A Botafogo almost suffocating and against the ropes he tied himself to on Wednesday Palmeiras 2-2 in and qualified for the quarterfinals of Libertadores Cupa chance where they will face Sao Paulo or the Uruguayan Nacional, a series to be determined on August 22.
The round of 16 series pitted last year’s Brazilian Championship champion, Palmeiras, against the current leader of the tournament, Botafogo, and on the banks made a simultaneous rivalry between the Portuguese coaches: Abel Ferreira and Artur Jorge. Botafogo made the 2-1 victory they got in the first leg, eight days ago in Rio de Janeiro, prevail at the end of today’s match. Today, the Rio team had a two-goal advantage thanks to Igor Jesus (m.58) and Venezuelan Jefferson Savarino (m.65).
A great recovery of the albiverde team took place in the last minutes and led to an emotional tie thanks to Argentine Juan Manuel ‘Flaco’ López (m.88) and Rony (m.91). VAR disallowed Palmeiras a third goal, as Paraguayan center back Gustavo Gómez caught the ball with his arm in a maneuver.
The first goal of the match came through Igor Jesus, scorer of another goal in the first leg. Seven minutes later, in full euphoria, the Venezuelan Savarino received an assist from Martins in front of the goal and put the ball in the back of the net.
The Rio de Janeiro club came into the game with a win in the first leg and won three of the last five games in ‘Brasileirao’, the last with a 4-1 win against Flamengo. Meanwhile, Palmeiras, three-time Libertadores champions, host the rival after winning two of their last five games in the tournament in Brazil.
TECHNICAL SHEET
2 – Palmeiras: Weverton da Silva; Marcos Rocha (d.63, Gabriel Menino), Gustavo Gómez, Vitor Reis, Caio Paulista; Zé Rafael (m.70, Aníbal Moreno), Richard Ríos (m.62, Rony Barbosa), Raphael Veiga; Estêvão Gonçalves, Juan Manuel ‘Flaco’ López and Felipe Anderson (m.48, Lázaro Marques).
2 – Botafogo: John Furtado Mateo Ponte, Bastos Quissanga, Alexander Barboza, Cuiabano da Silva (d.63, Hugo Ferreira); Gregore Favero (d.76, Danilo Barbosa), Marlon Freitas, Luiz Henrique da Silva (d.48, Matheus de Paula), Jefferson Savarino; Thiago Almada (m.70, Tchê Tchê Pinheiro) and Igor Jesus (m.63, Tiquinho Soares).
Objectives: 0-1, Igor Jesus (m. 58); 0-2, Jefferson Savarino (m. 65); 1-2, Juan Manuel ‘Flaco’ López (d. 88); 2-2, Rony (m. 91)
Referee: The Argentine, Facundo Tello, who warned Barboza, Ríos, Gregore and Tchê Tchê of a yellow card.
Incidents: The second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores was played at the Allianz Parque stadium in São Paulo.
Source: La Verdad
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