Palmeiras enter 2nd round

Buenos Aires, April 26: Brazil’s Palmeiras defeated Argentina’s Boca Juniors 2-0 at the Bombonera Stadium here to enter the second round of the Copa Libertadores football tournament.

Goals by Keno and Lucas Lima allowed the team, led by Roger Machado, to clinch their third win in Round 4 - Group H, and advance to the next level of the continental tournament.

Following the defeat, the ranking of the Argentine team, leader of the Argentine Superliga, which had its first setback in this edition of the Copa Libertadores, dropped five points. IANS