palmeiras stormed the stadium on Wednesday Hernan Ramirez Villegas and beat 0-4 in Sports Pereira in the first leg of the quarterfinals of Libertadores Cupwhere he stepped into the semifinals and broke the illusion of a rival who made his debut in this year’s tournament.
In a packed venue, the Brazilians took the victory with notes from the midfielder Raphael Veiga, punishment; from the side Mark Rocha; from the end Mike and from the striker Rony, the figure of the party. In the first minutes, Verdao took the ball and tried to get close to Aldair Quintana’s goal led by duduwhich on the left became a headache for the local defenders.
Meanwhile, Grande Matecaña appealed to the counterattack, where they had striker Angelo Rodríguez on the opposite side of the field, whose back game was key in receiving long passes from his teammates, keeping the ball on the opposite side. field and trying to do damage.
In this context, the veteran midfielder Johnny Vasquez He brought down Rony in the area and the referee whistled for a free kick, then VAR called and he awarded a penalty. In charge of the collection was Veiga, who left-footed Quintana’s fightback at 22.
The game continued in the same vein and Palmeiras increased the advantage to 32 with a big wall where Rony helped full-back Marcos Rocha to identify, a celebration that was stopped while VAR checked a wrong assumption.
A minute later, the Brazilians dealt the Colombians another blow, with centre-back Juan Sebastián Quintero losing the ball early on and the attackers, with a flurry of passes, dispossessing goalkeeper Quintana to Mayke, with a pass from Dudu, sent the ball under the net.
In the complementary phase, Pereira went all out and had their clearest chance in the first play where striker Angelo Rodríguez took a shot that demanded veteran Weverton, who responded with solvency.
The game fell into a hole where the Colombians could not dig deeper and the Brazilians relaxed in the lead. In this context, the hosts had another play to discount with a free kick taken by centre-back Carlos Ramírez which was saved, again, by the experienced visiting goalkeeper.
However, the final 0-4 came on a long pass from center Murilo to Rony who with his right hand sent the ball into the back of the net and sealed a resounding victory in 82 that brought the Brazilians closer to semifinals.
The second leg will be played next Wednesday, August 30 at Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo.
Mr. PEREIRA
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PALM TREES
0. Deportivo Pereira: Aldair Quintana; Emiro Garcés, Juan Sebastián Quintero (m.78, Kener Valencia), Carlos Ramírez; Eber Moreno (m.46, Jordy Monroy), Juan Pablo Zuluaga, Jhonny Vásquez (m.88, Ewil Murillo), Maicol Medina (m.46, Johan Bocanegra), Jimer Fory; Arley Rodríguez (m.29, Adrián Balboa) and Ángelo Rodríguez.
Coach: Alejandro Restrepo.
4. Palm trees: Weverton; Marcos Rocha, Gustavo Gómez, Murilo, Joaquín Piquerez (m.84, Vanderlan); Gabriel Menino (m.69, Richard Ríos), Zé Rafael (m.84, Fabinho), Raphael Veiga (m.78, Jhon Jhon); Mayke, Dudu (m.69, Artur) and Rony.
Coach: Abel Ferreira.
the objectives: 0-1, m.22: Raphael Veiga, penalty. 0-2, m.30: Marcos Rocha. 0-3, m.32: Mike. 0-4, m.82: Rony.
Referee: the Argentine Facundo Tello. He advised Jhonny Vásquez, Juan Sebastián Quintero and Fabinho.
happenings: The first leg of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals was played at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium, in Pereira.
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Source: La Verdad
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