is an incentive for the Reds from Cochabamba, who will also receive a prize of US$ 900,000.

On March 25, the opponents they will face in the next stage of the tournament will be announced.

Wilster goes for the pass against a Guabirá that dreams of the feat

  Wilstermann will seek to seal its qualification to the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana today (20:30), aware that the 4-0 difference from the first leg gives it an advantage, but does not yet give it the ticket, as Guabirá will try to achieve the feat at the Gilberto Parada stadium in Montero.

"The key is not closed. We must play this match as if it were the first leg", were the words of Wilstermann's technical director, Miguel Ponce, to make it clear that there are still 90 minutes left to ensure the qualification to the group stage and to get the prize of 900 thousand dollars that will give economic stability to the club.

Meanwhile, in Guabirá the motto is "he who fights is not dead". Luis Enrique Hurtado, one of the captains of the Azucarero, said that it is true that "the disadvantage is high, but that does not take away our dream of qualifying, so we will fight from the first minute of the match".

In Wilstermann it is almost a fact that the Chilean tactician will not change the game plan or the starting eleven with which he achieved a 4-0 victory in the first leg, played at the Félix Capriles stadium.

Ponce will have his full potential at his disposal, after he decided to take care of some players who had some muscular fatigue and did not want to risk them in the Cochabamba derby, a match in which Aurora beat Wilstermann 1-0.

In the previous days, the Aviator could not work normally in its complex of the Alalay lagoon due to the heavy rains that were registered in Cochabamba. It was precisely because of this issue that the team brought forward the trip to Santa Cruz to midday yesterday to be able to work in the afternoon on Santa Cruz soil.

In Guabirá, the defeat suffered in Cochabamba for the Sudamericana, added to the bad results in the local tournament (two draws in five matches), caused the departure of coach Víctor Hugo "Tucho" Antelo and his place was taken by Mauricio Soria, who took the reins of the team this Monday.

Without much time to work, Soria will probably decide not to make many changes in the team for the second leg, although it was announced from Montero that one possible change could be the entry of Gustavo Peredo to replace Hurtado.

Guabirá is aware that only a 5-0 victory could give them direct qualification. A 4-0 victory will take the ticket to penalties.

A Guabirá win by a difference of less than 4 goals will give Wilstermann the qualification.

Cochabamba Clasico: Aurora 1 - 0 Wilstermann

  Aurora yesterday enjoyed its first victory of the year in a very special match: the Cochabamba derby against Wilstermann, which it beat 1-0 in the 151st match ever played at the Félix Capriles stadium.

In addition to the three points, the Celeste won the first derby of the year and the gate. A totally rounded and victorious day for the popular team.

Prior to the match, a fight between Aurora and Wilstermann fans at the north end of the stadium sparked flared up between the two sides. The immediate response of the police prevented a major conflict.

The match started with Aurora not giving up looking for Luis Cardenas' goal, while El Rojo did not hold anything back and with Cristian "Pochi" Chavez showed an offensive soccer.

When the match was falling into a pit due to the inaccuracies of both teams, Aurora broke the tie in the 24th minute, when a cross by Leandro Maygua was solved by Denis Pinto, who rose in the middle of the red defense to head the ball in (1-0).

The cold water bucket forced the Aviadores to look for the equalizer, but they could not find the clear shot to breach Agustín Cousillas' goal.

Pinto had another chance at 29' ST to extend the score in favor of the People's Team, but the goalkeeper Luis Cárdenas won the one-on-one.

At 36' PT, Carlos Áñez put on his striker's suit and faced Agustín Cousillas' goal, who stifled the Reds' goal cry.

The figure of Cárdenas began to grow as the sky-blue team turned the field in their favor. After the first goal and until the end of the first half, the red goalkeeper cleared at least four dangerous plays.

In the second half, Aurora and Wilstermann held nothing back. Both went forward ready to kill or die, with the idea of getting the victory. 

 The Celestes were more practical and had several chances to increase the score, such as Jair Torrico's header that Cárdenas cleared with a last-ditch effort.

The entry of Thabiso Brown, an attacker from Lesotho, gave more power to the offense of the popular team, but they lacked effectiveness to breach the opponent's goal.

In desperation, DT Miguel Ponce sent his best players on the field in an attempt to equalize.

