Stadium: Azteca

Referee: Manuel Andarcia (Venezuela)

Last match: El Nacional 1 - 2 Club America

Club America (Mexico)

With last victory against Libertad 1-2 away the team has their qualification at hand. America has been irregular, as can obtain two victories 1-2 in away, lost 3-1 to Banfield. In home his performance also haven't been regular, with one defeat 1-4 and one victory 4-0.

Is contradictory how the matches the team didn't field the best team take the best resulst as the two away victories and the matches with best team available as against Banfield in Argentina and Libertad on home where hard defeats.

America victory will granted a place in next stage of the Cup, a draw will keep them alive depending the result of Banfield match, and even a defeat could get them trough if Banfield don't take a point in their match against Libertad.

In local tournament the team won 2-1 to Tecos UAG, three points that granted a direct ticket for playoffs for the title. The team is on the third position and the best position the club can end is second overall as first place Pachuca is unrechable.This grants peace to America for focusing on obtaining the qualification to next stage in Libertadores Cup.

The team have on their lineup the current score leader FW Salvador Cabañas that has showed more contundency in this stage than in local tournament.

The team have been pressed by the media to decide for just one tournament and even with the bad moments two weeks ago this was being consider by the team, but now they have claim they are going for both tournaments, and the problem will be the schedule as some matches of mexican playoffs could have the same as Libertadores Cup next stages.

Suspended:

FW Daniel Bilos

El Nacional (Ecuador)

The team is eliminated for the Cup and is going to play this match because of duty and to fight for some honor, their best result was a draw against Libertad on home, out of that the tema has collected just defeats. After the draw the team has two matches with defeats.

There is nothing in play for the team just to obtain a victory in this edition of the tournament. In overall the team has allow goal in every match they have play with speaks of very bad defending. For attacking the team score one goal in their first three matches, out of that in the remaining two the team has been unable to score, so in overall the team in Libertadores Cup has been a disaster. The consolation for the team is they are already qualified for Sudamericana Cup in next august.

In last local league match the team won 3-1 to LDU Quito, which serves the team to get to 5th position with 14 points out of 10 matches, four points from first place. With this the team accumulates four matches without defeat in local tournament, three of them being victories.

Prediction:

America has everything in their power to obtain qualification, home match, the best team available which seems to be going into a good moment. Still what holds from taking the team against a huge handicap against, is that went taking the victory the team laid back and counterattacks, now El Nacional doesn't dispute anything and could helps the team to play more relax and focus and not fall in going full attacking and leaving spaces. But as high scoring could lead the team to end into the best eight first places so this could act and not lead the team to laid back. So I found that scoring power of America to appear, America -1 1/2AH



Pick : Club America
Odds : 1.70
Stake : 7 / 10
Bookmaker : Bet365
Date : 2007-04-18
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