Montevideo, May 15 -- Five-time champion Penarol recovered from two goals down to secure
a place in the Copa Libertadores round of 16 with a 3-2 home victory over Olimpia here.
Goals from Lisandro Lopez and Ivan Leguizamon gave the Paraguayan side a 2-0 lead at halftime, but the hosts drew level shortly after the restart after Leonardo Fernandez and Maximiliano Olivera each struck in the space of five minutes on Wednesday.
Eric Remedi completed a remarkable turnaround by the Uruguayan club with a long-range effort
after combining with Diego Garcia.
The result left Penarol second in Group H with 10 points from five outings, behind leader Velez Sarsfield on goal difference.
Velez also secured its place in the competition's knockout s...