By Gustavo Castilho
The tricolor receives Guaraní and may lose by up to one goal difference.
The good advantage built by the gaucho team in Paraguay gave Renato Gaúcho’s team certain tranquility. Grêmio won the first match by 2-0 and will advance with any draw or even if defeated by one goal difference. The game will only be decided on penalties if Guaraní returns the score of 2 to 0. For the game today, the team from Rio Grande do Sul will not have Kannemann, Paulo Miranda and Leonardo Gomes (injured). Alisson, Thaciano and Robinho are also out. In Guaraní, the absences are Jorge Morel (suspended) and Guillermo Benítez (injured). The match will take place at 9:30 pm, Brasília time, at the Arena. The winner of this match will faces Santos.
If on the one hand, the gauchos’ prospects are good, on the Inter side the concern is great. That’s because Internacional lost another match. In Porto Alegre, the team received Boca Junior in the first round and was defeated by 1 to 0. Carlos Tevez rocked the net for the Xeneizes. Game 2 will take place next Wednesday in Buenos Aires.
Palmeiras, on the other hand, had no difficulties and thrashed Delfín (EQU) in São Paulo by 5 to 0. Patrick de Paula, Gabriel Veron (twice), Willian and Danilo scored for alviverde. Now the team faces Libertad (PAR), who advanced in this stage by beating Jorge Wilstermann (BOL), in Bolivia, by 2 to 0. Who also passed the stage was Nacional (URU), after drawing 0-0 again with o Independiente Del Valle, the team managed to qualify on penalties with 4 to 2 on charges. Nacional and River Plate face off in the quarterfinals.
The confrontations defined for the quarterfinals:
Santos x Grêmio or Guaraní (PAR)
Racing (ARG) x Internacional or Boca Junior (ARG)
Nacional (URU) vs River Plate (ARG)
Libertad (PAR) vs Palmeiras
