Olimpia Asuncion hosts Internacional in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores 1/8 finals. The match will be played on Friday, July 16th at Estadio Manuel Ferreira (Asunción)
Olimpia Asuncion quite often wins the championship of Paraguay, including in recent years. In this regard, the Black-and-Whites did not have the best result in Aperture 2021. They finished only 2nd, lagging five points behind Libertad. The new cycle is just about to begin, so Olimpia hasn't played since the end of May. In fact, the upcoming game will be the first after a month and a half, as the last round of the Primera Division was held on May 31. The group stage of Copa Libertadores ended a little earlier. Olimpia Asuncion managed to snatch the 2nd place with great difficulty: the Paraguayans earned nine points and outranked Deportiva Tachira only due to better additional indicators.
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Internacional is the silver medalist of the last Brasileirao. The team had serious plans for this season. But the very start of the new draw showed that it will be very difficult. Despite the return of Taison, who finally left Shakhtar Donetsk, the Reds started the championship with a 2-2 draw and a 1-5 defeat. Then it seemed that something started to work out, but in general Internacional was far from its goals. At the end of June, the bosses appointed a new coach, Diego Aguirre. The debut of the Uruguayan was successful (however, he had already worked with the Reds in 2015). His players beat Chapecoense away (1-2). But after that, the fans did see a single victory (three points scored in five rounds). Interestingly, the Reds managed to gain draws in home matches against America Mineiro, Corinthians, and Gremio. But the home games ended with defeats to Palmeiras (1-2) and Sao Paulo (0-2). However, they managed to score 10 points and win their group at Copa Libertadores in the spring.
The clubs have already crossed paths in the group stage of Copa Libertadores. Then the Brazilians were stronger twice. They hammered Olimpia Asuncion at home (6-1) and gained an away victory thanks to the only goal scored by Yuri Alberto at the end of the game. Now it will be more difficult for Internacional, as the players have completely lost their shape. But Olimpia has not played for a long time, so we decided to bet on Under 2.5 goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
