Estudiantes look to end Brazil bogey for title

BUENOS AIRES: Estudiantes will be up against the superior ball skills of Cruzeiro and the weight of their poor results in Brazil when the sides meet in the second leg of the Libertadores Cup final (0050 GMT Thursday).

Cruzeiro, whose goalkeeper and captain Fabio was outstanding, came away from La Plata with a 0-0 draw in the first leg last week that makes them favorites to win the trophy for the third time.

Estudiantes, in their first final since 1971 and looking to add to the titles they won from 1968 to 1970, have lost on all five previous visits to Brazil in the Libertadores Cup including the 1968 final, when they needed a playoff in neutral Montevideo to overcome Palmeiras.