Published>Thu, May 20 10 01:28 PM
Three times Libertadores Cup champions Sao Paulo eased to a 2-0 home win over 10-man Cruzeiro on Wednesday to advance to the semi-finals with a 4-0 aggregate victory in the all-Brazilian clash.
Cruzeiro, already 2-0 down following a first-leg defeat at home in Belo Horizonte last week, suffered a further setback when striker Kleber was sent off in the opening minute for elbowing Sao Paulo's Richarlyson.
Sao Paulo took the lead when Brazil midfielder Hernanes volleyed superbly into the top corner from Junior Cesar's left cross midway through the first half.
They went further ahead eight minutes into the second half when another Junior Cesar cross was headed down by man-of-the-match Fernandao to fellow striker Dagoberto, who lobbed keeper Fabio.
Hernanes and Dagoberto also scored the goals in the first leg for a side who last won South America's top club competition in 2005.
The semi-finals will be played after the World Cup in South Africa, which ends on July 11.
Estudiantes, who beat Cruzeiro in last year's final to lift their fourth title, host Brazil's Internacional on Thursday 1-0 down from the first leg in Porto Alegre. They play at Quilmes in Buenos Aires due to refurbishments at their ground in La Plata.
In the other quarter-final, Flamengo visit Universidad de Chile at the Monumental in Santiago trailing 3-2 after the Chileans secured a shock first leg victory at the Maracana.
Mexico's Guadalajara advanced on Tuesday despite a 2-0 defeat away to Libertad of Paraguay at the Defensores del Chaco in Asuncion, having won the home leg 3-0 last week.
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