Buenos Aires, May 11 -- Santiago Beltran saved two spot-kicks as River Plate reached the quarterfinals of Argentina's Apertura tournament by beating 10-man San Lorenzo on penalties.
The visitors were reduced to 10 men in the 31st minute of the round-of-16 duel when MatiasReali was shown a straight red card for a bad challenge on Tomas Galvan on Sunday.
Despite the numerical disadvantage, San Lorenzo took the lead six minutes later through Rodrigo Auzmendi, who met Nahuel Barrios' cross with a header into the bottom-left corner.
Marcos Acuna equalized just before the hour, latching onto Juan Fernando Quintero's curling cross with an acrobatic volley at the far post.
With the scores tied after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time, a...