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El calor y el barro no son la principal dificultad para Oberá en Río de Janeiro. La concern is group D. There is no room for excuses: Flamengo is local and one of the teams with the greatest history in the competition, while Defensor Sporting brings experience and Paisas BBC completes a zone that promises friction from the first match.

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Oberá returns to the Sudamericana after a difficult spell in the Liga Nacional: one victory and four defeats. The continental tournament now arrives as a chance to reset the season, although the team knows that a single win will not be enough. Every game in the group will have direct weight.

The club from Misiones will play three games in Rio de Janeiro. Its first challenge is Defensor Sporting, which reached the semifinals of the Uruguayan league in the last campaign. Then come Flamengo and Paisas BBC. The top two advance to the quarterfinals; the other two teams are eliminated.

• Oberá and Defensor Sporting open the group stage in Rio de Janeiro.
• Flamengo is the local team and has one of the competition's strongest histories.
• Oberá arrives after one win and four defeats in the Argentine league.
• Only two of the four teams qualify for the quarterfinals.

Coach Fabio Demti plans to lean on Bruno Sansimoni, Agustín Brocal, Jonatan Torresi and Santiago Barrales in the attack. William Vorhees will provide presence inside the paint, while Tyrese Prince is another option to add perimeter scoring.

Flamengo, meanwhile, added base Yago Santos and features Didi Louzada, Argentine players Franco Baralle and Álex Negrete. The Gap is clear: Oberá needs to maintain a high level throughout its three matches. The format does not allow much room for inconsistency.

Oberá's participation in the last five editions, and its fourth presence in that span, also brings an uncomfortable memory: in 2025, the team was eliminated in the group stage. This edition offers a chance to settle that debt, but the mission will be difficult.

“Can Oberá reverse the trend of the season and finish among the two best in the group? I expect a close, demanding tournament. The team has the character to compete, but it needs to be regular from the first game. I reserve the right to be wrong.”Leandro Tkachuk, Deportes