Cerro Porteño leave Estudiantes out of quarter-finals

Paraguay's Cerro Porteño advanced to the quarter-finals of the Libertadores Cup after defeating Estudiantes de La Plata in a penalty definition (5-3). The second leg ended as the first one, without goals, which led to the tense definition.

The match held at the Pablo Rojas stadium in Asunción, also known as “La Olla,” ended 0-0 so the pre-quarter final game had to turn to the penalties, where the local team netted five goals and Estudiantes only three.

Line-ups:

Cerro Porteño: Diego Barreto; Iván Piris, Luis Cardozo, Pedro Benítez and César Benítez; Iván Torres, Jorge Núñez, Javier Villarreal and Luis Cáceres; Jonathan Fabbro and Roberto Nanni. Coach: Leonardo Astrada.

Estudiantes: Agustín Orión; Facundo Roncaglia, Federico Fernández, Leandro Desábato and Germán Ré; Enzo Pérez, Rodrigo Braña, Darío Stefanatto and Leandro Benítez; Gastón Fernández and Hernán Rodrigo López. Coach: Eduardo Berizzo.

Stadium: Cerro Porteño.

Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia).