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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- A second-half goal from veteran Uruguayan forward Santiago Silva gave Chile's Universidad Catolica a 1-0 home victory over Flamengo in the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday.
Silva broke the deadlock in the 75th minute when he headed in from a Jose Fuenzalida set piece at the San Carlos de Apoquindo stadium in Santiago.
The Brazilian outfit were reduced to 10 men when their Colombia international forward Orlando Berrio was shown a straight red card for a crude tackle on Alfonso Parot with six minutes left.
The result lifted Universidad to the top of Group D with four points from two matches while Flamengo dropped to third with three points.
Brazil's Atletico Paranaense moved to second in the group after their 1-0 victory at San Lorenzo.
In Wednesday's other matches, Brazilian Serie A champions Palmeiras beat Bolivia's Jorge Wilstermann 1-0 at home while Venezuela's Zulia secured a shock 1-0 away victory over three-time Copa Libertadores champions Nacional of Uruguay.
