Stadium: Hernando Siles

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

Last Match: CD Toluca 1-2 Bolivar

Bolivar (Bolivia)

Is on the fourth place of the Group 7, it was expected that for this moment the team was eliminated, still the altitude of his city provide them with hopes to be against it.

Open with a home draw against Boca Junior that brings hopes as in home they could obtain the qualification. Went to Mexico and obtain a great victory against Toluca that was unexpected. But then Bolivar lost track as in the serie against Cienciano the team concede two defeats, first 5-1 in Peru and then in home allow 2-3 defeat, which sends the team to the last position and with slim changes to qualified, but the team is still alive.

To depend of themselves the team need the victory, as if winning here and then winning to Boca Juniors the team could reach 10 points and will end above Boca Juniors and CD Toluca. Even drawing the team will have chances, but will depend on Cienciano, who will have to defeat CD Toluca in the last match that will be dispute in México.

Consider to work in their favor is the high altitude of the city, but Toluca city is with a similar altitude, a little less but this advantage in this ocasion isn't there.

Last league match the team lost 6-2 against Real Potosi. With this defeat the team continue at the bottom of the Apertura tournament tie with Real Mamore, both with five points out of seven matches, where they have obtain barely a victory and two draws collecting four defeats.

Yesterday the team sign coach Marco Antonio Sandy to take the team from that moment, just one day before this important match. This is the second team the coach take the team. The first was a short period from December 12, 2006 to January 03, 2007. After a meeting with the clubs executives who agree that the ex-DF direct the team and fullfill some of his demands like the return of Daner Pachi. The environment inside the team wasn't the optimal and even the pass coach establish that the players didn't back him. Now this is expected to change with the arrival of this coach.

Toluca (Mexico)

The team has make a irregular Libertadores Cup tournament, this is the debut of the team in the competition. In the start the team appears to haven't give the importance of the tournament as played with substitutes against Cienciano on away and take the victory what reinforce the team faith. But on his first home game the team lost 1-2 to Boliva in an unexpected result for Toluca.

Then came the serie against Boca Juniors, where first in home Toluca erased the team from the pitch, but this was because absences in Boca. Because as witness on the match in Buenos Aires, where the team was full, Boca Juniors won 3-0. Now Toluca still has his destiny in their hands, and needs to take the victory here to mantain it that way and in the closing match against Cieciano on home obtain the qualification.

In local tournament the team lost 2-1 against santos, in a very intense match that starts in the worst way with an own goal that Toluca was able to recover to draw the match, but then seven minutes later Santos MF Walter Jimenez score the winning goal for santos. The defeat for Toluca is nearing the team to be eliminated and not qualified for mexican playoffs. There is not margin of error in local tournament, they have a hard schedule for the close of the season.

The team will face this match with full team except for one suspended player, the best starting eleven is expected to start to be able to get the victory and put route for next round.

Match:

Match where the height will not be fact and the teams will encounter a intense match with both teams looking for scoring chances. CD Toluca defense have been making seriours mistakes but I expect they improve on this.

Prediction:

CD Toluca haven't show their potential and their irregular display in local and in Libertadores Cup brings doubts over them, but the team characteristics good defense and fair attack should be present as MF/FW Vicente Sanchez is playing in another level. Bolivar is more press and will leave open spaces that killer MF/FW Vicente sanchez should take handy, so I see value on CD Toluca 0AH.

Pick : Toluca
Odds : 1.90
Stake : 8 / 10
Bookmaker : Bet365
Date : 2007-04-12
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