Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Palmeiras and Caracas FC Advance To Quarterfinals

Two teams advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Copa Libertadores on Tuesday.

At Recife, Brazil:

After Wilson scored at 82 minutes to enable Sport Recife to take game two of their two-match set at home 1-0, thus deadlocking the series 1-1 on aggregate , visiting Palmeiras won the penalty kick shootout 3-1 (with Marcao, Danilo, and Pablo Armero each converting, and with no overtime periods ) to advance to the quarterfinals.

At Caracas, Venezuela:

Goals courtesy of Dario Damian Figueroa (PK-22), Rodrigo Prieto (42'), Emilio Renteria (51'), and Jose Manuel Rey (74'), Caracas FC smashed visiting Club Deportivo Cuenca 4-0 in game two of their two-match set to win the series 5-2 on aggregate.

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