The reigning champion of the last two years Palmeiras was eliminated from the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores football competition by another Brazilian team, Atlético Paranance, after they drew 2-2 in São Paulo, after the first team won 1-0 at home.

This is the second time that Paranense have reached the final round of the South American European Champions League parallel tournament, after losing to São Paulo in 2005.

Palmeiras paved the way early to make up for a delay in the first leg when he opened the scoring in the third minute thanks to Gustavo Scarpa.

However, the team suffered a setback after having to end the match with ten men throughout the second half after Morello was sent off before half-time with a direct red card for a serious foul after watching the “VAR” video assistant referee. initially satisfied with yellow (45+3).

However, in the 55th minute, the hosts managed to double the score with a header from Paraguayan defender Gustavo Gomez.

But Paranance, who did not pose a threat in the first half and played in the absence of his coach Luis Felipe Scolari, who was sent off in the first match, rose in the second, closing the gap first at the expense of Pablo, a minute after he came on as a substitute (64), before hitting a knockout equalizer with another Uruguayan player, David Terran.

And Fernandinho, the former Manchester City star, remains the only player in the squad to have made it to the 2005 final, having returned this summer from England to his first club.

Paranaense will meet in the final on October 29 in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Flamengo or Argentinean Felice Sasserfield, knowing that the Brazilian team won 4-0 in the first leg in Buenos Aires.