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Fortaleza

earing a repeat of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana final, when Montevideo’s Centenario stadium was half full for the meeting of two Brazilian clubs, in September CONMEBOL announced a change of venue for this year’s final. Originally scheduled for the Centenario, the October 28 match has been moved a couple of hours down the coast to Maldonado, a ground with a much smaller capacity. After all, both teams and their supporters will have to make an epic journey. Both Liga de Quito (or LDU) of Ecuador and Fortaleza of Brazil are at the other end of

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