Thursday, May 07, 2009

Deportivo Cuenca, Estudiantes, Cruzeiro Take Series Openers

Three more Round-of-16 two-match series in the Copa Libertadores began Thursday.

At Cuenca, Ecuador:

Goals from Rodrigo Teixeira (58') and Holger Matamoros (69') enabled Deportivo Cuenca to come from behind and defeat visiting Caracas FC 2-1 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At La Plata, Argentina:

Mauro Boselli's double (63', 70') helped lift Estudiantes to a 3-0 home domination of Libertad in the series opener for both clubs.

At Santiago, Chile:

Thanks to goals from Soares (8') and Marquinhos Parana (51'), Cruzeiro took the opening match of their two-game set with a 2-1 road win over Universidad de Chile.

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