Sao Paulo beat Independiente Medellín 3-0 at home, a scoreline that already thought the second leg was out of suspense.

Independiente Medellín coach Carrera was comforting his players, and his eyes fell on Roberto Carlos, who was sitting on the ground stunned.

Looking at him like this, he is like a lost dog, and he is full of confidence and high spirits before the start of the game.

He shook his head.

He also didn't expect Roberto Carlos to be hit such hard in the match.

He thought that even if he lost, he should just lose, and when he said a few words, he could re-energize Roberto Carlos, and maybe he could even let Carlos directly explode in the second round and defeat Glory......

This is Carrera's wishful thinking.

Who would have thought that Glory would lose all confidence in beating Roberto Carlos in this match!

It also led to a complete defeat for the team, so that the second leg he had carefully prepared was meaningless.

Previously, the media said that Independiente Medellín was good at using home games to turn the tables, and this is how Gremio died.

I don't know if São Paulo heard this evaluation, so he finished his work and simply killed the suspense of the match in the first round.

Carrera was also helpless about it.

This São Paulo team is really strong......

He can't complain about Carlos' poor mental quality. Because after watching the second half of the game, he must admit that if he had been replaced, he might not have been able to hold on to the game for 45 minutes and would have asked for a substitution......

It's good that Carlos was able to withstand forty-five minutes without collapsing.

When you meet a monster, no one can do anything.

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A week later, in the second round, Roberto Carlos disappeared from the starting lineup.

Carrera didn't put him in the starting line-up because Glory had proven that he wasn't afraid of that Roberto Carlos at all. And Carlos seems to have a shadow on Glory, and if he continues to play, there is a high chance that he will behave abnormally in the face of Glory.

At this point, there is no need to let Carlos go on the field to be tortured and mocked.

Instead of this, it is better to take him down directly.

Despite being three goals down, Independiente Medellín have been very tenacious at home. They didn't give up on the game because they looked like they had lost hope of qualifying.

Amid the cheers of the home fans, they were still playing against Sao Paulo according to the manager's pre-match arrangement.

It's a pity that there is still a big gap in the strength of the two sides.

Kaka scored twice in the first and second halves to help Sao Paulo beat Independiente Medellín 2-0 away.

Glory was mediocre in this match, nowhere near as active as in the previous round.

Maybe it's because Roberto Carlos wasn't there.

He couldn't get up.

Although he was upset that Roberto Carlos had him three times in the first round, it was Roberto Carlos' performance that aroused Glory's fighting spirit and anger.

And in this game, the opposite side was replaced by an ordinary person.

There are no outstanding characteristics, and Rongguang is inevitably a little less excited when he faces him.

Essentially, Rongguang is the kind of player who is strong when he is strong, and when the opponent is strong, he often plays at a super level.

Otherwise, how could he be called "Mr. Key in São Paulo"?

With no goals or assists, Glory played seventy minutes before being replaced by manager Osvaldo.

Of course, the manager replaced him not because he didn't perform well enough, but because Sao Paulo was already on the table, and it was a foregone conclusion that there was no need to put the main players at risk of injury on the pitch and waste physical energy.

Rongguang was the first to go down, and after five minutes, Kaka, who scored two yuan in this game, was also replaced.

Sao Paulo fans have already started celebrating the victory early.

The Independiente fans in the stands were much quieter than they were at the beginning of the game.

At that time, they were still somewhat lucky, maybe the team performed well at home, played at a super level, and eliminated Sao Paulo by four goals?

And now, the cruel reality is in front of them, and they are a little unable to keep their spirits up.

When Independiente Medellín and América de Cali reached the semi-finals, Colombian fans fantasized about the two teams meeting in the final, turning the Copa Libertadores final into a Colombian civil war.

But now, the dream is shattered.

The great revival of "coffee football" looks like it will continue to be postponed......

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After the match in São Paulo, the match between Boca Juniors and América de Cali came to an end.

Boca Juniors beat América Cali 2-0 at home in the first leg, and there was basically no suspense.

In the second leg, Boca Juniors seemed to be trying to demonstrate against their final opponents, sweeping América de Cali 4-0 away from home.

With an aggregate score of 6:0, they also reached the final.

Will compete with Sao Paulo for the Copa Libertadores.

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It was somewhat surprising that there were two Colombian teams in the semi-finals of this edition of the Copa Libertadores. Some media even considered Medellín's entry into the semi-finals as an "upset".

