Estudiantes take on the visitors Fortalezain the second leg of round of 16 in Copa Libertadores. The match will be played on Friday, July 8th at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi (La Plata).
Estudiantes will try to prove themselves, first of all, in the Copa Libertadores.
The Ratcatchers can't boast of winning trophies in recent years. But at the same time, they showed a fairly good level. In the 2021 Liga Profesional they were able to finish in 6th place. And in the spring, as part of Copa Diego Maradona, they were able to win their group, gaining 28 points in 14 matches. But only after that followed a shocking departure already in the 1/4 finals - at home, in the majority, Argentinos Juniors managed to recoup, and defeat Estudiantes in a penalty shootout. The new championship began inconsistently, where victories were followed by defeats. Against this background, the results in Copa Libertadores are quite successful: they finished in top-2 of their group and started the playoffs well.
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Fortaleza is now unlikely to be ready to tear the veins in the Copa. The Tricolors of Steel have suffered a drastic decline this season in the domestic arena. Of course, it should be noted that before that there was a significant jump "up", as much as to 4th place - an unusually high position for this team. But now there was a fall into the immediate relegation zone, to the very bottom of the Brasileirao table. But at the same time, the Brazilians were able to adequately prove themselves at a seemingly more difficult level, in the Copa Libertadores. There they managed to score 10 points in the group stage - this was enough to confidently get ahead of the Chilean Colo-Colo in the dispute for 2nd place. Yes, and in the playoffs they were able to start at least not with a defeat. But still there are doubts about whether it is necessary to spend energy, and a lot, to move further in the Cope Libertadores, or would it be better to leave it to survive in Serie A?
At the junction of June and July, the parties held the first head-to-head duel in history. Fortaleza opened the scoring with Romero's efforts, but quickly allowed Estudiantes to level it. So we ended up 1-1. Fortaleza now would not be thinking about Copa, but about relegation battle in domestic Serie A. Estudiantes must deal with such an opponent at home confidently.
Prediction for the match: Estudiantes to win.
