IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS AND STATS - COPA LIBERTADORES
Picture : Germán Pezzella is the first current world champion to score with River Plate in Copa Libertadores since Óscar Ruggeri against Peñarol in the 1987 edition.
Copa Libertadores: statistics on quarter-finals first leg (18-20 September)
Colo Colo vs River Plate 1-1
*River Plate did not concede a goal in the first half in 8 of their 9 games in this edition so far, more than any other team.
*Marcelo Gallardo (River Plate) is the 4th coach to reach 100 Copa Libertadores games in the history of competition, after Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Edgardo Bauza and Luis Cubilla.
*Germán Pezzella is the first current world champion to score with River Plate in Copa Libertadores since Óscar Ruggeri against Peñarol in the 1987 edition.
*It was Pezzella’s first goal in the CONMEBOL club competitions after nearly 10-year break, since the final of the Copa Sudamericana 2014, when he made it 2-0 against Atlético Nacional.
Fluminense vs Atlético Mineiro 1-0
*Fluminense have started a Copa Libertadores playoff round with a victory at home in the first leg for 4th time in their history (also vs Libertad in 2011 and vs Olimpia twice, in 2022 and 2023) only having managed to advance once fron this position.
*Atlético Mineiro broke their run of 11 games without losing away from home in the knockout phase of the Copa Libertadores.
Their last loss as visitors in a knockout round had been on 5 July 2017 against Jorge Wilstermann.
Flamengo vs Peñarol 0-1
*Peñarol have won an away Copa Libertadores game in Brazil for the 6th time; only Boca Juniors won more such games (9).
*Flamengo and Peñarol faced each other in Copa Libertadores 5 times (also 2 in 1982 and 2 in 2019). Flamengo couldn’t win neither even score in this rivalry so far (1 draw, 4 losses).
Peñarol are the only opposition that Flamengo have already faced in the tournament and could not score against them.
*Flamengo are defeated at home in a Libertadores knockout round for the first time since 2010 (vs Universidad de Chile 2-3, also in the quarter-finals).
*The previous Flamengo’s home defeat in Copa Libertadores (any stages) was also 0-1 vs Peñarol (in 2019).
*Flamengo have ended their two great series of home games in the Copa Libertadores that lasted just between these 0-1 vs Peñarol losses: 28 without defeats and 17 wins in a row.
Botafogo vs São Paulo 0-0
*São Paulo participate in Copa Libertadores quarter-finals for the 12th time: joint-most among Brazilian clubs with Grêmio and Palmeiras.