Now, from the two sides of the final, the traditional pattern of the Copa Libertadores has finally been restored.

A matchup between the Brazilian and Argentine giants.

Both giants showed good competitive form before the final, one eliminated their opponents with an aggregate score of 6-0, and the other advanced to the final with an aggregate score of 5-0.

The state shown by the two giants has made everyone look forward to this year's Copa Libertadores final.

The first leg of the final will be a week later.

Sao Paulo play away first.

This schedule is more favorable for them.

Boca Juniors' candy and pitch are not so easy to attack.

Even if São Paulo had a good away record in this Copa Libertadores, these past statistics in the final were meaningless.

Osvaldo's strategy for his team was not to lose away from home, or to lose by one goal.

Wait until you get back to your home stadium to have a showdown.

So away from home, Sao Paulo will play defensive counter-attacks. At home, the tactics are determined by the results of the first leg.

For a whole week, São Paulo was training to defend against the back.

The Brazilian doesn't like counter-attacking tactics, but Osvaldo insists on playing counter-attacks in São Paulo, for which he has been criticized by the media.

But facts speak louder than words, and Sao Paulo, who play defensive counter-attacks, have won all the titles they can in the past year.

Now there is a strong hope of winning the Copa Libertadores.

Whether the Brazilian fans and the media want to accept it or not, defense equals the championship, and this phrase is now very suitable for Sao Paulo.

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From the end of the semi-finals, the media began to hype the final of the Copa Libertadores.

Because it's a standard strong conversation.

Let's not talk about São Paulo's performance, everyone knows it.

Let's talk about São Paulo's opponent, Boca Juniors.

Let's not talk about Boca Juniors' current form, just their historical record is brilliant in the Copa Libertadores. They have won the Copa Libertadores a total of four times in their history, behind Independiente Argentina with seven titles and Penarol Uruguay with five titles.

They have won the Copa Libertadores twice in the last three years.

It can be said that it was the golden age of Boca Juniors.

Today, the head coach of this Boca Juniors team is the famous coach "Viceroy" Bianchi.

Boca Juniors' two titles in the last three years have been won under his leadership.

He had an extraordinary position in Boca Juniors, just like his nickname - "Doge".

Naturally, there are also strong people in the array.

The most up-and-coming at the moment is a young man named Carlos Tevez, a talented player who has attracted the attention of European scouts.

He has already scored three goals in the knockout stages.

In addition, the other players are not weak.

The goalkeeper is Abondancheri, who would go on to become Argentina's goalkeeper.

At right-back, Hugo Ibarra, the most refreshed defender in Boca Juniors' history, was chosen by the fans and was also Boca Juniors' vice-captain.

The centre-back was Roland Schiavi, who later captained Boca Juniors and also moved to Shanghai Shenhua.

The other centre-back is the Argentine international Nicolas Burdisso, who will become famous for Inter Milan.

At left-back was Argentina's rookie Clement Rodriguez, who went on to win an Olympic gold medal at Athens 2004.

As for the forwards, there are even more masters, in addition to Tevez, there is also the later Argentine international Marcelo Delgado.

and Guillermo Schelotto, a veteran striker who has played for Boca Juniors for many years.

The back-up goalkeeper is also the future star Caballero.

And their head coach Bianchi is also a typical "Brazilian nemesis", Bianchi has led the team to the Copa Libertadores three times before, and two of them have been with Brazilian teams. When he was manager of Sarsfield, he stepped on the shoulders of Sao Paulo to win the title for the first time – again Sao Paulo.

In 2000 he coached Boca Juniors and led the team to defeat Palmeiras and lift the Copa Libertadores.

Boca Juniors also had a good win rate against Brazilian teams in the final. They have won the title four times, two of which came after beating the Brazilian side. They beat Gremio in 1977 and Palmeiras in 2000.

And the Brazilian team met the Argentine team in the final, and it has also repeatedly become the "sparring partner" of the Argentine. The Brazilians have lost six of the nine final meetings between the two sides. The largest city, São Paulo, has become an ominous place for Brazilians, losing four of their six finals on their home turf. The only two home wins were Sao Paulo's victory over Newells' old buddies in 1992 and Palmeiras' victory over Sporting Galli in 1999.

Brazil once again faced their arch-rivals Argentina in the final, and there was a lot of anticipation for who would be killed.