FORTALEZA - ESTUDIANTES

Guests are a better team here.

Fortaleza has a huge lack of experience. This is their first time ever playing in the Libertadores ⅛ finals.They are here thanks to the surprising victory in the last round against Colo Colo (undeserved as they were outplayed). And now are one of the weakest teams remaining in the Libertadores

Their performances in the Brazilian Serie A are terrible. Is true that they aren’t a top team in Brazil but they are sitting in the last position of the league, with just 2 wins in 14 games. So maybe they should focus on the local tournament instead of Libertadores (where they have very little chances of success), as they are already 5 points below the safe zone.

On the other hand, Estudiantes iis a very strong team who made great performances in the tournament. Managed to qualify easily in this group, showing that they are a very strong team, competitive, with pride and dangerous in set pieces.

Is true that the change of the coach has not been the best for them, as they are coming with two consecutive defeats (one of them with a poor performance against Newells) but I think that they have huge potential. They have a squad with a lot of quality, experience and should be able to reach their best level soon.

In this game, they have the quality and the experience to be favorites and achieve at least a draw. Hosts are one of the worst teams in the tournament, while the guests have a very strong team.

Estudiantes already beat a Brazilian team like Bragantino twice in the group stage (0:1 and 2:0), a team who is sitting 12th and 8 points above Fortaleza.

NEW YORK RED BULL - ATLANTA UNITED

Hosts are favorites here.

New York Red Bull is playing well, sitting 4th in the league and just 3 points below leaders Montreal and Philadelphia. It’s also one of the few teams to find itself where it deserves to be in the standings according to the numbers - New York has both the 4th best attack and defense in the East and the 4th best expected goal differential.

Austrian manager Gerard Struber has crafted New York into a classic Redbull side in his second season in charge. It currently ranks 25th in average possession per game, 27th in completed passes, last in passing accuracy, 1st in tackles and pressures, and 3rd in shots.

The recent additions of ex-Miami wingback Lewis Morgan (7g, 1a) and Brazilian attacker Luquinhas (5g, 2a) have gone a long way towards unlocking New York in the final third, especially with the hot-and-cold form of striker Patryk Klimala, who still has a respectable 4 goals and 3 assists, to contend with. Luquinhas, however, is one of the players to test positive for COVID over the weekend, along with star center back Aaron Long.

On the other hand, Atlanta has an injury crisis. Key defender Lennon injured in warm up of previous match, Wolff (International Duty), Hernández, Gutman, Robinson, Guzan, Castanheira, Alonso. Sosa is doubtful.

They are sitting 11th in the table, winning only against last on table Chicago and Inter Miami (who played with 10 men since 29’) in the last 2 months.

Despite the Red Bulls’ early season form of home losses and away victories, New York has slowly returned to the mean and won its last four games at Red Bull Arena in all competitions. That run will continue tomorrow as Atlanta’s porous defense rears its head once again in a topsy-turvy affair.

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福塔雷萨——拉普大学

在这里，客队是一个更好的团队。

福塔莱萨非常缺乏经验。这是他们第一次参加Libertadores⅛总决赛。他们能来到这里要感谢上一轮对Colo Colo的惊人胜利(他们不应该这样，因为他们被击败了)。现在他们是解放者中最弱的队伍之一

他们在巴西意甲的表现很糟糕。的确，他们不是巴西的顶级球队，但他们在联赛中排名最后，14场比赛只赢了2场。所以也许他们应该专注于当地的比赛，而不是解放者(在那里他们成功的机会很小)，因为他们已经比安全区低了5分。

另一方面，大学生队是一支非常强大的队伍，他们在比赛中表现出色。在本组轻松出线，显示出他们是一支非常强大的球队，有竞争力，在定位球上充满骄傲和危险。

确实，主教练的更换对他们来说不是最好的，因为他们是在两连败的情况下来的(其中一场是对阵纽维尔斯的糟糕表现)，但我认为他们有巨大的潜力。他们拥有一支素质高、经验丰富的球队，应该很快就能达到他们的最佳水平。

在这场比赛中，他们有实力和经验成为热门，至少取得平局。东道主是比赛中最差的球队之一，而客人则是一支非常强大的球队。

大学生队已经在小组赛中两次击败了布拉金蒂诺这样的巴西球队(0:1和2:0)，这支球队排在第12位，比福塔莱萨高出8分。

纽约红牛-亚特兰大联队

在这里，主队是最受欢迎的。

纽约红牛打得很好，排在联盟第4位，只比领头羊蒙特利尔和费城低3分。从数据上看，纽约也是为数不多的几支发现自己在积分榜上名不虚传的球队之一——纽约队的进攻和防守都在东部排名第四，预期进球数也在东部排名第四。

奥地利教练杰拉德·斯特鲁伯在他执教的第二个赛季将纽约队打造成了一支经典的红牛队。目前，球队场均控球率排在第25位，传球完成率排在第27位，传球准确性排在最后，抢断和压力排在第1位，射门排在第3位。

最近新加入的前迈阿密边后卫刘易斯·摩根(7g, 1a)和巴西攻击手卢昆斯(5g, 2a)为纽约队在最后三分之一的争夺做出了很大的贡献，尤其是与冷热交加的前锋帕特里克·克里马拉(Patryk Klimala)相比，他仍然有令人瞩目的4球3助攻。然而，卢奎哈斯是上周末新冠病毒检测呈阳性的球员之一，还有明星中后卫阿伦·朗。

另一方面，亚特兰大面临着伤病危机。关键后卫列农在上一场比赛的热身中受伤，沃尔夫(国际比赛)，Hernández，古特曼，罗宾逊，古zan，卡斯坦黑拉，阿隆索。索萨是值得怀疑的。

他们现在排在积分榜的第11位，在过去的两个月里只赢过积分榜上倒数第一的芝加哥和国际迈阿密(他们从29岁开始就10人征战)。

尽管红牛队在赛季初的表现是主场输球，客场取胜，但纽约队已经慢慢回到了平均水平，并在红牛球场的所有赛事中赢得了最近四场比赛的胜利。这样的表现将在明天继续，因为亚特兰大的漏洞百出的防守在一场混乱的事件中再次抬头。