Universidad de Chile rally to draw Fluminense 2-2

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QUARTERFINALS First Leg Tuesday • Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) 1, Liga de Quito (Ecuador) 1 Wednesday • River Plate (Uruguay) 0, San Lorenzo (Argentina) 1 • Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) 2, Botafogo (Brazil) 1 Thursday • Fluminense (Brazil) 2, Universidad de Chile (Chile) 2

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Universidad de Chile came from two goals behind to claim a 2-2 draw against Brazil's Fluminense in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals on Thursday.

Striker Fred scored twice to give Fluminense a commanding lead, but Walter Montillo and Juan Manuel Olivera pulled Universidad level in front of a meager crowd of just over 1,000 in Maracana.

In the other first legs earlier this week, Velez Sarsfield and Liga de Quito drew 1-1, Cerro Porteno beat Botafogo 2-1, and San Lorenzo won 1-0 at River Plate of Uruguay.

The return legs will be played in two weeks.

Fluminense striker Fred scored in the 16th minute with a shot that deflected off Universidad defender Mauricio Victorino, and scored again barely 30 seconds after the break.

Montillo halved the deficit in the 52nd, finishing off a pass from Manuel Iturra.

The Chilean side completed the comeback with an equalizer from Olivera in the 57th following a cross from substitute Manuel Villalobos.

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