Universitario Host Deportivo Quito in Lima.
By: Mauro | July 30th, 2008
Universitario de Deportes vs. Sociedad Deportivo Quito (Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru)
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Deportivo Quito took the Ecuadorian league title in the last weeks and look to continue their great form in the Sudamericana. While Universitario de Deportes of Peru, who finished 4th in the 2007 Peruvian league to qualify for this continental competition.
Universitario is looking to come back from a bad loss to lowly José Gálvez de Chimbote, 0-2. Coached by Ricardo Gareca, Universitario expects a tough match from Deportivo Quito and looks to try to complicate things for them as well by fielding Donny Neira so that they have more of a offensive presence.
Deportivo Quito were the league leaders for quite some time, will look for a good result in Lima so that they could close out the 2nd leg at home in Quito. Deportivo are coming off a 2-2 draw against Olmedo in their local tournament.
Midfielder, Martin Andrizzi has been transferred to Deportivo Quito to help reinforce them for this year’s edition of the Sudamericana. He brings his experience lifting the cup with his former club, Arsenal de Sarandi, in last year’s competition.
Bottom Line: Universitario are the hosts and Deportivo are playing in much better form and with more regularity.
My Pick: 2-1 to Deportivo. In my opinion, Deportivo are earning better results and on a regular basis. They will take down the home side and carry two away goals with them to the second leg in Quito on August 5th.
In the meantime, feel free to check the CONMEBOL website for results and information about upcoming matches and for those of you in need of a bracket to get your heads around the competition, here it is.
Category: Copa Sudamericana News
Tags: Copa Sudamericana, Copa Sudamericana News, Estadio Monumental, Preliminary Fase, Sociedad Deportivo Quito, Universitario de DeportesSubscribe
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