the venezuelan team carabobo and the brazilian Atletico Mineiro tied this Wednesday (0-0) in the first leg of the second phase of the Libertadores Cup, disputed in Caracasand will decide the qualifier for the next stage in the match that will define the series in Brazil.
Without concrete auctions, the match took place on the field of the Olympic stadium of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV)in the Venezuelan capital, which kept the score unchanged throughout regulation time, in addition to the five added minutes.
During the first few minutes of the appointment, carabobo He tried to keep the visitors at bay, whose opportunities in foreign territory he had due to errors from the locals themselves, who failed to stop pedrinho in the 12th minute or paulinho in 18, who, however, failed in their attempts.
mineiroFor his part, he was saved from an onslaught by the garnet, who recovered the opposite field and had a goal opportunity in minute 27 that weighed on the shoulders of Jose Balzawhose shot from the center of the area was lost to the left.
Ten minutes later, the goalkeeper of Carabobo, the French Jeremy Vachouxhe excelled by stopping another attempt to pedrinhowho, with a left-footed shot from the center of the area, tried, in vain, to change the score.
Throughout the first half, carabobo saw, in the hand of the Bolivian referee Gery Vargasyellow card on two occasions, which were shown to Gustavo Gonzalez and Miguel Perniaboth for dangerous play, while, on the other side, paulinho he was cautioned by hand.
Thus ended the first half with a 0-0 score that remained in the second part of the game, when the carabobo he diminished his attacks and ate his nails before clear chances of goal that the Brazilian team failed to materialize.
Carabobo and Atlético Mineiro They will face each other again on March 1st, this time with the Brazilians as locals who will receive the Venezuelans at the stadium. Mineirao from the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte.
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