Palmeiras found its way through a penalty shootout in a tense finish, with goalkeeper Carlos Miguel making the save that settled the contest and sent the Brazilian side into celebration.
Before the final Ecuadorian taker stepped up, Paraguay winger Ramón Sosa invoked a famous line from Argentine football folklore, adding one more note of South American theatre to the decisive moment. Carlos Miguel then stopped the attempt, delivering the intervention Palmeiras needed to complete its passage from the shootout.
The Palmeiras players celebrated together after the save, while Sosa’s pre-kick gesture became part of a night defined by nerve, ritual and the fine margins of penalties.
