Oh well another week of the Sudamericana fades.
CD Millonarios(COL) vs. Colo Colo(CHI)
1-1
Pachuca CF(MEX) vs. Club América(MEX)
1-4
Arsenal FC(ARG) vs. Goiás EC(BRA)
1-1 (aggr: 4-3)
São Paulo FC(BRA) vs. Boca Juniors(ARG)
1-0 (aggr: 2-2, São Paulo goes through on away goals)
Vasco da Gama(BRA) vs. Lanús(ARG)
3-0 (aggr: 3-2)
River Plate(ARG) vs. Botafogo(BRA)
4-2 (aggr: 4-3)
What's to be said about the argentine sides. Lanús tried but couldn't even get to score a single goal which would've forced Vasco to score 4, but Vasco was more effective and thus they earn their ticket to the quarter finals. Probably Lanús deserved a better difference on the first leg. Still this season isn't as good as it was expected for Lanús.
Arsenal was very confident after their victory in Brazil and they wanted Goiás to lose their patience so they could do their game, Arsenal scored a goal and was very close to score a second goal, right after some clear chances in a distraction Goias scored but it wasn't enough, overall Arsenal was the best team in both legs. Arsenal who is 11th in the league and pretty much out of the race for the domestic title will try on the international stage.
Boca suffered a lot with that away goal at home, São Paulo played so-so but they managed to make use of one of the very few chances they had in the 2nd leg, Boca could never get around the paulist defense and wasted most of the ball with crosses. I guess they indeedly miss Banega and Palacio, both injured. Probably Boca will now focus on the CWC and maybe try at the domestic league.
After a week to forget River could make a come back from a match that turned out to be more diffcult than it was expected, River went through very tense situations after being down in the score twice, the truth is River played so-so but Botafogo slowly crumbled as the minutes passed and River could manage to score the 4 goals so regardless of all the obstacles River is in the quarter finals. And once again River will try to get a title on the international stage.
So, Arsenal waits for the winner of D.C.-Chivas. Vasco for the winner of América-Pachuca. River for the winner of Defensor-El Nacional. And finally São Paulo for the winner of Colo Colo-Millonarios. The round of 16 will finish next week with these matches.
Tuesday 2/10
CD Guadalajara(MEX) vs. D.C. United(USA) (1-2)
Wednesday 3/10
CF América(MEX) vs. Pachuca CF(MEX) (4-1)
Thursday 4/10
CSD Colo Colo(CHI) vs. CD Millonarios(COL) (1-1)
El Nacional(ECU) vs. Defensor Sporting(ECU) (0-3)