SAO PAULO, Brazil — Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos were dumped out of the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday despite Corinthians' 2-1 win over fellow-Brazilian club Flamengo.
Flamengo reaches the quarterfinals by virtue of away goals after winning the first leg of its tie with Corinthians 1-0 at home.
Also advancing to the final eight Wednesday are defending champion Estudiantes of Argentina, which beat Mexico's San Louis 3-1, and Cruzeiro of Brazil, which cruised past Uruguay's Nacional 3-0.
Estudiantes, Flamengo and Cruzeiro join Brazil's Sao Paulo and Chivas of Mexico in the quarterfinals.
Sao Paulo-based Corinthians took the lead in the 28th minute when Flamengo defender David conceded an own-goal.
Ronaldo made the score 2-0 with a 38th-minute strike — a result that would have put Corinthians through. However, Brazil international Vagner Love scored a crucial away goal in the 50th minute to swing the tie in Flamengo's favor.
Flamengo goalkeeper Bruno produced a diving, finger-tip save to keep out Chicao's stoppage-time free kick and seal the Rio club's win.
Ronaldo and Carlos joined Corinthians with the express intention of winning the Copa Libertadores, the only trophy to have eluded the club in its 100-year history.
Flamengo is the best supported team in Brazil, just ahead of Corinthians. The Rio club, spearheaded by Brazil internationals Love and Adriano, will be among the favorites to lift the trophy.
Elsewhere, Leandro Gonzalez scored the opening goal in the fifth minute before Leandro Benitez added two more in the second half against San Luis to cap Estudiantes' 1-0 win in the first leg at Mexico. Diego De La Torre scored the lone goal for San Luis in the eighth minute.
Gonzalez scored with a close-range strike at the back post following a free kick from captain Juan Sebastian Veron.
De La Torre arrived late in the box to finish a cutback from Cesar Gonzalez three minutes later, but Estudiantes sealed the win after the break.
Benitez scored his first goal five minutes into the second half and struck his second with the outside of his left foot after another Veron free kick in the 55th minute.
Cruzeiro completed a comfortable aggregate victory over Nacional with goals from Thiago Ribeiro and Diego Renon after winning 3-1 at home in the first leg.
Ribeiro scored direct from a free kick curled over the wall and into the top corner in the 30th minute, while Renon cut inside and fired a low shot under the goalkeeper from the edge of the box in the 48th.
Cruzeiro's Leonardo Silva and Nacional's Sebastian Coates were both sent off following a scuffle in the box in the 53rd minute and Nacional went down to nine men when Gustavo Varela received a red card in the 70th.
Gilberto added a third goal for Cruzeiro with a left-footed strike in the 81st minute.
The round of 16 concludes Thursday with Universidad de Chile vs. Alianza Lima, Libertad vs. Once Caldas and Internacional vs. Banfield.
The Copa Libertadores is the top club competition in Latin America. Estudiantes won the title last year, beating Cruzeiro in the final.
This year the tournament will take a break after the quarterfinals to make way for the World Cup, with the semifinals and final running into July and August. (AP)