Soccer today, Oct. 21: Boca beat Vasco 3-1

Boca Juniors beat Vasco da Gama 3-1 at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday night (Oct. 20) in the Copa Sudamericana semifinal, the second-tier club tournament of South American soccer. Lautaro Di Lollo scored in the 4th minute and Miguel Merentiel in the 34th to put the Argentine side ahead before halftime. José Luis Rodríguez pulled one back for Vasco in the 66th, and Leandro Paredes made it 3-1 in the 88th. Tonight (Wednesday, Oct. 21), Palmeiras and Fluminense meet in the Copa Libertadores semifinal at 9:30 p.m. Brasília time at the Allianz Parque, and the Champions League plays nine matches, including Bayern Munich against Arsenal. Scores and match events come from ESPN and were compiled by RaisLife.

Tuesday's results (Oct. 20)

At the Maracanã, Paredes and Alan Velasco of Boca and Thiago Mendes of Vasco were shown yellow cards. A minute-by-minute account is on the match page. In Brazil's second division, the Série B, Londrina beat Cuiabá 1-0 at the Vitorino Gonçalves Dias stadium in Londrina, with a 35th-minute goal from William Pottker in the first half (match summary).

The Champions League played nine league-phase matches on Tuesday. In Paris, Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 4-2. Désiré Doué opened the scoring in the 38th minute, Xavi Espart equalized in the 55th, and Lucas Hernández restored the French side's lead in the 72nd. Lamine Yamal leveled again in the 79th, then Vitinha in the 81st and Fabián Ruiz in the 86th sealed the win (match page).

At Anfield, Liverpool came from behind to beat Villarreal 4-3. The Spanish side led 2-0 through Georges Mikautadze in the 4th minute and Sergi Cardona in the 29th. Alexis Mac Allister scored twice, in the 36th and the 65th, Ronald Araújo equalized in first-half stoppage time, and Florian Wirtz made it 4-2 in the 68th. Tani Oluwaseyi pulled one back in the 87th (match page).

The other Tuesday results:

• Manchester City 5, AEK Athens 1, with a hat trick from Phil Foden;
• Napoli 4, Bodø/Glimt 3, with two goals from Scott McTominay;
• Roma 4, Slovan Bratislava 0;
• Sabah 1, Borussia Dortmund 2, with two goals from Serhou Guirassy;
• Fenerbahçe 2, Slavia Prague 2;
• VfB Stuttgart 1, Atlético Madrid 1;
• Porto 0, PSV Eindhoven 1.

Wednesday's matches (Oct. 21)

The Champions League starts at 1:45 p.m. Brasília time with Como against Manchester United and Lille against Galatasaray. At 4 p.m., seven matches kick off at the same time:

• Bayern Munich vs. Arsenal, at the Allianz Arena (match page);
• Real Madrid vs. RB Leipzig, at the Santiago Bernabéu (match page);
• Inter Milan vs. Shakhtar Donetsk;
• Sporting vs. LASK;
• Club Brugge vs. Lens;
• Real Betis vs. Feyenoord;
• Aston Villa vs. Viking.

In South America, Atlético-MG visit Montevideo City Torque at 7 p.m. at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay, in the other Copa Sudamericana semifinal (match page). At 9:30 p.m., Palmeiras and Fluminense take the field at the Allianz Parque in São Paulo for the Copa Libertadores semifinal, South America's top club competition (match page). On Thursday (Oct. 22), Flamengo host Estudiantes de La Plata at the Maracanã in the other semifinal. The match pages update while games are in progress, and the portal's soccer page has standings and the schedule.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil, soccer scores, goals and standings
• ESPN Brasil, Copa Sudamericana schedule
• ESPN Brasil, Champions League schedule
• Conmebol, organizer of the Libertadores and the Sudamericana
• UEFA, organizer of the Champions League
• RaisLife Futebol, matches and standings

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/futebol.