Tuesday Copa Action; San Luis Overtake Peruvian Club For Knockout Stage Berth

The final week of group stage play in the Copa Libertadores opened on Tuesday.

Group Seven:

At Cochabamba, Bolivia:

Goals courtesy of Marco Estrada (14') and Juan Gonzalez (73') lifted Universidad de Chile into the knockout stage as the visitors defeated Club Aurora 2-1.

At Porto Alegre, Brazil:

Souza's double (12', 16') helped ignite a first-half scoring ambush as knockout-stage-bound Gremio dominated visiting Boyaca Chico FC 3-0 to eliminate the Colombian club from the tournament.

FINAL GROUP SEVEN STANDINGS:

1. Gremio (GP: 6; GD: +10; PTS: 16)
2. Universidad de Chile (GP: 6; GD: +2; PTS: 10)
3. Boyaca Chico FC (GP: 6; GD: 0; PTS 9)
4. Club Aurora (GP: 6; GD: -12; PTS: 0)

Gremio and Universidad de Chile have advanced to the knockout stage.

Group Eight:

At Buenos Aires, Argentina:

Ronaille Calheira's own goal at 20 minutes did not help matters, and Alejandro Gomez added the insurance goal at 24 minutes as already-eliminated San Lorenzo stunned visiting Universitario de Deportes 2-0 to knock the Peruvian club out of the tournament.

At Luque, Paraguay:

With Jairo Patino (58') and Jose Rodolfo Reyes (90') providing the scoring, San Luis knocked off Round-of-16 bound Club Libertad 2-0 on the road to overtake Peru's Universitario and claim the second knockout stage berth from Group Eight.

FINAL GROUP EIGHT STANDINGS:

1. Club Libertad (GP: 6; GD: +2; PTS: 12)
2. San Luis (GP: 6; GD: 0; PTS: 8)
3. Universitario de Deportes (GP: 6; GD: -1; PTS: 8)
4. San Lorenzo (GP: 6; GD: -1; PTS: 6)

Club Libertad and San Luis (who had a better goal differential than Universitario de Deports) advanced to the knockout stage.
Libertad advanced to the knockout stage.