The Athletico Paranaenseof the technician Luiz Felipe Scolariscored this Thursday on Curitiba 5-1 against Venezuelan Caracas and as second in Group B advanced to the round of 16 of Libertadores Cup.
The current champion of South American Cup scored by the attacker Pablo and the midfielder Christianto score twice each, and the reserve Peter Rockwhile Charles Rivero there is a discount for Caracas.
On the other against the group, where all four teams had a chance to advance, was Paraguayan Freedom defeated in Assumption 4-1 against Bolivian The Strongest and ended up being classified as first with the same 10 points of Paranaensebut with a better balance of goals.
The set of Peacemeanwhile, finished third in the group and will play the round of 16 of South American CupMeanwhile he Caracaswith 6 units also but with a goal difference lower than the Bolivians, the group was closed and eliminated in the same tournament.
for against against Caracas, Scolari there were several casualties, all due to injury, including experienced defender Thiago Heleno, midfielder Leo Cittadini and attackers Vitinho and Marcelo Cirino.
‘Furacao’ (storm) opened the scoring after 18 minutes, with an individual play by Paul that left the goalkeeper with no chances of defense. Alain Baroja.
The same striker, who was recently criticized by the press and by fans, responded to coach ‘Felipao’s’ confidence and three minutes later, at the age of 21, was taken advantage of by his Uruguayan colleague. David Terens and put the partial 2-0.
Before the rest, in 45 minutes, in a projection by the side Ábner Vinicius, champion in Brazil in Olympic Games of Tokyo, Christian scored third.
However, in the second half, the Caracasof the technician Francesco Stefanowent to the discount to dispute, at least, the classification for the Copa Sudamericana and a free kick conducted by Jean TorresRivero converted using a header.
In the 70th minute and without the locals finding the leadership of the game, again Christianin a brilliant individual play, scored the fourth goal for the Curitiba team.
The fifth goal came after 74 minutes, when reserve Pedro Rocha took advantage of an assist from Pablowho after two goals in the first half lost his light in almost every game.
By arbitration from the Argentine Nicholas Lamolina, the match between Paranaense and Caracas was played at the Arena da Baixada stadium, in Curitiba.
Source: La Verdad
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