The Copa Libertadores round-of-16 second leg tie between Ecuador’s Indepedente del Valle and Columbian facet Deportivo Pereira noticed an enormous brawl broke out at Estadio Olympico Atahualpa. Main 1-0 from the first-leg, Pereira conceded an early purpose as Michael Hoyos scored within the sixth minute to stage Indepedente within the tie. Issues acquired heated up a bit of between the 2 facet when Indepedente’s Junior Sornoza unintentionally took out Pereira’s supervisor Alejandro Restrepo after moving into for a deal with.

Restrepo took a dramatic tumble and acquired again on his ft, however determined to not take Sornoza’s apology as gamers from each group clashed after the identical.

The incident has now gone viral on social media.

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— Aristizabal (@aristi___) August 10, 2023

Pereira got here into this tie with a 1-0 benefit from the primary leg. Juan Santacruz scored the match-winner within the 58th minute to encourage the win.

Within the second leg, Indepedente appeared to be in cruise management after scoring within the sixth minute via Hoyos.

Regardless of having fun with 73 per cent of possession, Indepedente didn’t take their possibilities, and had been punished by the guests.

Larru Johan Angulo Riascos equalised within the fiftieth minute as Pereira took a 2-1 combination lead.

Hoyos had an opportunity to place Independente forward on the night time, however he scuffed his penalty within the 88th minute because the Colombian facet secured its passage into the following spherical of the match.

Pereira will now tackle Brazilian giants Palmeiras within the quarterfinals. The primary leg will probably be performed in Colombia on August 23, whereas the second leg will probably be performed on the Allianz Parque every week later.