Ronaldinho and Atletico Mineiro aren’t going through to the knockout rounds as easily as they’d like after a draw on Wednesday, while Newell’s have a lot of work left to do after achieving the same result.
Cruzeiro, San Lorenzo struggling
Wikimedia CommmonsUniversitario are looking like by far the weakest in the competition, and they joined Nacional as one of two sides to get eliminated from Copa Libertadores in just the fourth week. Atletico PR went ahead on a Dalton own goal in the 10th minute and never looked back, with Felipe and Ederson scoring the other two goals.
Incredibly, all of this game’s goals were scored in the first 10 minutes, two of which were penalties. Dani Guiza -- yes, seriously, that Dani Guiza -- scored the opener just two minutes in and Julio Dos Santos converted a penalty six minutes later, putting Cerro 2-0 up. Pablo Calandria scored from the spot for O’Higgins in the 10th minute, but that was it for the scoring, and O’Higgins are now third in Group 3. Cerro are now top.
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