4-2: Endrick came on, scored and Palmeiras qualified

He palmeiras came back from an adverse marker and beat Wednesday 4-2 match Barcelona in a match where they sealed their passage to the round of 16 in Group C of Libertadores Cup and where endrick he scored his first goal of the tournament. Paraguayan defender Gustavo Gómez, Uruguayan winger Joaquín Piquerez, forward Artur and youngster Endrick, 16 years old and already settled in real Madridthey scored for the paulista team.

Argentine striker Francisco Fydriszewski scored both for the Ecuadorian team. In other matches for the fifth date of the group, Bolivian Bolívar defeated Paraguayan Cerro Porteño 2-0 in La Paz on Tuesday and also secured the classification with twelve points and lead on goal difference. Barcelona and Cerro Porteño, eliminated, stand with three points.

At 18 minutes, VAR disallowed a goal against Palmeiras due to Rony’s advanced position and four minutes later, Barcelona winger Mario Pineida, a former Fluminense player, had to leave the field due to injury.

After Piquerez’s two goal arrivals, at 25 and 28 minutes, Barcelona reacted and after Ze Rafael’s error, striker Janner Corozo took advantage of the opportunity to leave Fydriszewski free against Weverton and scored the first of the 32 minutes. Palmeiras immediately looked for an equalizer and two minutes later Raphael Veiga smashed a shot over the crossbar of the goal that was saved by Víctor Mendoza.

But Barcelona wanted more and still clinging to their mathematical chance of qualifying with a forced victory, they increased the advantage after 37 minutes. After a mistake by Mayke, leaving the ball to Argentine Christian Ortiz, he joined Corozo, and Fydriszewski scored again. Before the break, Ortiz had a chance to score a third, but Weverton defended the hosts.

For the second half, the coach of Palmeiras, the Portuguese Abel Braga, moved his chips and with the entry of Argentine José ‘el Flaco’ López gained more strength in attack. The discount came in the first minute of the second half when a cross by Raphael Veiga was capitalized by a header by Gómez.

The early goal did not discourage Barcelona and the experienced Argentinian Damián Díaz crashed another shot off the crossbar, but Palmeiras did the same with Artur after López’s previous game. All this in the first five minutes of the second half. With the actions matched and the teams played head-to-head, Palmeiras equalized in the 57th minute with Piquerez, after a combination of Dudu and Rony.

Encouraged by the 2-2 partial, Palmeiras began to dominate and López, Gómez and Raphael Veiga repeatedly demanded Mendoza, until minute 69, in a play between Piquerez and Rony, Artur took advantage of the rebound to make it 3 -2. .

A goal was scored in just two minutes of play

In the last minutes, Endrick entered the field, the young promise of Brazilian soccer that did not disappoint, and with his first goal in the Copa Libertadores he ruled out the team led by Segundo Castillo.

With almost two minutes on the field, the striker scored the final 4-2 after a free kick from Raphael Veiga, followed by a shot from López’s crossbar and the ball on the rebound was left to Endrick to score in the th -85 minutes.

The match between the Brazilians and the Ecuadorians was played at the Allianz Parque stadium in Sao Paulo. On the final day, June 29, to determine first place in the group, Bolívar will host Palmeiras and Barcelona will face Cerro Porteño in Guayaquil.