Copa Lib Final.

Road to the Final:


Once:


Group 2
Team P W D L F A Pts
Once Caldas (Colombia) 6 4 1 1 11 6 13
Union Maracaibo (Venezuela) 6 2 2 2 10 9 8
Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) 6 2 1 3 7 9 7
Fenix (Uruguay) 6 1 2 3 6 10 5

06-05 l Barcelona 0-0 Once Caldas
13-05 Once Caldas 1-1 Barcelona

27-05 Once Caldas 1-0 Santos
19-05 Santos 1-1 Once Caldas

16-06 Once Caldas 2-1 Sao Paulo
09-06 Sao Paulo 0-0 Once Caldas

23-06 Boca Juniors 0-0 Once Caldas

Boca:

Group 8
Team P W D L F A Pts
Boca Juniors (Argentina) 6 4 0 2 10 4 12
Deportivo Cali (Colombia) 6 3 0 3 9 9 9
Bolivar (Bolivia) 6 3 0 3 7 9 9
Colo Colo (Chile) 6 2 0 4 6 10 6

12-05 Boca Juniors 2-1 Sporting
04-05 Sporting Cristal 2-3 Boca Juniors

25-05 Boca Juniors 1-1 Sao Caetano
20-05 Sao Caetano 0-0 Boca

17-06 Plate 2-1 Boca Juniors
10-06 Boca Juniors 1-0 River Plate

23-06 Boca Juniors 0-0 Once Caldas


Once in the Copa Lib final is like Greece in the final of Euro 2004. (And they've both cost me money .)

Once's home record is excellent (haven't lost @ home since the first round) and I can see a case being made for them tonight. However, the bet is Boca @ 2.62 (Stan James.) - a price you won't often see them at.

Once's typical strategy so far has been draw away from home and depend on sneaking a win at home. They've got the high altitude conditions on their side but Boca have flown in three days early to acclimatise and to train.

Motivation is high and I don't think there's much chance of them underestimating Once:

Boca coach Carlos Bianchi dismisses talk that Once is underdog. "We are facing a very tough opponent and we must be prepared as always ... we both have the same possibilities," he said.

"We must forget that we are the defending champions," added captain Diego Cagna.

Once expected to be at full strength and Cascini, Vargas and Tevez are all available for Boca after missing the 1st leg through suspension.

I really think that all Once have going for them is organisation (In other words - they're fcucking boring) and altitude and Boca have already beaten a Colombian team in Deportivo Cali away from home.

I think Boca (at their best) are one of the best teams in world football and I fully expect them to go for it from the first minute:

Boca makes no secret of it's strategy for Thursday's game: "We must try to win from the first minute," said winger Clemente Rodriguez. "It will be a very difficult match."

Boca to win @ 2.62 (Stan James.) 2 points.

HT/FT - Boca/Boca @ 5.00 (Stan James.) 0.5 points.

Anybody got their own opinions on this, or have spotted a better ht/ft price from somewhere?

[Matt]

ONCE CALDAS

Juan Carlos Henao
Miguel Rojas
Samuel Vanegas
Edgar Cataño
John García
John Viáfara
Rubén Velásquez
Diego Arango
Elkin Soto
Arnulfo Valentierra
Jorge Agudelo

BOCA JUNIORS

Roberto Abbondanzieri
Luis Perea
Rolando Schiavi
Nicolás Burdisso
Clemente Rodríguez
Javier Villarreal
Raúl Cascini
Fabián Vargas
Diego Cagna
Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Carlos Tevez


I have made so much money over the last couple of years backing Boca Juniors in games ike this, they have to win, they want to win and when its like this, THEY USUALLY DO WIN!

Full strength tonight and I cant see Caldas beating them, this game is made for Boca, like Raven says, probably the best side in world football on thier day and Im certain they will turn it on tonight.

10pts on Boca for me as well 6/4 hills

[OperationRosario]

What was the first leg score?

[Matt]

0-0

[OperationRosario]

How can anybody be confident of a Boca win tonight!