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Mexico’s Marquez Bows Out of Libertadores Cup with Red Card

Mexico's veteran World Cup captain Rafael Marquez made an unhappy exit from this year's Libertadores Cup when he was sent off in Leon's 1-1 draw with Bolivar in the second leg of their last 16 tie in La Paz on Tuesday.

The Bolivian champions, who held Leon to a 2-2 draw in Mexico in last week's first leg, went through to the quarter-finals of South America's elite club competition on the away goals rule.

Marquez, set to lead Mexico at his fourth finals in Brazil, misjudged his jump to head a clearance . . .

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