Peñarol eliminated The Strongest on Wednesday in the round of 16 of the CONMEBOL Libertadores 2024, and still does not know which team they will face in the quarterfinalsan instance that Manya had not accessed since the 2011 season.
The Uruguayan team beat The Strongest in the round of 16, and will face Bolívar or Flamengo in the quarterfinals. EFE
The team led by Diego Aguirre will now have to play with the winner of the Flamengo and Bolívar tie.
In the first leg, Fla won 2-0 at the Maracaná with goals from Luiz Araújo (29′) and Léo Pereira (89′).
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This Thursday, August 22, starting at 9:30 p.m. (Uruguay time), the rematch will be played at the Hernando Siles stadium in La Paza match in which the Brazilian team will not be able to count on Uruguayan footballer Giorgian De Arrascaeta.
If Bolívar wins by two goals, the match will be decided by penalties. If the home team wins by more than two goals, it will qualify for the next round. And if the Brazilian team wins, draws or loses by one goal, it will automatically be Peñarol’s rival in the quarterfinals.
Official background against Flamengo
At an official level, Peñarol and Flamengo have faced each other on six occasions: four in the Libertadores (1982 and 2019), and two in the 1999 Mercosur Cup.
The first clash between Carbonero and Mengão for the CONMEBOL Libertadores took place at the Centenario Stadium on October 19, 1982 for the first date of the second phase of the Cup. Manya won 1-0 with a goal by Ernesto ‘Pinocho’ Vargas in the 65th minute.
And on November 16 of that year, on the last date of the group that also included River Plate of Argentina, Peñarol managed to win 1-0 at the Maracaná (a great free kick goal by Jair at 25′) and qualify for the final of the Cup.
In 2019 These teams met again in the Libertadores, but in the group stage: on April 3 and in the third round, Peñarol won 1-0 at the Maracaná with a goal from the Argentine Lucas Viatri (88′) after a great cross from Lucas Hernandez.
With a goal from Lucas Viatri, Peñarol won the CONMEBOL Libertadores 2019 against Flamengo at the legendary Maracaná in the group stage. AP Photo
That night, the team led by Memo Diego Lopez formed with Kevin Dawson, Giovanni Gonzalez, Cristian Lema, Fabricio Formiliano and Lucas Hernandez, Agustin Canobbio, Walter Gargano, Guzman Pereira, Cristian ‘Cebolla’ Rodriguez and Brian Rodriguez, and Darwin Nunez, entering in the complement Rodrigo Rojo, Gaston Rodriguez and Viatri.
Beyond this great victory in Brazil, Peñarol tied 0-0 against Fla in its Campeón del Siglo stadium on the last date of Group D and, although it added 10 points, it was left out of the Libertadores for having a lower goal difference than the Brazilian team and Liga de Quito.
The Uruguayan team and the Carioca team also faced each other in the semifinals of the 1999 Mercosur Cup: In the first leg played in Brazil, Flamengo won 3-0 with goals from Leandro (29′), Maurinho (44′) and Lê (82′). In the return match, Peñarol won 3-2 at the Centenario with goals from Pablo Bengoechea (45′ and 90′), and Martín ‘Tato’ García (79′); for the visiting team, Athirson (70′) and Reinaldo (78′) scored. After the end of this second match that sealed Fla’s qualification, serious incidents occurred between both teams.
In history there are also some records friendly between Peñarol and Flamengo: for example, on January 23, 1959 they faced each other at the National Stadium in Lima for an International Hexagonal Tournament and Manya won 2-0 with goals from Rubén Cocchinello (16′) and Carlos Borges (89′); and on February 8, 2006 they played a pre-season match at the Centenario in Montevideo that Carbonero won 2-0 with goals from Diego Rodríguez (17′) and Nicolás Vigneri (90′).
Official background before Bolívar
Peñarol and Bolívar have faced each other in three editions of the Libertadores in three different decades, and always in the group stage.
First it was in 1989 In Group 5, where Danubio and The Strongest also participated, on February 24 in La Paz, Bolívar defeated Manya 3-0, and on March 17 in Montevideo, Peñarol won 5-0 with a hat-trick from Carlos Aguilera (9′, 20′ and 55′) and goals from Gabriel Cedrés (69′) and Adolfo Barán (70′). Peñarol, Danubio and Bolívar qualified for the next phase.
Then he went to Group 4 of the Libertadores 1998 (Nacional and Oriente Petrolero were the other two teams in the group.) Bolívar won both games against Manya by 1-0: on March 6 in La Paz, and on March 31 at the Atilio Paiva in Rivera on the last date (both teams had already qualified for the round of 16, an instance that was contested by the top three in each group, with Oriente Petrolero being the only one in this zone that did not qualify).
And in 2003Peñarol (coached that season by Diego Aguirre) faced Bolívar in Group 5. The first was on February 25 at the Hernando Siles stadium, where the local team won 5-2 (Carlos Bueno and Nicolás Rotundo scored the visiting goals); and on March 18 the black and gold triumphed 4-0 with doubles by Gabriel Cedrés (30′ and 67′) and Fabián Canobbio (39′ and 57′). Both teams were eliminated, being surpassed in the group by Gremio de Porto Alegre and Pumas de México.
