This will be a tight match where Talleres shouldn’t be favorite.

Talleres is a mid-table team from Argentina. This year they are having a great campaign, sitting 2nd in the Copa de la Liga with 6/4/2, although last season weren’t able to qualify to the playoffs either as they finished 8th.

Furthermore, they have just one point advantage with 3 teams behind, and another one just 3 points below, with only two more games remaining to play. So it will be difficult for them to be 100% focused in the first rounds of Libertadores in the midweek, as they have to play also the two rounds in the Copa remaining against Independiente and Independiente next 7th and 14th.

Their best players are the winger Paraguayan Ramon Sosa and the striker Nahuel Bustos, on loan by Manchester City. Girotti is also a reliable scorer, with 5 goals in 12 Copa games so far. However, they have a short squad to play at 100% two competitions at the same time, with many young players whose quality and experience is very low.

For this tournament the main target of Talleres is to qualify in this group, and their main rival will be Barcelona SC from Ecuador. Sao Paulo is clearly the best team in the group and Cobresal, the worst one. Then, a qualification would be already a huge success for Talleres, who isn’t among the title contenders and they know that the Libertadores title isn’t a real target.

On the other hand, Sao Paulo is between the title contenders. Maybe not at the same level as Flamengo or Palmeiras, but wouldn’t be a surprise to see them winning the title or playing the latter stages. As always in the Libertadores, Brazilian teams are the strongest sides in the tournament. The last 5 Libertadores winners have been from Brazil (Palmeiras, Flamengo and Fluminense).

They have a very strong squad, whose value (91MM Euros) is double that of Talleres (45MM Euros). In their squad we can find several TOP players such as James Rodriguez, Lucas Moura, Jonathan Calleri or some promising young brazilian stars like Pablo Maia, who made his debut with Brazil national team last week.

In the Paulista they had a really poor season. Finished third in the table and lost in the playoffs (¼ final) against a very weak team like Novorizontino, from the second division. This happened two weeks ago, so they are fully rested and ready for this fixture.

Previously in the regular season (Serie A) finished 4th, 4 points below the winners Palmeiras.

This means that they are 100% focused on the Libertadores, as they don’t have any weekend games. They will play only Libertadores till the start of the Serie A, next 13th.

Jonathan Calleri is doubtful, but in case he is not ready could be well replaced by Andre Silva, a new transfer from Vitoria Guimaraes.

Although Talleres could be in better form, Sao Paulo has more experience and quality here. They will also have less fatigue, and this first game will be very important to make a good start for the Libertadores and for 1st place in the group, which is the first target in this tournament. Talleres would be happy with a draw here.

这将是一场激烈的比赛，塔列斯不应该是最受欢迎的。

塔雷雷斯是一支来自阿根廷的中游球队。今年他们有一个伟大的赛季，以6/4/2的成绩排名西甲杯第二，尽管上赛季他们也没能进入季后赛，只获得了第8名。

此外，在落后3支球队的情况下，他们只领先1分，而在只剩下两场比赛的情况下，他们也只落后3分。因此，他们很难在周中与解放者队的首轮比赛中百分百集中精力，因为他们还要在接下来的7日和14日分别对阵独立队和独立队。

他们最好的球员是边锋拉蒙·索萨和被曼城租借的前锋纳韦尔·布斯托斯。吉罗蒂也是一名可靠的射手，迄今为止在12场杯赛中打进5球。然而，他们的阵容很短，不能100%同时参加两项比赛，而且很多年轻球员的水平和经验都很低。

在本届比赛中，塔列雷斯的主要目标是出线，他们的主要对手将是来自厄瓜多尔的巴塞罗那。圣保罗显然是小组中最好的球队，而科雷萨尔则是最差的球队。那么，获得资格对塔列雷斯来说已经是一个巨大的成功，他不是冠军争夺者之一，他们知道解放者的冠军不是一个真正的目标。

另一方面，圣保罗是在冠军竞争者之间。也许与弗拉门戈或帕尔梅拉斯的水平不同，但看到他们赢得冠军或进入后期阶段也不足为奇。和解放者队一样，巴西队是本届杯赛中最强的球队。解放者队最近的5次冠军都来自巴西(帕尔梅拉斯、弗拉门戈和弗鲁米嫩塞)。

他们有一个非常强大的阵容，他们的价值(9100万欧元)是塔列雷斯(4500万欧元)的两倍。在他们的阵容中，我们可以找到几位顶级球员，比如詹姆斯·罗德里格斯、卢卡斯·莫拉、乔纳森·卡莱里，或者一些有前途的年轻巴西球星，比如上周在巴西国家队首次亮相的巴布罗·马亚。

在保利斯塔，他们度过了一个非常糟糕的赛季。在积分榜上排名第三，在季后赛(1 / 4决赛)输给了一支非常弱的球队，比如来自乙级联赛的诺沃里佐蒂诺。这发生在两周前，所以他们已经完全休息好了，准备好了这场比赛。

此前在常规赛(意甲)获得第4名，比冠军帕尔梅拉斯低4分。

这意味着他们100%专注于解放者队，因为他们没有任何周末比赛。在接下来的13号意甲开始之前，他们只会和解放者队交手。

卡莱里还不确定，但如果他还没有准备好，他很可能被吉马良斯的新转会球员安德烈·席尔瓦所取代。

虽然塔列雷斯的状态可能会更好，但圣保罗在这里的经验和实力更强。他们也不会那么疲劳，第一场比赛对于解放者队的良好开局和小组第一非常重要，这是本届锦标赛的第一个目标。塔列斯会对平局感到高兴的。