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Cerro Porteno must wait another week to try to clinch the Paraguayan Apertura title after going down 3-0 at home to closest rivals Libertad.

Also in our round-up of Latina American footvall, Universidad de Chile reached the Chilean Apertura final with a 3-2 aggregate victory over Everton but the other semi-final was postponed due to bad weather.

PARAGUAY

Title holders Libertad shocked leaders Cerro Porteno 3-0 away to keep the championship race alive until next weekend's final round of matches.

A draw at their Olla (Bowl) ground was all Cerro needed to celebrate their first championship since 2005 but goals by Adalberto Roman, Juan Samudio and Colombian striker Vladimir Marin silenced their fans.

Roman put Libertad in front after heading home a corner in the 38th minute, Samudio added the second from Victor Ayala's pass in the 55th and Marin rounded off the victory with a scissor kick three minutes into stoppage time.

Cerro, two points ahead of Libertad, still need just a draw when they visit 12 de Octubre next weekend, while the second-placed defending champions face Tacuary.

CHILE

Universidad de Chile beat 10-man Everton 3-1 at the National stadium in Santiago to win their semi-final 3-2 on aggregate.

Torrential rain forced the postponement of the second leg of the semi-final between Union Espanola and Universidad Catolica, who drew 0-0 in the first leg.

Universidad de Chile went ahead with a header from Uruguayan striker Juan Manuel Olivera from a corner eight minutes after the kickoff to level the aggregate score and forward Emilio Hernandez added their second in the 19th minute.

Four minutes before half-time Everton had Argentine striker Ezequiel Miralles, outstanding in their 1-0 first-leg win in Vina del Mar, sent off for a second yellow card offence.

They still managed to pull one back with a spectacular long range shot by midfielder Jaime Riveros early in the second half, an away goal which would have been enough to qualify.

However, just past the hour, defender Jose Contreras secured The U's place in the final, heading home from a free kick.

PERU

Cienciano and Sporting Cristal drew 5-5 in a remarkable match at high altitude in the Andean city of Cuzco.

Sporting, from Lima on the coast, made light of the rarefied atmosphere to go three up inside 50 minutes, then the home side hit back with three including a brace from Brazilian Sergio Junior in the next 15 minutes.

The Lima side, who had won their last five matches, went ahead again in the 76th minute with Carlos Lobaton's second goal of the match before team mate Edwin Perez was sent off 10 minutes from time.

Cienciano's Red Fury' then looked to have snatched the points with two more goals but Roberto Palacios equalised in stoppage time with a shot from outside the box.

Nolberto Solano's Universitario were held 1-1 at Total Chalaco but still increased their lead to three points after 19 matches.

Second-placed arch-rivals Alianza Lima, down to 10 men from the 34th minute when Pedro Aparicio was sent off, lost 2-0 at home to lowly Melgar.

Third-placed Juan Aurich, who had Mario Gomez sent off 23 minutes from the end, were crushed 4-1 by San Martin and are four points off the pace.

BOLIVIA

Paraguayan Aquilino Villalba's 51st-minute strike was enough to give leaders Bolivar a 1-0 home win over Oriente Petrolero that kept them a point ahead of Real Potosi with one match to go in the Apertura championship.

Luis Gatty Ribeiro scored twice as Real Potosi beat La Paz 3-1 at home.

In their last match, Bolivar are away to relegation-threatened Real Mamore, who beat Nacional Potosi 5-4 in a match they should have won easily. Colombian Oscar Diaz scored a hat-trick as the home side went 4-0 up within half an hour of kick-off and 5-1 ahead with less than 20 minutes to go.

ECUADOR

Emelec won 1-0 at Deportivo Cuenca with a goal by Mario Munoz just before halftime to open a four-point lead over 2008 Libertadores Cup winners LDU Quito, who have a game in hand.

Three players were sent off in the space of seven minutes in Tecnico Universitario's 2-0 home win over Macara, Luis Velasco of the home side for a foul on Juan Carlos Ferreyra early in the second half.

He was followed soon after by Macara's Edwin Moreira for a bad tackle from behind and Ferreyra, who elbowed a defender going for a cross.

Reuters