Around fifty supporters invaded the club's training ground on Thursday morning, breaking car windows and daubing graffiti on buildings. Some of the anger appears to be directed at Corinthians' star veterans Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos.
Some graffiti called for Ronaldo to quit the club
Earlier in the day, angry fans came armed with eggs to throw at the players when they arrived at Campinas airport. However, a clash was avoided when the players escaped in a special bus.
Second half goals from Santoya and Medina for the Colombians put paid to Corinthians' dream of a first ever Libertadores title. With Ronaldo retiring at the end of this season, o fenomeno will now end his career without a winners medal in South America's premier club competition.
After the game he cited the pitch as a factor in the defeat.
"It's defeat that we will have to carry with us all season. We didn't play well but the grass didn't help our team."
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Ronaldo was unhappy with the surface
Meanwhile Grêmio did manage to qualify for the group stages with a convincing 3-1 win over Liverpool of Uruguay. The win gave the Immortal Tricolors a 5-3 win on aggregate with the first leg 2-2.
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Emiliano Afaro had given the Uruguayans an early lead but this was cancelled out by André Lima just before the break. Substitute Vinicius Pacheco scored both goals in the second half for Renato Gaúcho's side to send them into group 2 of the main tournament. The two time Libertadores winners will fancy their chances against modest opposition in the form of Junior Barranquilla of Colombia, Oriente Petrolero of Bolivia and Léon de Huanuco of Peru.
Vinicius Pacheco (centre) celebrates his second with André Lima and Gabriel
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