Rony, author of a spectacular Chilean execution to end the beating against Cerro Porteño. Photo: NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP.
Not one, not two, not three: eight goals he puts palms a Cerro Porteno in the round of 16 Libertadores Cup. In the first there were three, in the second no less than five. With definitions of all colors and carats, now he will not have to leave Brazil to seek the semi-final: his next rival is Atletico Mineirowhich he had already eliminated last year in the same instance.
The current two-time champion started racking up the win with one goal against Brian Samudi at 37. But the car had 10 fatal minutes for the Paraguayan team: in the second half, with two goals from Ronny -the second spectacular pirouette-, Brenno Lopes and the Paraguayan Gustavo Lopezliquidated Cerro.
With the resounding victory, Palmeiras set a record in the tournament: they are the first team to win nine consecutive games and, in addition, they are the first Brazilian team to qualify five years in a row in the quarter-finals of the competition organized by Conmebol.
Among his numbers also in the maximum international competition they scored 33 goals in the eight games played in the current edition, where they would hardly have made it only three.
Source: Clarin