Overview

• River and Libertad drew 1-1 at the Monumental before the hosts advanced 3-1 on penalties in the Copa Libertadores round of 16.
• Sebastián Driussi opened the scoring and former River defender Robert Rojas equalized to force the decisive shootout.
• Goalkeeper Franco Armani sealed progression by saving Marcelo Fernández’s penalty after Libertad also missed two earlier attempts.
• River played more than half the second period with 10 men after Giuliano Galoppo was sent off for a second yellow card.
• The win snapped River’s six‑year run of eight straight shootout losses and set up a quarterfinal with Palmeiras, first leg in Buenos Aires and the return in São Paulo, as Argentina now places four teams in the last eight and River earns the reported US$1.7 million quarterfinal prize.