Athletico Paranaense have not enjoyed as much success as their Uruguayan opponents throughout their history, but the club from Curitiba have been better internationally of late, winning this tournament for the first time in 2018.

They were the last Brazilian side to triumph in this South American club championship and if they can win it again this year, it would mark the first time that they have captured any national or international competition more than once.

Domestically, Athletico have been average at best in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A this year, currently sitting in ninth, the exact spot where they finished in 2020.

Their mediocre seasons of late could have been a good thing for Antonio Oliveira and his team, who have been able to fly under the radar in the Copa Sudamericana to this point.

Paranaense were the second-lowest scoring team among the group winners, but they were also the toughest to break down, conceding only once in their six fixtures in the group stage.

While they had no trouble shutting down America de Cali, holding them to only a shot on goal in each encounter, we saw a rare offensive outburst from them in the last eight of this tournament with four goals in one game, something that they have only done once this year in league play.



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帕拉那塞竞技队在历史上并没有像他们的乌拉圭对手那样取得如此多的成功，但这支来自库里蒂巴的俱乐部最近在国际上表现更好，在2018年首次赢得了这项赛事的冠军。

他们是最后一支在南美俱乐部锦标赛上夺冠的巴西球队，如果他们今年能再次夺冠，这将是他们第一次在任何国家或国际比赛中获得超过一次的冠军。

在国内，竞技队在今年的巴西足球甲级联赛(Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A)中表现最好，目前排名第九，与他们在2020年完成比赛时的成绩相同。

他们最近几个赛季表现平平，这对安东尼奥·奥利维拉和他的球队来说可能是件好事，因为他们在南美杯上一直都没有受到关注。

帕拉纳塞是小组冠军中得分第二低的球队，但他们也是最难被击败的球队，在小组赛的六场比赛中只丢过一次球。

虽然他们没有麻烦关闭美国卡利,持有他们射门只有在每一个遇到的,我们看到了一种罕见的进攻爆发从他们在过去八锦标赛在一场比赛中有四个目标,他们今年只做了一次在联赛比赛。