Barcelona SC secured a high-impact classification in the Copa Libertadores by eliminating Argentinos Juniors at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona. After losing in the first leg in Guayaquil, the team led by César Farías needed a win as visitors and achieved it with a 0-1 score in regular time thanks to Jhonny Quiñónez's goal in the 66th minute, which tied the series. Argentinos Juniors had found the path to the goal in the 11th minute through Nicolás Oro, but the goal was invalidated by referee Esteban Ostojich after a VAR review for a previous handball by Emiliano Viveros. The local team maintained dominance in several passages, although it felt the absence of top scorer Tomás Molina. In the second half, Hernán López Muñoz pressured goalkeeper José Contreras before Quiñónez appeared with a long-range shot impossible for Brayan Cortés. In the penalty shootout, Barcelona took advantage of the local team's mistakes. Argentinos Juniors failed three executions: Iván Morales, Román Riquelme, and Erik Godoy failed to convert. The Ecuadorian team also erred in two opportunities, but was more effective and sealed the pass to the next phase. With the classification secured, Barcelona will face Botafogo in the next instance, which surpassed Nacional de Potosí in the global. Argentinos Juniors, on the other hand, was eliminated and without international competition.