That is, past in the sense of two days ago. Gimnasia beat Deportivo Pasto of Colombia 3-2 on Tuesday night. In a match that had see-sawed back and forth in La Plata, Antonio Pierguidi popped up to win it for the hosts in the 87th minute. The result leaves Gimnasia on three points in Group 8, after two games.
Banfield, so impressive last week against El Nacional, were spanked 4-0 by Club América de Mexico on Wednesday night. América themselves had lost their previous game, also 4-1, at home to Libertad. So the rule of thumb in Group 1 seems to be: there will be lots of goals, but for God’s sake don’t place a bet on who’s going to score them. América’s goalscorers last night were Oscar Rojas, Juan Mosqueda, and Salvador Cabañas who struck two.
Tonight, River face off against Caracas in Group 7, aiming to add to their opening round win at Colo Colo. The Monumental isn’t suspended for Libertadores games, so they’re playing at home, and kick off at 9:30pm Argentine time (12:30am GMT). Mauro Rosales looks set to make his debut for the Millonarios.
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