Copa Libertadores 22-24 May

Nacional v Cucuta
Nacional is big favorite but i wouldn’t touch them on that price also i fancy Cucuta to make one more miracle and to go in next stage.

Gremio v Defensor
I watch first game between this two and Defensor was playing very good football.....Gremio at home is difrent team and they should be able to win this game but odds are joke...

Santos v America
I think this is going to be close game beside the fact that America is traveling without couple of importanat players , i hope that this game is`t going to be like the first one ( one of the most boring games ever )

America will be focused on Mexican match, since the group of players who traveled to Brazil for Libertdores commitment against Santos is conformed in his majority by substitutes.

To Brazil 14 traveled:Armando Navarrete, Alberto Becerra, Felipe Baloy, Rodrigo Iñigo, Óscar Rojas, Carlos Infante, Diego Cervantes, Ignacio Torres, Juan Carlos Mosqueda, Luis Pérez, Fabián Peña, Daniel Márquez, Daniel Bilos and Nelson Cuevas

Guillermo Ochoa, Duilio Davino, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Salvador Cabañas, Santiago Fernández, Álvin Mendoza, Ricardo Rojas, José Antonio Castro, Ismael Rodríguez, Raúl Salinas and Luis Saritama remained in Mexico and from this day they began its preparation in the facilities of Coapa.

Libertad v Boca Juniors
Is it possible Libertad to make the big surprise this year in Libertadores ?
They could get draw from this game.......

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Cucuta looks to make Nacional its third upset victim

SAO PAULO, Brazil: Twenty-seven-time Paraguayan champ Cerro Porteno fell in the first round. Eight-time Mexican champ Toluca was brushed aside in the second round.

Relative Colombian upstart Cucuta Deportivo could make three-time South American champion Nacional of Uruguay its next victim when they face off in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.

Cucuta, whose only Colombian title came in the second half of last season, has a two-goal lead from its first-leg victory when the two play Tuesday night in Montevideo.

"Two-to-zero is not much, but it helps," said Cucuta midfielder Charles Castro. "We'll see how we handle it."

Defensor of Uruguay also has a two-goal lead for its second leg against Gremio in Brazil, while the two other quarterfinals, Santos vs. America and Libertad vs. Boca Juniors are even after draws last week.

Cucuta, playing in its first Libertadores, already has surprised many. After failing to win any of it's first four matches, it won 4-3 at fellow Colombian side Tolima to secure the second berth out of Group 3 in the first round, and then rode a 5-1 rout over Toluca in the first leg of the second round to reach the final eight.

Nacional, who has won the Uruguayan title three times — including two of the last three years, likely will not go easily.

"We know that they are going to want to score any way they can," Cucuta physical trainer Mauricio Molina said.

In other games, Gremio will not be able to rely on regular starting midfielder Diego Souza, who was expelled in last week's game against Defensor. Gremio is expected to replace him with defensive midfielder Lucas.

Needing a three-goal difference to stay alive in the tournament, Gremio's coach Mano Menezes said he would injured the front line with strikers Carlos Eduardo, Tuta and former AC Milan striker Amoroso.

Also on Wednesday, two-time Libertadores champion Santos hosts America, which was held to a 0-0 draw in Mexico City.

Santos coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo said Saturday's 2-3 loss to America-RN in the second round of the Brazilian first-division soccer championship, would not affect his players when they meet the Mexicans.

"The team is focused on the Libertadores and is prepared to take on and beat the Mexicans," Luxemburgo told reporters.

On Thursday, Paraguay's Libertad plays against five-time Copa Libertadores champion Boca Juniors in Asuncion, having drawn 1-1 last week in Buenos Aires. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/...es-Preview.php