The Liga de Quito has four awards won in three tournaments organized by Conmebol, all after playing round-robin finals at the top of the Ecuadorian capital and in the cities of its current rivals. The Albos will be looking for their fifth international star this Saturday when they face Brazil’s Fortaleza in Punta del Este, Uruguay, for the Copa Sudamericana.

This match will have two differences compared to the previous ones, because the League will be seeking the crown in one final for the first time and because it will also be on a neutral ground. Of the five finals series he played at continental or regional level, all involved double-headers, and thus he won the Copa Libertadores (2008), the Sudamericana (2009) and the Recopa Sudamericana twice. In 2011, he could not beat Universidad de Chile in either of the two Sudamericana title games.

Namely, when it comes to the final of the round trip, at the international level the efficiency percentage of the dedication of the lilies was 80%. But the ratio drops when trying to become a champion in one game, as Liga intends to do against Fortaleza in Uruguay.

World Club Championship

On December 21, 2008, at the Yokohama International Stadium, in front of 62,682 spectators, with 17 minutes remaining in the final match of the FIFA Club World Cup, striker Wayne Rooney scored the goal that gave Manchester United a 1-0 victory over Liga de Quito. , which returned as the second best team on the planet.

It was a conflict between the monarchs of Europe and America. The Red Devils, consisting of Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra and Edwin van der Sar, had a hard time defeating the Quito team, which got rid of Mexican Pachuca in the semi-finals.

Defeat in Japan

On August 4, 2010, the Quito League participated in another one-game final. It happened at the Tokyo National Stadium for the Suruga Bank Cup, between the 2009 Copa Sudamericana champions and the J.League Cup champions, Japan’s oldest tournament.

Albi faced FC Tokyo. It was tied at 2 in regular time. The Japanese scored through Sota Hirayama (33 minutes) and Masashi Oguro (90 minutes +1). Hernán Barcos (28) and Patrico Urrutia (63) did it for the Quito team. The hosts won the crown on penalties 4-3. In the round, white players Ulises de la Cruz, Chrisitan Lara and Renán Calle succeeded. Patricio Urrutia and Carlos Luna failed. (D)