Four former winners into Libertadores semis

Talking points

Spreading a goals
Gremio put warn package Atletico Tucuman to a sword, with an considerable arrangement of aggressive power. Even some-more appreciative for a reigning champions was a fact that their 6 goals over a dual legs were all scored by opposite players, nonetheless one of them did go down as an possess goal. Having found a net 22 times in a foe so far, a Porto Alegre side boasts a many inclusive conflict of a 4 clubs left in a hunt.

River on a roll
When Independiente equalised opposite Buenos Aires rivals River Plate on Tuesday, it was usually a second idea that Los Millonarios had conceded during home in this year’s tournament. It was not adequate to stop an in-form River, however, who dug low to win a diversion 3-1 and extend their conspicuous dominant run to 31 matches, 10 of that have come in this year’s Copa Libertadores.

Boca find form
Despite some unsure domestic formula of late, Boca Juniors purebred a plain feat in a initial leg and afterwards scored a late and essential leveller in Belo Horizonte to reject Cruzeiro and allege to a semi-finals for a second time in 3 years. A tough plea now awaits Los Xeneizes in a figure of Palmeiras, who came divided from Argentina with all 3 points when a dual teams faced any other in a organisation stage.

Borja boosts Brazilians
Colombian brazen Miguel Borja scored one of a goals that enabled Palmeiras to see off Chilean outfit Colo-Colo 4-0 on total and book a mark in a final 4 for a initial time given 2011. In doing so, a clinical 25-year-old assimilated compatriot Wilson Morelo (Santa Fe) during a tip of a contest scoring charts with 9 goals, and now looks a good gamble to finish as a competition’s tip goalscorer.

Semi-final fixtures

River Plate-Gremio
Boca Juniors-Palmeiras

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