We are getting close to the end of the group stage as teams jockey for higher seeds in the Round of 16. As expected, the big name teams displayed their power this week.

Boca Juniors continued their confident play in the group stage with a 3-1 road win vs Guarani of Paraguay. Boca dominated the 2nd half in taking the 3 points as their 3 big names, Riquelme, Palermo, and Palacio each scored. Los Xeneizes lead Group 2 with 9 points from 3 matches.

Sao Paulo also flexed its muscle as they beat Defensor Sporting in Uruguay 1-0. Borges scored the game winner in the 39th minute as Tricolor Paulista moved to the top of Group 4 and remained undefeated.

Libertad strengthened its case for the #1 seed in the Round of 16 with a bit of luck. The Paraguayan side travelled to Argentina to face San Lorenzo and got the 3 points off the foot of San Lorenzo's Gaston Aguirre. Libertad's defense was able to hold off San Lorenzo in a balanced game. Libertad has 12 points in 4 matches.

Thursday witnessed a gush of goals, as both home teams rampaged their opponents. Nacional of Montevideo blitzed Argentine club River Plate by a 3-0 score. River contributed to its misery when Mariano Barbosa put the ball into his own net to give the home team a 2-0 lead at the time. The victory maintains Nacional's perfect record in Group 3.

Estudiantes La Plata broke out of a Libertadores goal scoring slump with a 4-1 thumping of Deportivo Quito. Ex-Boca striker, Mauro Boselli scored a hat trick to lead the 3-time champions to the home victory and 2nd place in Group 5.

Here are the results from this week's action - home teams listed first:

Tuesday, March 17

Group 2
Deportivo Cuenca (ECU) 3 - 1 Deportivo Tachira (VEN)
DPC: Jose Granda (19'), Rodrigo Pereira (40' & 68')
DPT: Javier Villafraz (76')

Group 4
Independiente Medellin (COL) 0 - 0 America De Cali (COL)

Group 6
Lanus (ARG) 1 - 2 Everton (CHI)
LAN: Santiago Biglieri (29')
EVE: Roberto Gutierrez (52') & Jose Luis Munoz (90')

Wednesday, March 18

Group 2
Guarani (PAR) 1 - 3 Boca Juniors (ARG)
GUA: Edicarlos Negreiros (36')
BOC: Riquelme (pen 67'), Martin Palermo (76'), Palacio (86')

Group 4
Defensor Sporting (URU) 0 - 1 Sao Paulo (BRA)
SPO: Borges (40')

Group 5
Cruzeiro (BRA) 2 - 0 Universitario (BOL)
CRZ: Wellington Paulista (pen 58' & 90')

Group 7
Boyacá Chicó FC (COL) 3 - 0 Univ. De Chile (CHI)
BOY: Edwin Movil (4'), Winston Giron (19'), Juan Nunez (72')

Group 8
San Lorenzo (ARG) 0 - 1 Libertad (PAR)
LIB: Gastón Aguirre (og 53')

San Luis (MEX) 2 - 2 Universitario (PER)
SAN: José Reyes (26') & Michael Orozco (78')
UNI: Piero Alva (40') & Gianfranco Labarthe (90')

Thursday, March 19

Group 3
Nacional (URU) 3 - 0 River Plate (ARG)
NAC: Fernández (41'), Barbosa (og 75'), Victorino (90')

Group 5
Estudiantes LP (ARG) 4 - 0 Deportivo Quito (ECU)
EST: Mauro Boselli (4', 25', 70') & Enzo Perez (45')