By Rex Gowar
BUENOS AIRES, April 28 (Reuters) - Ten-man Flamengo beatCorinthians 1-0 with an Adriano chastisement upon the mixed night forBrazilian teams in first-leg movement in the Libertadores Cuplast 16 upon Wednesday.
Internacional mislaid 3-1 away to Argentina’s Banfield and SaoPaulo drew 0-0 with Peruvian champions Universitario in Lima.Both Brazilian teams had players sent off.
A throng of 72,000 gathered during the Maracana to watch theclash in between Brazil’s dual most renouned teams after contrastingresults in the group phase.
Corinthians, previously unbeaten, had the best record andFlamengo the misfortune between the qualifiers for the initial knockoutround.
Flamengo, who won the trophy in 1981, were the man reduced fromthe 37th notation when midfielder Michael was sent off for hissecond booking after dual bad tackles in the space of sevenminutes.
A initial half in pouring sleet gave approach to the improved secondand Brazil’s Adriano converted the 64th notation penalty, his firstgoal for the month, after left behind Juan was brought down byMoacir.
It was Flamengo’s initial compare given sacking manager Andrade,who had directed them to the Brazilian title final year, after apoor group performance.
“In the circumstances, we think the feat was excellent.Congratulations to the players who honoured this shirt in amarvellous way,” said caretaker manager Rogerio Lourenco,Andrade’s former assistant.
TWO-GOAL LEAD
In Buenos Aires, Colombian forward James Rodriguez scoredhis fifth goal of the competition to put Banfield forward lessthan dual mins into the second half. He ghosted in unmarkedon the left to shoot from the tight angle past Inter’s Argentinekeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri.
Inter strike behind three mins afte! r when d efender Klebervolleyed into the tip corner from the corner of the box, though thegoalscorer was sent off seven mins after for stamping onBanfield playmaker Walter Erviti.
Banfield went forward again from the giveaway kick interjection to agoal by midfielder Roberto Battion, which video replays showedwas offside.
Tempers flared for the couple of mins when Inter’s Uruguayancoach Jorge Fossati was strike upon the head by an object thrownfrom the crowd.
Banfield sealed the win 10 mins from time throughUruguay striker Sebastian Fernandez.
“We kick the great rival. Luckily we got the great difference(in the score) though it’s not decisive,” Erviti told Fox Sports.
Sao Paulo, three times South American champions, were themore dangerous group during the Monumental in Lima where they hitthe post in the initial half and had an additional effort cleared offthe line.
They were the man reduced for the final twenty-five mins after forwardRicharlyson was shown the true red card for the nasty plunge into onmidfielder Rodolfo Espinoza.
Tuesday was the mixed night for Argentine teams upon theirvisits to Mexico where holders Estudiantes kick San Luis 1-0but Velez Sarsfield mislaid 3-0 to Guadalajara. (Editing by Patrick Johnston; to query or criticism upon thisstory email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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