Latin America Sports Daily for Friday, February 20, 2026

2026-02-20 - 11:33

Continental heavyweight Flamengo arrived in Buenos Aires as prohibitive favourites for the Recopa Sudamericana — then walked out of La Fortaleza on the wrong end of a 1–0 defeat to a resolute Lanús side that had two goals disallowed before Rodrigo Castillo’s 77th-minute header finally stuck. In Montevideo, the Copa Libertadores second qualifying stage continued