The last champion Palmeiras planted the flag in the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores.
The team led by the Portuguese Abel Ferreira beat Independiente del Valle 1-0 at home on Tuesday by Group A and is the first to secure a pass to the next stage of the tournament.
Raphael Veiga scored the only goal with a right hand to the middle in a penalty kick sanctioned for a foul by goalkeeper Moisés Ramírez on Luiz Adriano at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in Quito.
With his fourth consecutive victory, Palmeiras added 12 points and displaced the Ecuadorians to third place with four.
Defense and Justice guard from Argentina adds four and visits University of Peru on Wednesday, without points.
Days after avoiding relegation in Brazilian soccer and with a new coach on the bench, Santos beat Boca Juniors 1-0 and put pepper on the definition of one of the most even groups in the Libertadores.
The only goal of the match for Group C at the Vila Belmiro stadium in Sao Paulo was converted by side Felipe Jonatan in the 41st minute.
In the same area, The Strongest of Bolivia took the leader Barcelona of Ecuador undefeated by defeating him 2-0 at the height of La Paz.
The Ecuadorian team has nine points, now escorted by Santos and Boca with six. The Strongest added their first three points.
After avoiding relegation in the São Paulo tournament, the current Libertadores runner-up, with Fernando Diniz as the new coach, achieved victory with a play that Kaio Jorge started on the right. The striker threw the pass to the center of the area and Jonatan appeared through the gap to define.
The defeat not only relegated the six-time continental champion to third place in the area, but also left several questions in the face of the momentous duel against his classic rival River Plate on Sunday for the quarterfinals of the Super League Cup.
For its part, The Strongest took Barcelona undefeated, who had not received any goals so far.
The goals were the work of Jair Reinoso, at 45 and 65 minutes, at the Hernando Siles stadium in La Paz.
Flamengo recovered from a 2-0 and rescued a draw in his visit to rookie Unión La Calera de Chile for Group G.
The Chilean team took the lead in the eighth minute when Ariel Martínez took advantage of a rebound from goalkeeper Gabriel Souza after a bad start from his defense and defined with the goal at his disposal at the Nicolás Chahuan municipal stadium.
The locals celebrated the second in the 27th minute after a corner kick with a goal against William Arao.
Gunner Gabriel Barbosa discounted a penalty for Flamengo in the 31st minute, while Arao tied at 77 with a header after a corner kick.
El Mengao remains the leader in the area with 10 points; followed by Liga de Quito (4), which visits Vélez Sarsfield (3) on Thursday. La Calera adds two.
Racing Club de Argentina took command of Group E with their 2-0 win over Sporting de Cristal in Peru.
After a first half in which its goalkeeper Gabriel Arias was a figure, Racing celebrated the first goal with a half return from Tomas Chancalay at 74 minutes, after an assist from Chilean Eugenio Mena at the National Stadium in Lima. Ignacio Piatti extended with an angle bomb from outside the area at 76.
The Academy has eight points, followed by Sao Paulo (7), who visits Rentistas (2) in Uruguay on Wednesday. The Peruvian team harvests one unit.
Deportivo Táchira turned the game around and beat Internacional de Brasil 2-1 at the Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo stadium in San Cristobal by Group B.
The Porto Alegre team had taken the lead through their striker Thiago Galhardo in the 52nd minute. But in the last 20 minutes of the match Táchira was left with the victory thanks to goals from Nelson Hernández and Maurice Cova, from a penalty.
Internacional and Táchira have six units like Always Ready from Bolivia, but with one game less since on Thursday they will face Olimpia from Paraguay, with three points.
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