IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - COPA LIBERTADORES
Picture : Javier Correa (Colo-Colo) became the 7th Argentine player to score with 4 different teams in the Copa Libertadores, following Antonio Vidal González, Emanuel Herrera, Juan Carlos Sarnari, Juan Lucero, Lucas Pratto and Mauro Boselli.
Copa Libertadores statistics: group stage, match-day 1 (2-4 April)
Fortaleza vs Racing 0-3
*Joint-biggest win for Argentine teams visiting Brazilians in the competition, along with:
Cruzeiro vs River Plate 0-3, on 27 May 2015,
Athletico Paranaense vs San Lorenzo 0-3, on 3 May 2017.
*Racing achieved much more wins (10) against Brazilian rivals in CONMEBOL tournaments within this decade (since 2021) than any other Argentine teams (the next are Estudiantes with 6 wins, Defensa y Justicia with 5, River Plate with 3.
*Curiously, Racing's all last 8 international matches have been against Brazilian opponents (also vs Athletico Paranaense, Corinthians and Cruzeiro in the Copa Sudamericana, vs Botafogo in the Recopa Sudamericana).
Atlético Bucaramanga vs Colo-Colo 3-3
*Atlético Bucaramanga scored again in Copa Libertadores after 26 years. Their last goal was registered on 15 April 1998, against Bolívar.
*Atlético Bucaramanga had never scored 3 goals in a Copa Libertadores match before.
*For the second time in their history Colo-Colo came from 2 goals down to tie a Copa Libertadores match; the first was against Boca Juniors on 3 April 2003 (2-2 in Buenos Aires).
*Javier Correa (Colo-Colo) became the 7th Argentine player to score with 4 different teams in the Copa Libertadores, following Antonio Vidal González, Emanuel Herrera, Juan Carlos Sarnari, Juan Lucero, Lucas Pratto and Mauro Boselli.
Cerro Porteño vs Bolívar 4-2
*Jonatan Torres is the first player to score 3+ goals for Cerro Porteño in the Copa Libertadores since Santiago Salcedo did it on 7 April 2005, against Deportivo Táchira.
Atlético Nacional vs Nacional 3-0
*Atlético Nacional have never lost to Uruguayan rivals in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores (6 wins and 3 draws).
Talleres Córdoba vs São Paulo 0-1
*São Paulo have gone 5 games without losing away in the Copa Libertadores, equaling their best streak (between April and September 1974).
Universidad de Chile vs Botafogo 1-0
*Universidad de Chile's longest winless streak in the Copa Libertadores (11 matches) has finally ended.
*Curiously, it occurred in the game when they defeated, for the first time in club history, the defending Copa Libertadores champion (overall, a Chilean team did so for the 10th time).
*A defending champion last failed to score a goal in the first match of next campaign in 2005 (Once Caldas).
Universitario vs River Plate 0-1
*River Plate became the first team to reach 200 wins in the history of the Copa Libertadores.
*River Plate have scored in 22 consecutive group stage matches, while Universitario have conceded at least one goal in 19 consecutive matches.
San Antonio Bulo Bulo vs Olimpia Asunción 3-2
*With their debut in Copa Libertadores, San Antonio became the 22nd Bolivian team that have ever played in the competition.
*A team has scored 3+ goals at its Copa Libertadores debut for the first time since 2017, when it was also a Bolivian team (Sport Boys Warnes) against a Paraguayan club (Libertad).
*Julio Herrera (San Antonio) has scored the 2nd latest penalty goal (at 100 minutes 20 seconds) in a Copa Libertadores match, behind only Diego de Souza (Grêmio) against Santos at 101 minutes 30 seconds on 9 December 2020.
Vélez Sársfield vs Peñarol 2-1
*Álvaro Montoro became the youngest Velez Sársfield player to score in the Copa Libertadores (17 years 350 days) surpassing Agustín Allione (18 years 178 days).
Central Córdoba vs LDU Quito 0-0
*Central Córdoba have debutted in the Copa Libertadores, becoming the 25th Argentine teams in the competition’s history.
Sporting Cristal vs Palmeiras 2-3
*Sporting Cristal are unable to win their first group stage match of the Copa Libertadores since 2005 (2-0 against Pachuca).
*On the other side, Palmeiras extended their series of scoring goals in the starting game of Copa Libertadores to 20 consecutive campaigns (since 1979).
*Peruvian clubs have won only 1 of their last 30 Copa Libertadores matches against Brazilian teams (Binacional vs São Paulo in 2020).