Peñarol Vs Santa Fe: Aguirre Set Win-Needed Lineup at 21:30
Peñarol vs Santa Fe went into the Campeón del Siglo with one clear line: Peñarol needed a win on May 28, 2026, at 21:30 hours to keep its continental season alive. The club sat last in Group E with three points, and anything less than victory would end its international run for the rest of the year.
Diego Aguirre recovered Emanuel Gularte and Eric Remedi for the match and set a lineup built around that need. Javier Cabrera returned to the bench, while Maximiliano Olivera was left out of the squad at the last moment.
Gularte and Remedi back
Aguirre’s projected side for Peñarol brought Washington Aguerre into goal, with Brian Barboza, Emanuel Gularte, Lucas Ferreira and Franco Escobar across the back line. Jesús Trindade and Eric Remedi were set to anchor midfield, with Leandro Umpiérrez, Diego Laxalt, Luis Miguel Angulo and Matías Arezo in front of them.
That shape matched the urgency of the night. Peñarol did not have room for a slow start, because a draw or defeat would have left the club without international competition for the rest of the year.
Pablo Repetto’s Santa Fe
Santa Fe arrived with its own target. Pablo Repetto’s team had five points, two more than Peñarol, and still had a route to the Copa Libertadores round of 16 if it won and Platense did not win in Brazil.
If Santa Fe only drew, it would drop into the Copa Sudamericana. That left both sides playing for more than the group points on the board at kickoff, with the table still capable of sending each club in a different continental direction.
Kevin Ortega at Campeón del Siglo
Kevin Ortega was the referee, with Michael Orué and Jesús Sánchez as assistants, Daniel Ureta as fourth official, and Carlos Orbe and Byron Romero on VAR. The match was scheduled for.
Santa Fe’s projected lineup featured Andrés Mosquera, Mateo Puerta, Víctor Moreno, Emmanuel Olivera, Jeison Angulo, Daniel Torres, Kilian Toscano, Nahuel Bustos, Yeicar Perlaza, Omar Fernández and Hugo Rodallega. For Peñarol, the question was direct: win and reach the Copa Sudamericana round of 16, or fall out of the international picture entirely after the last date of Group E.
