For three of South America’s ten nations the Copa Libertadores ended at the group stage – with barely a surprise.
Sporting Cristal came close to a place in the last16 and Alianza Lima were more competitive than for many years. Even so, for the tenth consecutive campaign no side from Peru made it through to the knockout phase, and there is no Venezuelan presence for the seventh successive year. And for the fourth time in five, no team from Chile has made
