The Albos, who beat O Colorado 2-0 in the first leg of the round of 16, have only qualified in three of the 13 direct eliminations against teams from this country, in all tournaments organized by Conmebol. A deficit which coincides with the performance of all the national teams in this type of championship: they have qualified only five times out of 25 after closing the key in the largest country in the region.
The 2-0 achieved by Colo Colo in the Monumental It is an important savings account to overthrow Internacional de Porto Alegre, in the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana. However, you must now confirm this result in Rio Grande do Sul.
History has been elusive for the whites against Brazilian teams, in the record of knockouts by tournaments organized by Conmebol.
The white box tIt has 13 knockouts against teams from the biggest country in the region. However, in only three of them he managed to overthrow his rivals in the kill-kill, as the Brazilians say.
The first time the Macul club was able to celebrate in this type of instance against five-time champion teams was in 1992. In Kobe, Japan, the team led by Mirko Jozic won the Recopa Sudamericana after a goalless draw, only to lift the title with a 5-4 penalty shootout.
From there it took four years to achieve the second success. In the quarter-finals of the 1996 Super Cup the chief managed 1-1 draw in the first leg played in Rio de Janeiro against Flamengo . in the duel of the comeback was 1-0, a goal from Marcelo Espina left Colo Colo in the semi-finals which he lost to Cruzeiro.
The latter is closer in time. In the Round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores 2018 the Monumental painting faces Corinthians . After win 1-0 in Macul, 2-1 defeat in Sao Paulo secured qualification from the white box to the quarter-finals, where Palmeiras knocked him out.
some chileans
Likewise, there is another statistic that speaks of the Brazilian hegemony over the national teams. On 25 occasions the Chilean executives had to close a key to the land of samba for continental tournaments. However, they only succeeded five times.
The first team to do so was the Spanish Union in the 1994 Libertadores . In the Round of 16, the Hispanic side faced Cruzeiro with a 1-0 victory in Santa Laura and a goalless draw in the second leg in Belo Horizonte.
It took 18 years to see something similar again. At the second round of South America 2012, UC beat Atlético Goianiense 2-0 at home. Although they lost 3-1 in the second leg, the away goal qualified them.
In the same and equal case, but in 2016, Palestino fell 1-0 to Flamengo in Santiago. However, in the second duel, the Arab team won 2-1 in Brazil to bring down the giant of Rio de Janeiro.
In addition to the already named Colo Colo on Timao in 2018 the last team to do the feat was Unión La Calera in the first round of South America 2019 against Chapecoense. They drew the first leg goalless in Chile, but the 1-1 and away goal put the cementers into the next phase.
Thursday, catholic university will have to do a real feat under the same conditions. After falling 4-2 against Sao Paulo in San Carlos de Apoquindo will have to look for a result in the Morumbí.
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Source: Latercera
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