O Rei has experienced the joy of winning a couple of Libertadores with Santos of Brazil and even though Santos is not participating in the Libertadores this year, the tournament is still loaded with drama. This past week was a positive time for Chilean clubs in the Libertadores.

Colo Colo surprised Palmeiras in Sao Paulo 3 -1 on the strength of attacking duo Lucas Barrios & Macnelly Torres. Both men scored in leading the Chilean super club to its 1st victory of the group stage.

Universidad de Chile beat down Bolivian side Aurora 3 - 0 at home to remain unbeaten in Group 7 and move to the top of the group. Defenders contributed heavily to La U's victory with defenders Manuel Iturra & Jose Rojas scoring for the Chilean side.

Sport Recife continued its surprising play in Group 1 with a 2 - 0 victory over defending Libertadores champions, Liga De Quito. The '08 Copa Do Brasil champions are have a perfect record with 6 points and lead Group 1. With victories over Colo Colo and Liga the team from the Pernambuco state in Brazil look very dangerous.

The big name clubs exerted their power this week with important road wins. Boca Juniors got a late header from Luciano Figueroa in the 88th minute to beat Deportivo Tachira 1 - 0 in Venezuela and Sao Paulo got 2 goals from star striker & ex-Fluminense hero Washington to beat America de Cali 3 - 1 in Colombia.

Here are the results from this week's action [Home Teams Listed First]:

Tuesday, March 3

Group 1
Palmeiras (BRA) 1 - 3 Colo Colo (CHI)
PAL: Keirrison (71')
COL: Barrios (44'), Torres (54'), Gonzalez (80')

Group 6
FC Caracas (VEN) 2 - 0 CD Guadalajara (MEX)
CAR: Bustamante (45') & Figueroa (51')

Wednesday, March 4

Group 2
Deportivo Tachira (VEN) 0 - 1 Boca Juniors (ARG)
BOC: Figueroa (88')

Group 7
Univ. de Chile (CHI) 3 - 0 Aurora (BOL)
UCH: Iturra (23'), Villalobos (80'), Rojas (88')

Group 5
Univ. de Sucre (BOL) 0 - 1 Cruzeiro (BRA)
CRZ: Thiago Ribeiro (39')

Group 1
Sport Recife (BRA) 2 - 0 LDU Quito (ECU)
SPO: Daniel (14') & Baier (pen 74')

Thursday, March 5

Group 8
Libertad (PAR) 2 - 0 San Lorenzo (ARG)
LIB: Ximenez (25') & Aquino (31')

Group 3
San Martin (PER) 2 - 1 River Plate (ARG)
SNM: José Luis Diaz (pen 38') & Luduena (56')
RIV: Radamel Falcao Garcia (69')

Group 4
America de Cali (COL) 1 - 3 Sao Paulo (BRA)
AMC: Victor Cortes (85')
SPO: Washington (3' & 27'), Borges (50')