IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - COPA LIBERTADORES
Picture : Bruno Henrique has scored his 20th goal in Copa Libertadores !
Copa Libertadores statistics: Round of 16, 1st leg (13-15 August)
Flamengo vs Internacional 1-0
*Internacional's streak of 18 consecutive scoring matches in Copa Libertadores has ended.
*Bruno Henrique has scored his 20th goal in Copa Libertadores becoming the third player to reach this figure for Flamengo, after Gabriel Barbosa and Pedro.
*It was also the 7th Bruno Henrique’s headed goal in Copa Libertadores. Only one player has scored more headed goal in the competition in the last 15 years: Jonathan Calleri (Argentina, all for São Paulo).
Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay) also has scored 7 such goals (for Palmeiras).
Cerro Porteño vs Estudiantes La Plata 0-1
*Santiago Ascacíbar has scored Estudiantes's latest ever winning goal (at 97 minutes and 5 seconds) in Copa Libertadores.
*Estudiantes ended Cerro Porteño's streak of 8 consecutive wins in the Copa Libertadores knockout matches (including preliminary stages).
They won 4 preliminaries in the 2023 edition and as many in the current one.
Peñarol vs Racing 1-0
*Peñarol continue their impressive unbeaten runs at home in the Copa Libertadores:
23 matches overall (the last loss was 2-3 to Palmeiras in the 2017 group stage),
18 matches in knockout phase (since the 1-5 loss to San Lorenzo in the 1996 round of 16).
Atlético Nacional vs São Paulo 0-0
*Edwin Cardona (Atlético Nacional) is the first player to miss 2 penalties in a single Copa Libertadores match since Lisandro López did so for Racing against Vasco da Gama on 19 April 2018.
*São Paulo continue their unbeaten run in Copa Libertadores (16 games), being already in just 2 steps from the competition’s record (18 games) that joiuntly belongs to:
Atlético Mineiro (from 2019 to 2022),
Palmeiras (from 2021 to 2022).
Fortaleza vs Vélez Sársfield 0-0
*This is only 2nd round of 16 tie in the Copa Libertadores for Fortaleza, after 2022 when they were eliminated at this stage by Estudiantes.
Botafogo vs LDU Quito 1-0
*Artur scored the third-fastest goal (15 seconds) by a Brazilian team in Copa Libertadores history, surpassed only by:
Bolívar Gómez's own goal in the 8th second for Cruzeiro on 15 May 2001,
Kaio Jorge's 11th-second goal for Santos on 16 December 2020.
Libertad vs River Plate 0-0
*River Plate became the first team to play in the Copa Libertadores’s round of 16 in 25 editions, surpassing Nacional Montevideo's 24 appearances at this stage.
*Franco Armani became the goalkeeper with 2nd most clean sheets (158) in River Plate's history, surpassing Ubaldo Fillol (157).
The club record holder is Amadeo Carrizo with 187.
Universitario vs Palmeiras 0-4
*Palmeiras keep their perfect run in Copa Libertadores 2025: 7 wins in 7 games (with 10 goals scored in last 2 of them).
*Palmeiras ended their 5-match winless streak in the knockout stage of Copa Libertadores.
*Palmeiras 2-0 lead after 12 minutes is the fastest by a Brazilian team away in Copa Libertadores since 16 April 2015 (Internacional got 2-0 advantage also in the first 12 minutes against Universidad de Chile).
*For the first time Universitario have conceded 3 goals at home in the first half of a Copa Libertadores match.
*This is Universitario's heaviest home defeat in their history in Copa Libertadores.
*Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay) who opened the score for Palmeiras has extended his lead in the list of the club’s top foreign scorers in the Copa Libertadores (13 goals).
Miguel Borja (Colombia) is the 2nd with 11 while José López (Argentina) who scored a brace vs Universitario is now the 3rd with 8 goals.