Asunción.- Boca Juniors, in the midst of a controversy for bringing to Asunción several players who tested positive for Covid-19, won 2-0 to Freedom of Paraguay on Thursday, on the third date of Group H of the Copa Libertadores 2020.The goals for the xeneize draw were scored by Eduardo Salvio, one of the players who was infected at the beginning of the month during the merger of the , at 6 and 84 minutes.
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The Argentine team suffered several cases of coronavirus two weeks ago, which caused him several problems in preparing for this meeting. For this reason he evaluated traveling with some players who still tested positive after serving ten days of isolation, but with no chance of infecting in the opinion of the campus doctors. With this result, Boca went on to command the group with 7 points, followed by Libertad (6), Caracas FC (4) and Independiente Medellín (0). Undefeated.
Palmeiras and the Porto Alegre International expanded with victories their undefeated in the Copa Libertadores 2020, reinforcing on Wednesday their options to reach the eighth round. The counterface is Alianza Lima and Independiente Medellín with three defeats. The ‘Verdao’ attended the 3,600 m altitude of La Paz to face Bolivar, for the third date of Group B and took a 2-1 victory to take hold of the key leadership with 9 points. Willian (34 in penalties) and Menino (60) scored Paulist goals, while Marcos Riquelme (67) scored the score of the peacemakers. The day in this key will be completed on Thursday when Guaraní and Argentina’s Tigre clash in Asunción.El Inter, meando, reached 7 units to first be from Group E, thanks to the suffered 4-3 triumph over the Americas of Cali in Porto Alegre and the 2-0 defeat of his yard archrival, Gremio, to the Catholic University in Santiago.The Uruguayan Abel Hernández (1 , 32) and Boschilia (19,90) took over the goals of the red gaúcho. By the Red Devils they marked Duvan Vergara (28), Adrián Ramos (49) and Santiago Moreno (78). In the Chilean capital, the Catholic had no problem beating Gremio with the so many Fernando Zampedri (44) and César Pinares (45+1). With these results, Inter rules the key with 7 points, followed by Gremio (4), America and Catholic, both with 3.
