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Atletico Nacional are also sure of their place in the
region’s elite club competition in 2017 as holders despite their
elimination in the semi-finals of the Colombian championship.
Atletico, whose first-team squad are in Japan for the Club World
Cup, fielded a junior team in their semi-final second leg
against Santa Fe and were hammered 4-0 at home in Medellin for a
5-1 aggregate defeat. The seniors had drawn the first leg 1-1 in
Bogota in midweek before leaving for Japan.
Santa Fe will face Deportes Tolima in the two-leg final with the
winners qualifying for the Libertadores.
Guarani clinched the Paraguayan championship with a game to
spare after a 3-0 win at Sportivo Luqueno gave them an
unassailable four-point lead over Olimpia before next weekend’s
final round of matches.
Nacional beat Boston River 1-0 to clinch their 46th league title
on the final day of the Uruguayan championship.
Others teams crowned champions last week were Universidad de
Chile and Barcelona SC of Ecuador.
(Writing by Rex Gowar, editing by Ed Osmond)
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