Brazil's Corinthians, Argentina's River to battle Thursday - 12:45 PM, May 4, 2006

River won last week's leg of the match 3-2 at home, giving the team a slight advantage -- a draw on Thursday takes them through.

However, Corinthians are confident of winning the 1-0, or better, victory needed to take them through, in part because of their Argentine striker, Carlos Tevez.

"I am used to great duels with River, and I am sure that Thursday's game will be very exciting, and we will play as the home team, which is the most important," Tevez told Wednesday's Brazilian media.

However, Corinthians is missing a key player: Javier Mascherano was suspended for three games after being sent off with a red card in the Argentine game.

River's manager, Daniel Passarella, will not be able to play his full team either: Talamonti is suspended and Tula will play in his place.

Passarella, who trained for a short time at Corinthians last year, said that he knew that the pressure exerted by the home fans in Sao Paulo's Pacaembu stadium would weigh heavily in favor of the Brazilians.

The game begins at 9.45 p.m. local time with Chilean referee Carlos Chandia presiding.