Leonel Quiñónez (DER), of League of Quito, disputes the ball with Artur Guimarães, attacker of Botafogo, in the return of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores 2025.
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League of Quito achieved this Thursday the delete of eliminating from the Copa Libertadores to the Botafogo, current champion of the most important club tournament on the continent, by imposing itself by 2-0 in the second leg of the round of 16, and will be seen in the quarterfinals with São Paulo, another Brazilian.
The Bolivian Gabriel Villamil, in the 7th minute; and the Argentine Lisandro Alzugaray, at 60, of penalty, gave him the triumph and classification to the Ecuadorian painting that traced the series, after the Botafogo had won 1-0 in the first leg thanks to an artur score.
The King of Cups of Ecuador did the precise to ensure the classification, before a rival who showed a discreet level in his game proposal, although something improved in the last minutes of the match, when he looked for the desperate to avoid elimination.
The league pressure from the beginning resulted in the goal of Villamil, who received a delayed pass from Alzugaray and with a violent auction beat goalkeeper Jhon, after being slightly diverted by Argentine defender Alexander Barboza.
With the tied series, League of Quito won in confidence and increased the volume of attack against a rival decreased by the height of the Ecuadorian capital, who felt the impact and cost him to have hilvanar plays to go on the offensive.
The control of the ball and the domain of the actions in the zone defended by the Stovedid not give new results for the benefit of the league, as few shots were directed to the arch of Jhon. In the second half Liga wove an action for goal, but Danilo moved the danger away.
The sustained pressure of the albo team led by the Brazilian Tiago Nunes had his prize with the penalty converted by Alzugaray, thanks to a strong shot that completely cheated the Brazilian goalkeeper and put the more than 40,000 fans who attended Rodrigo Paz Delgado.
Liga stayed with a man less in the 83rd minute for the expulsion of the Richard Mina defense with direct red. On the end of the game, Vitinho lost the goal that would have led to penalties, with a shot that escaped along the right side of goalkeeper Gonzalo Valle.
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