Silva leads Vélez into Libertadores last 16

Vélez Sársfield crushed the leader of the Group 4, Venezuela’s Caracas, 3-0 and achieved the pre-quarter finals of the Libertadores de América Cup in the second place along with Chile's Universidad Católica.

Vélez's Maximiliano Moralez opened the score at 20' of the first half, while his teammate Santiago Silva netted the second goal only one minute after the beginning of the second half, and the third one nine minutes later.

The game began at 8:30pm and was held at the Brígido Iriarte stadium in Caracas.

Line-ups:

Caracas: Renny Vega; Giovanny Romero, Julio Machado, Franklin Lucena and Rohel Briceño; Juan Guerra, Edgar Jiménez, Alexander González and Angelo Peña; Edwar Jiménez and Luis Cabezas. Coach: Ceferino Bencomo.

Vélez Sarsfield: Marcelo Barovero; Fabián Cubero, Sebastián Domínguez, Fernando Ortiz and Emiliano Papa; Ricardo Alvarez, Héctor Canteros and Víctor Zapata; Maximiliano Moralez; Santiago Silva and Juan Manuel Martínez. Coach: Ricardo Gareca.

Stadium: Olímpico Brígido Iriarte (Caracas).

Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia).