The goals of the midfielders Nacho Fernandez and Tche Tche gave this Wednesday the victory by 0-2 to Atletico Mineiro on his visit to Sports Tolimawho in the debut of Group D of the Copa Libertadores sinned by being ineffective against a rival who knew how to take advantage of the few opportunities he had.
In the stadium Manuel Murillo Toro of Ibague those led by Antonio Mohamed took three points against an opponent who tried to do a lot of damage with the speed of their attackers but did not take advantage of the defensive deficiencies of the Galo (Gallo) to get a good result in their first match in the tournament.
The first minutes of the matches were very fought in the middle of the field. The Brazilians tried to find Hulk, who struggled during that initial stretch with the local central defenders, while the Colombians bet on the speed of the wingers Anderson Plata and Jeison Lucumí.
The clearest option for the Ibagué team came at minute 34 when the Paraguayan Junior Alonso he gave the ball away to the winger Anderson Silverwho quickly touched Lucumí to enable the scorer Michael Rangel that he did not manage to hit him well practically alone under the goal.
That was how he later Gallic managed to open the scoring in his only clear arrival of the first half, created from the right side where the side Marian leaked a pass for Severino that first enabled a Fernandez who appeared like a ghost in the area and finished off without opposition to overcome the resistance of the Ecuadorian Alexander Dominguez to 44.
Tolima He went out to find the tie in the second half against a rival who played a few meters further back and continued to appeal to the game on the sides, where they continued to do damage Silver and Lucumí.
The best was on the side Junior Hernandezwho in a corner kick received only the ball and took a left footed shot that forced the goalkeeper Everson to launch a slap to prevent the well-directed ball from going into the bottom of his goal.
The local team continued to attack and had opportunities to equalize with deflected shots from the Paraguayan Gustavo Ramirezwhich replaced Rangel in the complementary stage, or from the side Jonathan Marulanda.
In this context, in the 79th minute, the second of the Brazilians arrived, who took advantage of a corner kick that Alonso headed into the area and enabled Tche Tchewho appeared alone along the baseline to celebrate the win.
On the second day of Group Dscheduled for Wednesday of next week, the Gallic will receive the America Mineiro and Tolima will visit Independiente del Valle, who won today 0-2 at the home of Coelho.
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