🎥 Palmeiras sweep aside Universitario, eye Copa do Brasil quarters

It's now seven games in the 2025 Libertadores and... seven wins!

Palm Trees went over Universitario - who had 12 games without defeats - on Thursday night (14).

Playing at the future venue of the final of the current edition, the Monumental de Lima, the Big Green did 4 x 0 in the first leg of the round of 16.

And opened a huge advantage to go to the quarterfinals against River Plate or Libertad.

It remains 100% in the current edition of the tournament after great individual performances.

Cases of Vitor Roque and Flaco López, who stood out intensely.

Abel could have done that before... 😅

A good part of the alviverde crowd was satisfied when the lineup was revealed.

And the duo Flaco López and Vitor Roque would make ALL the difference in the first minutes.

First, the number 42 served Tigrinho, who was knocked down in the area.

At seven minutes, Gustavo Gómez scored to celebrate his 13th goal in history.

Already at 11, it was the number 9 responsible for the pass. That Flaco didn't waste.

Vitor Roque was looking for his. And it came after fighting with Riveros and finishing without any chance (30').

Outstanding performance by Tigrinho who is gaining confidence and delivering more football.

Jorge Fossati's Universitario did not give up. He tried, but went to the interval without posing a real threat.

Expulsion and confirmed thrashing

The Palmeiras situation became even more comfortable after Riveros appealed.

Violent entry into Flaco that only turned into a red card after VAR intervention (5').

The Big Green took control of the actions in Lima even more.

And reached the fourth after VAR confirmed Flaco López's second goal (78').

It had been 15 years since they last played in the round of 16 of the Libertadores. And the trend is that Universitario will be left behind already in the first knockout stage.

📅 And now?

They will face each other again next Thursday (21) and at Allianz.

And Palmeiras can even lose by three goals to advance to the quarterfinals.

The Peruvian team will need a win by at least four goals to seek penalties.

Both will have commitments by their respective leagues before.

Apertura champion and unbeaten in Clausura, Universitario (2nd) visits Huancayo (7th) on Sunday (17).

On the same day, Palmeiras (3rd) goes to Rio to face Botafogo (5th) at Nilton Santos.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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