In a Brazilian clash full of tension, the team led by the Paraguayan Gustavo Gómez was sustained by the immeasurable figure of its goalkeeper, the Brazilian international Wéverton, who stopped the decisive maximum penalty to Rubens.
They have been the two toughest games for the team from São Paulo so far in the competition. They tied 2-2 in extremis in the first leg and tonight held on 0-0 in front of their fans, after Danilo (m.29) and Gustavo Scarpa (m.81) were sent off for direct red.
Athletico Paranaense or Estudiantes de La Plata await in the semis.
Atlético Mineiro lacked forcefulness in the final meters, partly because the Hulk was not the Hulk.
The veteran Brazilian striker was far from his best version, like the entire Belo Horizonte team, which also finished with one man less, after the expulsion of Chilean Eduardo Vargas (m.96).
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