Its the final week of Libertadores action, the bracket for the knockout stage is set. Teams fought hard to get closer to becoming the champion of the 50th Copa Libertadores. On Tuesday, the top two teams in Groups 7 and 8 were finalized. In Group 7, the only drama was who would finish 2nd as Gremio had already won the group. La U De Chile's Juan Gonzalez scored the knockout stage advancing goal in the 74th minute as La U de Chile beat Aurora on the road. That result along with Chicó's 3-0 loss to Gremio in Porto Alegre ensured that the Chileans would finish 2nd with 10 points just 1 point ahead of Chicó and move on.

In Group 8, Mexican side San Luis won 2nd place in the group and a place in the knockout stage with their stunning 2-0 road win against group winners Libertad. Former River Plate midfielder Jairo Patiño scored on a free kick to highlight the San Luis victory. San Luis had to win by at least 2 goals and Universitario of Peru had to lose by at least 2 goals. Universitario lost 2-0 on the road to San Lorenzo giving the Mexican side a place in the knockout stage by way of a better goal differential.

On Wednesday Groups 1 & 6 were decided. In Group 1, both Brazilian sides advanced with 2008 Copa do Brasil champions Sport Recife winning the group with 13 points after their 3-2 road win over '08 Libertadores Champs Liga De Quito. Andrade's double and 2 Liga players being red carded helped O Leão to the win. Palmeiras recovered from a rough start in the group to win 2nd place after traveling to Chile and defeating Colo Colo 1-0 on the strength of Cleiton Xavier's 87th minute goal.

Group 6 matches were a pair of 1-1 draws. Everton drew with Chivas of Guadalajara needing a win to advance to the knockout stage. The Everton-Chivas draw eased Caracas' nerves enough where they drew with Lanus in Argentina. Caracas won the group and their 10 points means they will be the #8 seed, the lowest seed of the group winners.

Thursday's matches featured Groups 2 & 3. Group 3 had its qualifiers before the games as Nacional of Uruguay captured the group with 11 points and San Martin of Peru in 2nd with 8 points. The results of the final matches for Group 3 are for knockout stage seeding as Nacional of Uruguay beat Nacional of Paraguay to claim the 3rd seed & San Martin lost 3-0 to River to claim the last spot in the knockout stage.

In Group 2, Boca eliminated Venezuelan side Deportivo Tachira by defeating Tchira 3-0 at La Bombonera. Los Xeneizes go into the knockout stage as the #2 seed while Ecuador's Deportivo Cuenca claimed the 2nd spot in Group 2 by way of a 1-1 draw versus Guarani. That draw coupled with Tachira's loss means that there will be at least 1 Ecuadorian side in the knockout stage.

Here are the results from this week's Libertadores action:

TUESDAY, APRIL 28th
Group 7
Aurora (BOL) 1 - 2 Univ. de Chile (CHI)
AUR: Derlis Paredes (21')
UDE: Marco Estrada (15') & Juan Gonzalez (74')

Gremio (BRA) 3 - 0 Boyacá Chicó FC (COL)
GRE: Souza (13' & 17') & Léo (30')

Group 8
San Lorenzo (ARG) 2 - 0 Univ. de Deportes (PER)
SLZ: Ronaille Calheira (og 22') & Alejandro Gómez (25')

Libertad (PAR) 0 - 2 San Luis Potosi (MEX)
SLP: Jairo Patiño (59') & José Rodolfo Reyes (90')

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29th
Group 6
Everton (CHI) 1 - 1 Chivas Guadalajara (MEX)
EVE: Jaime Riveros (47')
CHV: Javier Hernández (6')

Lanus (ARG) 1 - 1 FC Caracas (VEN)
LAN: Iván Macalik (39')
CAR: Darío Figueroa (31')

Group 1
Liga De Quito (ECU) 2 - 3 Sport Recife (BRA)
LDQ: Carlos Espínola (4') & Danny Vera (41')
SPO: Andrade (23' & 78') & Igor (58')

Colo Colo (CHI) 0 - 1 Palmeiras (BRA)
PAL: Cleiton Xavier (87')

THURSDAY, APRIL 30th
Group 2
Club Guarani (PAR) 1 - 1 Deportivo Cuenca (ECU)
GUA: Osvaldo Javier Díaz (56')
CUE: Rodrigo Texeira (2')

Boca Juniors (ARG) 3 -0 Deportivo Tachira (VEN)
BOC: Martín Palermo (pen 13' & 63') & Rodrigo Palacio (81')

Group 3
Nacional (URU) 3 - 1 Nacional (PAR)
NCU: Diego Arismendi (31'), Sebastian Coates (80'), Nicolás Lodeiro (90')
NCP: Jorge Nuñez (8')

River Plate (ARG) 3 - 0 San Martin (PER)
RIV: Gustavo Bou (17'), Rubens Sambueza (pen 41'), Diego Barrado (60')