Liga de Quito, playing with one less player throughout the entire second half due to Alexander Alvarado's red card, bunkered down, resisted, and won the penalty shootout (5-4) against São Paulo, securing their place in the Copa Sudamericana semifinals, where they will face Argentina's Defensa y Justicia.

The São Paulo team managed to level the tie in regular time (1-0), but they fell short in their quest to replicate the 2022 final due to a missed penalty kick by James Rodríguez, who went from hero to villain tonight at the Morumbí.