Atlético Nacional stayed one step away from the feat in Morumbí, but Sao Paulo eliminated him in the penalties and left him lifeless in the Copa Libertadores 2025.
The global 1-1 brought the series to the definition from the twelve stepswhere goalkeeper Rafael dressed as a hero to give Brazilians the 4-3 victory.
The start was a very hard blow to the ‘purslane’. Just three minutes, André Silva took advantage of a deconcentration and put the Paulists up.
Nacional felt the impact, but knew how to endure and was held in the game thanks to a defensive block that resisted local onslaught.
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With that 1-0 they went to rest, still alive. In the second part, Javier Gandolfi’s team raised his face. He started touching the ball more and found respite with Alfredo Morelos, who at 66 ‘fell into the area and the VAR ratified the penalty.
The ‘buffalo’ itself gained hard and tied the series. National revived. However, joy lasted little: in full celebration, Edwin Cardona exceeded in words against the rivals and saw the direct red.
With ten men, he had to suffer the last 20 minutes. The final stretch was a suspense movie.
Sao Paulo searched with distant auctions, but David Ospina enlarged under the three sticks. National, despite numerical inferiority, resisted with temper and stretched the series to penalties.
In the batch, luck was twisted from the beginning with the Matheus Uribe failure. Sao Paulo did not forgive and, with a giant Rafael stopping, stayed with the classification to the rooms.
Sao nal | | 90+8 ‘| 1-1 | The commitment ends.
Everything will be defined in charges from the criminal point.#Minutoaminutoverdolaga pic.twitter.com/bosltvwows
– National Atlétic August 20, 2025
