Palmeiras opened a great advantage against River Plate (Argentina) in the dispute for a place in the Copa Libertadores de America semifinal by winning by 2-1, on Wednesday night (17) at the Monumental Stadium of Núñez, in Buenos Aires.
💚🐷 o @Palmeiras showed its strength in Argentina!
☑️ Victory by 2-1 before the @Riverplate and advantage in the quarterfinals of Conmebol #Libertadores. pic.twitter.com/n6ppvlj8rb
– Conmebol Libertadores (@libertadoresbr) SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
Thus, Verdon can even draw, in the return game, next Wednesday (24) from 21h30 (Brasília time) at Allianz Parque, which guarantees the classification in regular time.
The team led by Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira showed a lot of courage to do a great time in a crowded Núñez monumental and opened the scoring after 5 minutes of the first half, when Andreas Pereira took a corner and defender Gustavo Gómez climbed with great freedom to head with category to overcome goalkeeper Armani.
Palmeiras remained better in the match and expanded before the break. After a good collective plot, 40 minutes, Flaco López launched Vitor Roque in depth, who hit Armani’s exit.
🎶 Dame UN GRRR! 🐯
🏆 Conmebol #Libertadores pic.twitter.com/9ab2rb5kxm
– Conmebol Libertadores (@libertadoresbr) SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
In the second half River created good opportunities to discount and Verdon held the pressure until 43 minutes, when defender Martínez Fourth hit the area to overcome goalkeeper Weverton.
Rooster Draw at Altitude
Already in the South American Cup, Atletico-MG was 2-2 with Bolivar (Bolivia) in a match played at Herondo Siles Stadium, which is at 3,650 meters altitude of the city of La Paz.
⚽ All the same!
🇧🇴🇧🇷 @Bolivar_oficial and @Athletic Draw in the first game of the quarterfinals of Conmebol #Sudamericana. pic.twitter.com/kdwws0avhtg
– Sudamerica Conmebol (@sudamericanbr) SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
With the ball rolling, Rooster opened a two goals in the first half with goals by Vitor Hugo and Alexsander. However, Dorny Romero and Robson Matheus equalized in the final stage.
