First leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, a very important game for Cruz Azul to advance to the semi-finals.

Cruz Azul qualified for this competition as Clausura champion in 2021. They had an excellent season last year, reached the Apertura semifinals and were Clausura champions. They are one of the biggest teams in Concacaf and are the second biggest champions of the Champions League with 6 titles, 1 behind America who is the biggest winner. That's why being champion this year and drawing titles with America is the main objective. I really like their front of attack, B. Angulo, I know very well due South America games and puts any defense into a scare and I'm in love with what I saw of the new Mexican talent, S. Gimenez.

Montreal for me doesn't have a level for this level, they are one of the most technically limited teams in the MLS and they lost both games this season. I spoke to a friend who follows the MLS closely and what he told me about the team is not very encouraging. Some young players without a big market and some veterans without the same ambition. They managed to qualify for the Champions League through the Canadian championship, which apart from them and Toronto are semi-professional. Because by the MLS they didn't have the slightest chance.

So I will give two important details. The competition is totally dominated by the Mexican teams, the last champion without being a Mexican team was in 2005 the Saprissa from Costa Rica.

Now even more important are the weather conditions and the importance of the home team's victory. Cruz Azul needs to use the home factor to advance the tie, they need to win by 2 or 3-0 and for that they will use the temperature that will be around 25 degrees at the time of the game and the altitude of 2200 meters. Montreal, in addition to not being used to playing and training in the heat, will still find it more difficult to play at 2200 meters of altitude. Cruz Azul needs to settle the tie now because then it will play with negative temperatures in the second leg. The home factor here has a super important factor.

Cruz Azuk has more technical quality, big must win and home factor (heat and altitude) in its favor.

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欧冠四分之一决赛首回合比赛，对于克鲁兹·阿苏尔挺进半决赛非常重要。

克鲁兹·阿苏尔作为Clausura冠军在2021年获得了参赛资格。他们去年有一个出色的赛季，进入了Apertura半决赛，并成为了Clausura冠军。他们是中北美和加勒比地区最大的球队之一，也是欧洲冠军联赛的第二大冠军，共获得6个冠军，仅次于美国，后者是最大的赢家。这就是为什么赢得今年的冠军，和美国队一起争夺冠军是我们的主要目标。我非常喜欢他们的锋线，B. Angulo，我非常了解南美的比赛，能让任何防守都感到害怕，我很喜欢我看到的墨西哥新秀，S. Gimenez。

对我来说，蒙特利尔没有这个级别的比赛，他们是美国职业足球大联盟中技术最有限的球队之一，本赛季他们输掉了两场比赛。我和一个密切关注美国职业足球大联盟的朋友交谈过，他告诉我的关于这支球队的情况不是很令人鼓舞。一些年轻球员没有大的市场，一些老将没有同样的雄心。他们设法通过加拿大冠军联赛的资格，除了他们和多伦多是半职业的。因为在美国职业足球大联盟，他们没有任何机会。

因此，我将给出两个重要的细节。比赛完全由墨西哥队主导，上一个冠军不是墨西哥队是在2005年来自哥斯达黎加的Saprissa队。

现在更重要的是天气状况和主队胜利的重要性。克鲁兹·阿苏尔需要利用主场优势来推进这场比赛，他们需要以2 - 3-0获胜，为此他们将利用比赛时25度左右的温度和2200米的海拔。蒙特利尔除了不习惯在高温下比赛和训练外，在2200米的海拔高度比赛也会更加困难。克鲁兹现在需要解决这个平局，因为那样的话，它将在第二回合的负温度下比赛。家庭因素在这里有一个非常重要的因素。

克鲁兹·阿祖克有更多的技术素质，大必须赢和主场因素(热和海拔)对它有利。