River Plate enter Copa Libertadores quarters

Asuncion (Paraguay) Aug 9 (IANS) Three-time Copa Libertadores champions River Plate have advanced to the quarter-finals of South America s top club competition despite an unconvincing 1-1 home draw with Paraguay s Club Guarani.

The Argentine outfit who last won the competition in 2015 progressed to the next stage by virtue of winning last month s round-of-16 first leg 2-0 here on Tuesday evening reports Xinhua news agency.

Marcelo Palau opened the scoring for Guarani in Tuesday s second leg at the Monumental Stadium before Lucas Alario equalised five minutes later.

Earlier Argentina s Lanus became the first team to progress to the last eight by completing a 2-1 aggregate victory over Bolivia s The Strongest.

Jose Sand struck the only goal of the second leg with just five minutes remaining at the Ciudad de Lanus Stadium in Buenos Aires.

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