Overview

• River advanced past Libertad 3-1 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Buenos Aires (0-0 in the first leg), with Sebastián Driussi scoring for River and Robert Rojas equalizing for the visitors.
• Goalkeeper Franco Armani was decisive across 90 minutes and the shootout, where he saved Marcelo Fernández’s kick as Libertad also missed two others, ending River’s six-year run of eight shootout defeats.
• River finished with ten men after Giuliano Galoppo was sent off for a second yellow; Paulo Díaz departed at halftime with an ankle issue and Driussi later came off after a knock, with both to be assessed.
• River will face Brazil’s Palmeiras in the quarterfinals in mid-to-late September, a renewal of a recent knockout rivalry in the competition.
• Estudiantes eliminated Cerro Porteño (1-0 away, 0-0 home) to set up a quarterfinal with Flamengo, joining Vélez and Racing to give Argentina four quarterfinalists.