Rio de Janeiro, Feb 28 (IANS) Chile's Palestino and Brazil's Atletico Mineiro advanced to the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning their respective qualifying playoffs.
Dayro Moreno had given Talleres Cordoba an overall lead over Palestino early in their return match in Argentina after the sides drew 2-2 in last week's first leg, reports Xinhua news agency.
But late goals from Luis Jimenez and Cristobal Jorquera ensured the Santiago club progressed 4-3 on aggregate.
Meanwhile, Atletico Minero survived most of the second half with 10 men to draw 0-0 with Uruguay's Defensor Sporting in Belo Horizonte. The result handed the 2013 Copa Libertadores champions a 2-0 win on aggregate.
Jose Welison was dismissed in the 56th minute, having earned a second yellow card for an illegal challenge.
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz
This website uses cookies.
