IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS AND STATS - COPA LIBERTADORES
Picture : Paulo Díaz's, the scorer of winning goal for River Plate, scored all his last 3 goals in Copa Libertadores.
Copa Libertadores: statistics on Round of 16 first leg (14-16 August)
*For the first time in the competition history, as many as 7 teams from same country (Brazil) have reached the round of 16 stage.
There were 10 cases before with 6 clubs representing a single country, always Brazil (2013, from 2017 to 2023 every time) and Argentina (2018, 2021).
*Peñarol (4-0 vs The Strongest) have scored 4+ goals in a Copa Libertadores knockout phase (excluding preliminary rounds) since the 1966 final, when they beat River Plate 4-2 in the tiebreaker match.
*Leonardo Fernández's opening goal, at 8:24 into the game, is Peñarol's fastest goal in a Libertadores knockout phase since Daniel Jiménez’s one scored after 43 seconds against São Caetano in a 2002 quarterfinal.
*Leonardo Fernández became just 2nd player with 3+ direct goal participations (1 goal, 2 assists) in the 1st half-time a Copa Libertadores knockout phase match over the last decade, after Ignacio Scocco in 2017 with River Plate (3 goals, 1 assist vs Jorge Wilstermann).
*For the first time in XXI century, River Plate (1-0 away vs Talleres Córdoba) fielded 2 players aged 18 or younger in the starting lineup in a Copa Libertadores knockout phase match: Franco Mastantuono (17) and Claudio Echeverri (18).
*Paulo Díaz's, the scorer of winning goal for River Plate, scored all his last 3 goals in Copa Libertadores:
when his team was a visitor,
following a dead-ball situation (this time he headed a free kick delivery),
in the last 5 minutes of regular time,
in the games in which his team scored only once (also vs Athletico Paranaense 1-1 and vs Junior 1-1).
*Fluminense goalkeeper Fábio has scored vs Grêmio (1-2) his 107th game in Copa Libertadores. He is now the sole runner-up in historical ranking of the competition, leaving behind Sergio Aquino (106) and getting closer to the Ever Almeida’s record (113).