🎥 Palmeiras sweep aside Universitario and already eye the quarter-finals | OneFootball

Now it’s seven games in the 2025 Libertadores—and... seven wins!

Palmeiras steamrolled Universitario—who had gone 12 matches unbeaten—on Thursday night (14th).

Playing at the future venue of this edition’s final, the Monumental de Lima, Verdão won 4-0 in the first leg of the round of 16.

And they’ve taken a huge advantage heading into the quarterfinals against either River Plate or Libertad—who drew 0-0 in their first leg.

They remain at 100% in this year’s tournament after outstanding individual performances from Vitor Roque and Flaco López, for example.

Check out the best moments of the match soon.

You could have done this sooner, Abel... 😅

A large part of the Verdão fans were pleased when the lineup was revealed.

And the duo of Flaco López and Vitor Roque made ALL the difference in the opening minutes.

First, number 42 set up Tigrinho, who was brought down in the box.

At seven minutes, Gustavo Gómez stepped up to score his 13th goal in club history.

Then at 11, it was number 9 providing the assist—which Flaco did not waste.

Vitor Roque was looking for his goal. And it came after battling with Riveros and finishing with no chance for the keeper (30’).

A dazzling performance from Tigrinho, who is gaining confidence and delivering more football.

Jorge Fossati’s Universitario didn’t give up. They tried, but went into halftime without posing any real threat.

Red card and rout confirmed

Things got even more comfortable for Palmeiras after Riveros lost his cool.

A violent tackle on Flaco that only turned into a red card after VAR intervention (5’).

Verdão took even greater control of the game in Lima.

And got their fourth after VAR confirmed the attentive Flaco López’s second goal (78’).

It had been 15 years since Universitario reached the Libertadores round of 16. And it looks like their journey will end in this first knockout stage.

📅 What now?

They’ll face each other again next Thursday (21st) at the Allianz.

And Palmeiras can even lose by three goals and still go through to the quarterfinals.

The Peruvian side will need to win by at least four goals to force penalties.

Both teams have league matches before then.

Champions of the Apertura and unbeaten in the Clausura, Universitario (2nd) visit Huancayo (7th) on Sunday (17th).

On the same day, Palmeiras (3rd) travel 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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