Rojo lacked accuracy and tranquility. They were unable to find their footing and in front of a tight defense they were unable to do much damage in the course of the match.

The sky-blue strategist, Francisco Argüello, made a quick reading and decided to take a risk 10 minutes from the end with the entry of two midfielders to close the match.

The risky maneuver put the Celeste fans on edge, as the Reds turned towards Cousillas' goal, although once again the lack of effectiveness and the great work of the goalkeeper sentenced the game in Aurora's favor by 1-0.

The end of the match showed both sides: the light-blue team melted in the center of the field in a single embrace. The reds left chewing on their anger and with the sadness of not getting another good result.

As the Aurora players were leaving for the dressing room, a group of misfits stationed at the south end of the pitch threw firecrackers at the players.

Before the break for the qualifiers for the World Cup Qatar 2022, both teams will have time to adjust details. At the moment, both are out of the qualification zone for the second phase of the Apertura 2022. 

Aurora vs Wilstermann meet in high-voltage valley derby

  The 151st Vallonian classic in history takes center stage this afternoon (15:00) at the Félix Capriles stadium, with light blue and red hearts recalling great feats of the past: Aurora vs. Wilstermann, in search of three points and honor on the sixth date of the Apertura 2022 Tournament.

Today's match will not be just another in the history of the game. Both come to this match with high morale, although their realities are a bit different.

In the case of Aurora, the People's Team has just played two away games and in both of them they only managed one win. They are winless, which is why today the situation looks favorable.

For this objective, the coach Francisco "Pancho" Argüello, DT of the Celeste, has his best element at his disposal, being even that the striker Enzo Maidana is at full strength after overcoming his injury that prevented him from making his debut.

On the other side of the pitch is Wilstermann, who after overcoming stage fright have now gone three games unbeaten, two in the local tournament and another with a 4-0 thrashing of Guabirá in the Copa Sudamericana.

Spirits are high and, on paper, El Rojo is the favorite, although coach Miguel Ponce wants his team to continue to grow but with their feet on the ground.

Wilstermann will have no casualties, but some changes in the eleven are expected.

For today, tickets will be sold from 9:00 am at the stadium and the Aurora complex with the following price scale: preference 60 bolivianos, general 50 and curves 40.

Wilstermann - History 1967 - 2019

 In 1967 a new star was added, most of the above mentioned players were the protagonists, together with other outstanding players such as Osvaldo Villarroel and a youthful Limbert Cabrera Rivero.

The sixth and seventh stars were achieved consecutively between 1972-1973, Limbert Cabrera, Milton Teodoro Joana, Hugo Pérez, Víctor Hugo Bravo, Lindberg Cabrera Buccet, Juan Carlos Sánchez, some of the most remembered protagonists.

The eighth and ninth stars also came in the form of two championships, which occurred between 1980-1981, the so-called "third golden cycle" with Jair, Gastón Taborga, Víctor Eduardo Villalón, Freddy Salguero as its most emblematic players.

It took 19 years to achieve the elusive tenth star, which in 1985 and 1994 escaped from our hands. Mauricio Soria, Marcelo Carballo, Gonzalo Galindo, Carlos Cárdenas, Pedro Guiberguis, the greatest exponents.

The eleventh arrived in 2006, others were the protagonists Marcelo Carballo, Hugo Suarez, Daniel Juarez, among others the protagonists.

Four years later, the lights of the championship and the shadows of the relegation, with Daniel Vaca, Edgar Olivares, Fernando Sanjurjo, Jair Torrico, Marcos Barrera who were the ones who made us smile and cry.

The thirteenth star came in the recent past, 2016, Edward Zenteno, Marcelo Bergese, Thomaz Santos, Omar Morales, among others lifted the trophy.

In 2017 we made history in the Copa Libertadores de América, we qualified to the quarterfinals against all odds, in the group stage we fell in one of the most complicated groups, Palmeiras, Peñarol and Atlético Tucumán. We qualified as runners-up and in the round of 16 we had to dance with the ugliest, Atlético Mineiro, the best qualified of the group stage. In Cochabamba we beat them 1-0 and in Brazil we managed a draw that allowed us to reach the Quarterfinals. There we faced the giant River Plate, in Cochabamba we beat them 3-0, unfortunately in Argentina we could not keep the advantage and we were eliminated.

