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Home advantage plays a dominant part in South American football due to the severe contrast in landscape. This |
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especially helps home sides because many South American sides enter continental competition with little |
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experience due to the majority of the clubs' quality in each respective country entirely depending upon whether |
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their young stars are sold to European clubs or not so this often leaves inexperienced sides traveling to difficult |
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away games. |
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Racing claimed a 2-2 draw in Colombia from the first game, leaving them with the advantage of the away goals. The
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onus is on Atletico Junior to take the game to the Uruguayans so the hosts are able to counter the visitors very |
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easily, something that was indicated in the first leg. |
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Atletico Junior are a poor side in their own country when playing away games, let alone in continental competition. |
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Atletico Junior didn't win any of their nine away games in their most recent Futbol Professional campaign, losing |
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seven times and drawing twice. |
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Colombian sides do not travel well in this competition, something perfectly illustrated in last year's Copa sides with |
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Libertadores proper. There were a total of nine away games played in the Copa Libertadores last year for Colombian |
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the Colombians losing five out of their seven games outside of Colombia, drawing once (Independiente Medellin's |
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stubborn defensive display at Sao Paulo) and winning once (Boyaca Chico winning at lowly Aurora Cochabamba in |
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Bolivia). The other two away games were both in Colombia between two Colombian sides and interestingly resulted |
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in draws each time. |
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No Colombian side has won on Uruguayan soil in the Copa Libertadores since 2005 where ironically Atletico Junior |
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Barranquilla won 1-0 at Club Nacional de Montevideo. The Colombians in general have lost the lion's share of their |
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trips to Uruguay in the Copa Libertadores and I see little reason as to why this record won't continue tonight. |
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