Santos, Atlético Goianiense and Inter de Porto Alegre qualified this Tuesday for the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana-2022, giving a new example of the superiority of Brazilian teams in regional tournaments.
These three representatives of the South American giant join Sao Paulo, which last week had already won the first ticket to the round of 16 of Conmebol’s second most important club tournament.
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In addition, from the Copa Libertadores, three teams that finished third in their groups entered the round of 16 of the South American: the Venezuelan Deportivo Táchira in B, the Uruguayan Nacional in C and the Universidad Católica de Chile in H.
Santos achieved his qualification this Tuesday in dramatic fashion and thanks to his greater number of goals in favor of the Chilean Union La Calera to win Group C. The legendary team of Pelé had everything in their favor to qualify without suffering, since they received the eliminated Banfield in Vila Belmiro, but they could not beat the Argentine team despite the fact that they played more than half an hour with nine players, and ended up equaling 1- one.
Simultaneously, in Viña del Mar the local Unión La Calera had the classification in their hands until the 88th minute, as they won 3-1 over the Ecuadorian Catholic University until two minutes from the end the local Erick Wiemberg committed an unnecessary penalty that Rodrigo Rivas was in charge of converting to leave the final score 3-2 in favor of the Chileans.
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In this way, Santos and La Calera were equal in points (11) and with the same number of goals (+2), but the Brazilian team scored seven goals and the Chilean six and with that they advanced to the second round.
Atlético Goianiense, meanwhile, climbed to 2,850 meters above sea level in the Ecuadorian capital and tied Liga de Quito to win first place in Group F. The League won with a goal from Michael Hoyos in the 29th minute and it seemed that he was left with the classification, but Gabriel Baralhas appeared at 65 minutes in the local area to decree equality and the classification of the cast of the state of Goiás.
Languid farewell to Medellín from the South American
Inter de Porto Alegre, meanwhile, thrashed the weak Ecuadorian team 5-1 on October 9 and finished with a ticket to the round of 16 in Group E, which they won with a two-point advantage over the surprising Paraguayan Guaireña, who said goodbye to the unbeaten key after drawing 1-1 with Independiente Medellín in the city of Pereira, in the Coffee Region.
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With AFP
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