The flamingos lost again Velez Sarsfield this Wednesday, this time with a comeback (2-1), and confirmed his passage to his second consecutive final of Libertadores Cupwhere he will face the Athletico Paranaense.
Today’s victory confirmed the Brazilian team’s superiority in the semi-finals, after last week’s crushing 0-4 defeat in their visit to Velez in Buenos Aires.
Peter and Marino scored both goals flamingos, which served to overcome the first purpose of Lucas Prattwho ruled the Velez.
With tonight’s goal, Peter he established himself at the top of the competition’s scorers table, with twelve goals, four of them in the semi-finals.
The Argentine team gave a better image than the first leg and caused difficulties for flamingos at various stages of the game, but he seems to have no real chance of achieving the historic comeback he needs.
The broad advantage was reaped last week in the Argentina brought him to flamingos reserves the strength, even allowing himself the luxury of letting go Gabriel Barbosa in the stands, so as not to risk a yellow card separating his star striker in the final, as he carries a warning.
That absence was noticeable in the offensive capacity of the Brazilian team, which struggled to create chances for most of the first half.
Meanwhile, a Velez Eager to find a comeback, he put the intensity in the central zone, leaving the Rio team breathless and creating danger on the counterattack.
As a result of that pressure on the spinal cord, the Velez launched a quick attack that ended with the first goal of the Argentine team, with the signing of Lucas Prattat minute 20.
The flamingos It still took some time to react after the goal, which gave way to the best minutes of Velezand just made his first clear chances before the break.
A long center Everton Ribeiro found Peter in place, connecting with a header to send the ball over the crossbar and immediately, into the net.
The draw was a pitcher of cold water for Vélez, who relaxed their pressure a bit, and gave air to flamingos, more relaxed and comfortable in the opponent’s field.
Marinewith the first ball he touched after entering the field, he scored the second goal of the night with a superb shot from the edge of the area, which was the final goal.
The Flamengoor will play in the second consecutive final of the Copa Libertadores, after losing last year against Palm trees.
His opponent in the final Guayaquil, Ecuador) it will also be brazilian Athletico Paranaenseunder the direction of Luiz Felipe Scolari, who this Tuesday was able to eliminate Palmeiras against everyone.
Data sheet:
2. Flamingos: saints; Rodinei, Fabrício Bruno, Pablo, Filípe Luís (m.62, Ayrton Lucas); Everton Ribeiro (m.83, Diego), Arturo Vidal (m.62, Erick Pulgar), Gomes, Giorgian de Arrascaeta (m.83, Guillermo Varela); Everton (m.62, Marinho) and Pedro.
coaches: Dorval Junior.
1. Velez Sarsfield: Leonardo Burian; Leonardo Jara, Matías de los Santos, Miguel Brizuela, Francisco Ortega; Santiago Cáseres (m.69, Mateo Seoane), Nicolás Garayalde, Lucas Orellano (m.59, Abiel Osorio), José Florentín (m.59, Julian Fernández), Lucas Janson (m.79, Santiago Castro); and Lucas Pratto (d.59, Walter Bou).
coaches: Alexander Medina.
The objectives: 0-1, m.20: Lucas Pratto. 1-1, m.41: Peter. 2-1, m.67: Marino.
Referee: The Chilean, Piero Maza, was assisted by his compatriots Alejandro Molina and Claudio Urrutia. He advised Filipe Luis, Vidal Garayalde and Seoane.
Incidents: The second leg of the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores was played at the Maracaná stadium in Rio de Janeiro, before around 66,000 spectators, including the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who received a loud boo.
Source: La Verdad
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