IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS AND STATS - COPA LIBERTADORES
Picture : Deyverson is the first substitute player to score a brace from the quarterfinals onwards in a Copa Libertadores match since Darío Benedetto did it for Boca Juniors against Palmeiras on 24 October 2018.
Copa Libertadores: statistics on quarter-finals 2nd leg (25-27 September)
River Plate vs Colo Colo 1-0 (agg 2-1)
*River Plate became the 2nd team to play 400 games in the history of Copa Libertadores, after Nacional (427).
*River Plate has reached the semifinals of Copa Libertadores in 6 of the last 10 editions (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024), all of them with Marcelo Gallardo as coach.
*Gallardo became the coach with the most semifinals reached in Copa Libertadores , surpassing Carlos Bianchi and Renato Gaúcho (5 each) and equaling Luiz Felipe Scolari who achieved it with 3 different teams: Grêmio (2), Palmeiras (3) and Athletico Paranaense (1).
*Franco Armani (River Plate) has played his 100th match in Copa Libertadores, a figure that only 4 other players reached in the history of competition: Ever Hugo Almeida (113), Fábio (110), Sergio Aquino (107) and Enzo Pérez (100).
Atlético Mineiro vs Fluminense 2-0 (agg 2-1)
*Atlético Mineiro won a two-leg knock-out round in Copa Libertadores after losing the first leg for the third time in their history.
Both previous cases are dated back to 2013, in both the club became winner only through shoot-outs (vs Newell's Old Boys in semifinal and vs Olimpia in 2013).
*Deyverson is the first substitute player to score a brace from the quarterfinals onwards in a Copa Libertadores match since Darío Benedetto did it for Boca Juniors against Palmeiras on 24 October 2018.
*Hulk has missed 4 of the last 6 penalties he has taken in regular time in Copa Libertadores.
São Paulo vs Botafogo 1-1, pen 5-4 (agg 1-1)
*Botafogo have reached the proper semifinals of Copa Libertadores for the first time since 1963 (when they were eliminated by the team that would end up being champion, Santos).
Later, in 1973, under other format of competition, Botafogo also reached the so-called semifinal group (two zones of three teams each). They finished in third place in their group, behind Colo Colo and Cerro Porteño.
*Botafogo became the first team to reach the semifinals of Copa Libertadores after having played the qualifying phase of the competition since 2016 when it was achieved by Independiente del Valle and São Paulo.
*Jonathan Calleri has equaled Rogerio Ceni and Luis Fabiano as joint-top scorers of São Paulo in Copa Libertadores (14 goals each).
*São Paulo converted only 4 of their 9 penalties taken in Copa Libertadores within the last decade. Lucas Moura has missed his attempt in this game.
Peñarol vs Flamengo 0-0 (agg 1-0)
*Peñarol is the 2nd team to reach 21 Copa Libertadores semifinals (including semifinal groups), following River Plate.
*With the classification of River, Atlético Mineiro, Botafogo and Peñarol, it will be the first time with representatives from 3 different countries in the semifinals of Copa Libertadores since 2017, when River Plate, Lanús, Gremio and Barcelona Guayaquil competed in this phase.
*Peñarol won Copa Libertadores knock-out duel without conceding goals for the first time since the 1982 final, when they tied the first leg against Cobreloa 0-0 and then won as a visitor 1-0 to lift the title.
*Peñarol is just 2nd non-Argentine and non-Brazilian team that reached the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores after the increase in quotas in 2017, along with Barcelona (2017 and 2021).