Botafogo narrowly beat Universitario on matchday 5 of Group D of the CONMEBOL Libertadores and that secured the classification of Atlético Junior to the spherical of 16 of the competitors, a stage they’d not performed since 2011.
Junior secured his place within the spherical of 16 of the Libertadores. EPA
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The Shark hit in Ecuador in opposition to the League on this fifth date and acquired a fantastic hand from the Brazilian group, which did its homework in Peru visiting Universitario.
Fogao received 1-0 with a aim within the last stretch of the sport by Jeffinho, who took benefit of a defensive error and scored.
With this victory, the Brazilians equaled Junior’s 9 factors, however Rojiblanco got here first as a consequence of aim distinction. Universitario and Liga had been out of fight and can battle to see who would be the third to go to CONMEBOL Sudamericana.
On the opposite hand, Junior will host Botafogo on the sixth date of Group D and can outline first place within the space hand in hand, one thing that can have a full affect on potential rivals within the spherical of 16.
The final time Junior performed on this occasion was within the 2011 Copa Libertadores, an version by which they had been eradicated by the hands of Chiapas of Mexico within the spherical of 16.