The winner of this semifinal will represent CONMEBOL at the highest club competition sponsored by FIFA to play in UAE next December, since the other finalist, Chivas, has the right to participate in the Libertadores guest, like all Mexican teams.
With this additional incentive, both sides promised to deliver an open battle, perhaps even impetuous and passionate, to take possession of this key, which so far is held by the club in the city of Porto Alegre, who won the first leg 1 - 0.