Ang Sports Tolima tied 2-2 this Wednesday at home with America Mineiro on the fifth day of Group D of Libertadores Cupa result in which he postponed his classification to the round of 16 and forced him to specify his pass on the final day at home to Atlético Mineiro.
The visitors were ahead with goals from winger Marlon and center back Iago Maidana, from a penalty, but before the end of the first half the hosts matched up goals from winger Anderson Plata and striker Michael Rangel.
With this result, the Colombians finished second with eight points, the same as leader Atlético Mineiro, who will host Independiente del Valle on Thursday, third with five points, while Coelho was last, and eliminated, with two.
Vinotinto y Oro came out to beat their rival but had to paddle against the current as the Brazilian team opened the scoring in the 6th minute in a game where the ball bounced several times into the area until it was left on the side of Marlon, who scored a very powerful shot that was impossible to stop for Ecuadorian Alexander Domínguez.
The locals continued to attack and became a steamroller who failed to achieve their goal, despite goal shots by Rangel, Andrés Ibargüen and Anderson Plata that were widened or saved by Jalison.
A penalty hit América, as center back José Moya shot Almeida in the area, and in the 26th minute, Maidana, with a calculated shot, sent the ball behind the net.
Tolima lost the spark of the opening minutes but was able to discount in the 39th minute when midfielder Brayan Rovira sent a deep pass to Plata, which he only received in the area and surpassed Jalison’s resistance.
The goal gave momentum to the pijao team, which was leveled before the break in another game where winger Jonathan Marulanda received the area and enabled Rangel, who sent the ball behind the net under the goal.
Lots of space in the final moments of the game
In the second half, América Mineiro organized themselves and blocked Tolima’s offensive work, which was unclear in the first minutes, but also didn’t suffer much on defense.
The closing of the match was marked by the gaps left by both teams. The locals tried all their weapons to make it 3-2 with Juan Fernando Caicedo, who came in in the final minutes, and the visitors tried to win to stay alive.
The clearest was a shot from medium distance by Gustavinho that crashed into the post in the 86th minute, shortly after entering, but ultimately did not move the score.
Tolima will define their classification next Wednesday as a guest against Atlético Mineiro, while Coelho will judge Independiente del Valle.
Source: La Verdad
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