The penultimate star came in the opening 2018 with Pochi Chávez, Serginho, Fernando Saucedo, Edward Zenteno, Gilbert Álvarez as the main protagonists, playing a playoff match in Sucre against The Strongest, beating them 3-2 in a penalty shootout.

We achieved our fifteenth title in the 2019 Clausura Tournament with an absolute record. We totaled 60 points, something never seen before in the history of Bolivian soccer. Led by Crisitan Díaz, and with Pochi, Pipo, Serginho, Saucedo and Zenteno as leaders, we lifted another cup.

Wilstermann - History 1949

 THE CLUB

Our history dates back to the founding of the "Club Tennis LAB" (sic) at 18:25, on November 24, 1949, with the following directors:

- President Carlos Vargas C.

- Honorary President Alberto Estenssoro Alborta

- Honorary Vice President Edgar Pol P.

- Honorary Vice President Luis Zegarra

- Relations Secretary Oscar Gantier H

The second name of the institution was "Club Deportivo y Cultural LAB", so that in late January 1953, finally the Club Cultural y Deportivo Jorge Wilstermann was formed, under the impulse of the Manager of the institution Captain Walter Lehm, this is endorsed with the publication of date, February 6, 1953, in the newspaper Los Tiempos, who reported the following: "Employees and Workers of the Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano have organized the whose first management staff is as follows: Honorary President Commander Walter Lehm, Active President Jose Rico, Vice President Luis Mayorga, General Secretary Carlos Montan, Recording Secretary Sergio Perez, Treasurer Jaime Salazar, Sports Director Natalio Richter, Soccer Director, Enrique Ovando, Director of Basketball Alfonso Peñaloza, Director of Pelota de Mano Gualberto Orellana, Director of Tennis Roberto Cossío, Director of Swimming Jaime Barrero, Director of Boxing Walter Oporto, Director of Chess Rogelio Zubieta, Director of Table Tennis Percy Mac Lean.

Under the leadership of Roberto Prada Estrada, in 1955 the team became professional and between 1957-1960 it won the first and only tetra championship in the history of Bolivian professional soccer, under the impulse of an extraordinary group of players from Cochabamba, among them several who later became the basis of the South American Bolivian Soccer Championship, such as Renan López, Máximo Alcocer, Ausberto García, Mario Zabalaga, Cesar Sánchez, among others.

Primer escudo profesional

El primer escudo de nuestro equipo aviador, que distinguió al Club de 1949 a 1951 tiene una clara identificación con la línea bandera de la aviación nacional, el Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, y el equipo pertenecía a la división de fútbol y deportes del Club Deportivo LAB.

Wilstermann sees Sucre as an alternative to play the Cup

 Wilstermann's coaching staff sees playing the South American Cup at the Patria stadium in Sucre as an option, as long as Félix Capriles, from Cochabamba, does not arrive fit for the match he must hold next March 10 against Guabirá.

Coach Miguel Ponce commented that if the playing field of the main sports field in the Valley does not improve, "we could think of an intermediate point like Sucre to play the Cup, but let's wait what happens in the following weeks," noted the Chilean.

The president of the aviators, Gróver Vargas, confirmed that the Conmebol competition management is aware of the problems that exist on the Capriles pitch and that they requested a report on the work being carried out. "They are worried about this situation and the best thing would be not to play in Capriles until the South American, because if they don't take risks again and the Wilstermann fan will be deprived of an international match," Vargas warned.

Red receives Blooming

Meanwhile, the reds will receive Blooming this afternoon in Sacaba for the second date of the championship (5:15 p.m.).

Maximiliano Ortiz will replace Francisco Rodríguez, the winger was sent off in the match against Royal Pari. The rest of the team will go with José Escóbar in goal; Carlos Áñez, Santiago Echeverría, Edemir Rodríguez, Maximiliano Ortiz in defense; Cristhian Machado and Moisés Villarroel in contention; Javier Sanguinetti as the hitch; Jean Pierre El Hage (Under-20) and Edzon Pérez as wingers, and Andrés Chávez as the only forward.

This Saturday's session will close with the commitment between Universitario de Sucre and Nacional Potosí at the Patria stadium, starting at 7:30 p.m. The people of the capital go for the second victory.