They begin the quarter-finals of the South American

This week we will be playing the first leg for the quarterfinals of the Copa Sudamericana. Eight teams from around the continent to seek to get into the semifinals of the continental tournament. Both for this as history, teams can hang the plate candidates.

Velez and Liga de Quito on Tuesday Liniers this stage will begin. The Argentine team with difficulty to surpass the previous Spanish Union, and is one of the players in the local contest. Liga de Quito, reigning champions of the Recopa Sudamericana, thrashed to Lanus in eighths (5 to 1 aggregate) and has proved he is one of the top candidates to stay with the cup.

The other representative of Argentina, San Lorenzo, was measured on Wednesday before the Uruguayan River Plate. The de Simeone, pointers in the opening, and overwhelming passage in the cup, are the other main candidate to beat. Difficult game for the River of Juan Ramon Carrasco, although clearly to beat Vitoria on round, will meet with a senior team.

The third key face Cerro Porteno and Botafogo. The Paraguayans eliminated thanks to the Brazilian Goiás away goals (2-0 local, 1-3 away) and, as its present in the domestic tournament is quite gray, play all their pieces to the bowl. Emelec beat Botafogo in the previous stage, and like his rival pointed to the cup to compensate for slack present in the Brasileirão (just 3 points from the relegation zone). This series, now in its equipment, is seen as the closest of the four.

The final confrontation is for Fluminense and University of Chile. The Flu, Libertadores runner-up 2008, easily removed and Alianza Atletico in the cup has a chance to save the semester, since in the Brazilian Championship last march. The novelty is that the attacker Fred enrolled for the fall meet Fabio Santos. On the side of the Chileans, the classification into the quarter was more than complicated: they faced reigning champions Internacional of Porto Alegre, with an overall 2-1 in his favor. This victory puts directed by Argentine Jose Basualdo as favorites to retain the series.

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