Copa Libertadores: Four Brazilian teams ousted, including defending champ Inter

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

The samba beats were quieted Wednesday night.

In what had to be one of the strangest yet historic evenings in Copa Libertadores history, four Brazilian teams were out-fought, out-played and simply out-spirited as they fell in the Round of 16 stage, leaving a more well-proportioned quarterfinal round.