In the Superclásico de las Américas, Argentina’s domestic national team lost 2-0 to their Brazilian counterparts on Wednesday night in Belém, going down to a 2-0 aggregate loss. Lucas opened the scoring for Brazil, and Vélez Sarsfield defender Emiliano Papa scored an own goal for the second. In the Copa Sudamericana, Independiente lost 2-0 away as well, to Liga de Quito. All the goals are viewable right here.
International friendly
Brazil 2 – 0 Argentina
Copa Sudamericana
LDU Quito 2 – 0 Independiente
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Hasta El Gol Siempre 