Overview

• Flamengo’s Gonzalo Plata is cleared to play the quarterfinal return in La Plata after CONMEBOL annulled his second yellow from the 2-1 first‑leg win at the Maracanã.
• Released VAR audio captures officials judging the dismissal incorrect while noting they could not intervene on a double caution or award a penalty because contact occurred outside the area.
• Flamengo filed a formal complaint accusing referee Andrés Rojas and the crew of multiple errors, with coach Filipe Luís urging the referee be kept off future Libertadores matches.
• Estudiantes’ camp maintains the officiating procedures followed regulations despite CONMEBOL’s acknowledgment that the caution was wrongly issued.
• The rare post‑match reversal intensifies scrutiny of VAR’s limited scope and referee appointments ahead of the Sept. 25 return leg in Argentina.