Brazil forward Neymar scored twice in a stunning display for Santos on Thursday
night as the defending champions hammered Bolivar 8-0 to advance to the Copa
Libertadores quarter-finals.
Neymar, 20, netted a first-half brace - one coming from the penalty spot -
with Elano, Paulo Henrique Ganso and Alan Kardec also on target before the
interval. Elano and Ganso added to their personal tallies after the break, with
Borges sealing the rout.
The result earned Santos a 9-2 aggregate victory after their 2-1 first-leg loss
in La Paz, and set up a last-eight meeting with Argentinian side Velez
Sarsfield.
Neymar's double took him to 106 goals for the club, making him the team's top
scorer in the post-Pele era.
"I'm living the best year of my career," said Neymar. "We showed that we are a very powerful team playing at Vilha Belmiro. That's
because our people are happy to once again experience big moments in the club's
history."
Muricy Ramalho's team will travel to Buenos Aires for the first leg against
Velez next week.
Meanwhile, in Santiago, Copa Sudamericana champions Universidad de Chile
thrashed Deportivo Quito 6-0 to overturn a 4-1 first-leg deficit.
Junior Fernandes and Angelo Henriquez notched two goals each, with Eugenio Mena
and Marcelo Diaz completing the scoring for Jorge Sampaoli's team. The win set
up a meeting with Paraguayan club Libertad, who eliminated Mexican side Cruz
Azul.
Finally, in the all-Brazilian last-16 duel, Fluminense beat Internacional 2-1
in Rio de Janeiro to progress by the same scoreline on aggregate and secure a
date with Argentinian giants Boca Juniors.
Leandro Damiao had put the Porto Alegre-based team ahead in the 14th minute,
but Abel Braga's Fluminense turned things around before half-time thanks to
goals from Leandro Euzebio and Fred.
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