The Caracas Football Club and Athletico Paranaense They did not hurt each other this Tuesday in their first meeting in group B of the Libertadores Cup by equalizing 0-0 in the Olympic stadium of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), in the Venezuelan capital.
With no less than 12 dangerous arrivals by the Brazilians and at least nine missed shots from the Caracasthe first half passed between clean plays and precise passes by both teams.
The clearest scoring options for both teams came in the 13th and 14th minutes.
The option of Athletico Paranaense arrived at the feet of Thomas Neck, who opted for a shot with the left at close range that did not enter the goal.
for the reds of Avila, Kwaku Bonsu Osei, with assistance from Samson Akinyoola, offered a shot from the right side of the interior of the area that was lost to the left.
This is how the first half ended with a 0-0 scoreline that was maintained in the second part of the match, despite the already more exacerbated tension between the teams.
Proof of this were the simultaneous yellow cards that the Colombian referee Andres Rojas Noguera showed in the 66th minute to Sandro Notarobertothe Caracas F.C.already Hugo Morathe Paranaense.
in the 80th minute David Terensmidfielder of Athletico Paranaense, He could have given the victory to the Brazilian club with a left footed shot from the center of the area that missed the right side of the goal.
Teransfrom Paranaense, and the goalkeeper from Caracas, Alain Baroja, They were the figures of the match and they met face to face on several occasions in which the Paraguayan loaned to the Brazilians made the goal tremble, but he found himself with the vivid reflections of the Venezuelan.
Caracas and Athletico Paranaense The faces will be seen again on May 26, this time with the Brazilians as locals who will receive the Venezuelans at the Joaquim Américo Guimarães stadium, known as Arena da Baixada, in Curitiba.
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