The Argentines Juan Martín Lucero and Pablo Solari gave away the first three points to the colo colo Chilean, who won this Thursday by 1-2 to Fortaleza Brazilian, who was embittered by his historic debut in the Copa Libertadores, on the first day of Group F.
Despite playing at home, the team of Argentine coach Juan Pablo Vojvoda, recently champion of the Northeast Cup in Brazil, paid for their lack of experience and conceded their first defeat of the season against the current leader of the Chilean Championship.
Lucero before the break and Solari at the start of the second half gave the victory to Colo Colo, who finished with ten after Argentine central defender Emiliano Amor was sent off for a double warning in the 91st minute.
Before, Renato Kayzer closed the gap for the locals in the 70th minute.
With this victory, the Chilean team is now at the top of Group F with the same points as the Argentine River Plate, who defeated the Peruvian Alianza Lima 0-1.
Colo Colo pulled gallons and came out more toned to the lawn of Arena Castelao. The first ten minutes were clearly dominated by visitors.
Brazilian goalkeeper Max Walef began to work in the first minute of the game to defend an attempt by Leonardo Gil.
Then came the stoppage of the night and it was not the work of Walef, but of central defender Marcelo Benevenuto, who deflected Solari’s strong shot over the goal line with his head.
Overcome the anguish of the initial minutes, the game was balanced to the joy of the local team, who tried to press up to try to mark territory, an effort in vain.
When it seemed that the parties had reached a non-aggression pact, Colo Colo broke the equality with a goal from Argentine striker Juan Martín Lucero, in the 38th minute.
The response from Fortaleza, which appeared for the first time in its more than one hundred years of history in the Libertadores, did not come. The Brazilians were too timid, a mortal sin in a competition like the Libertadores.
In the second half a new jug of cold water for the Fortress. This time the executioner was Solari, who, after a massive mistake by the Brazilian defense, made it 2-0.
From there, Fortaleza let go and tried hard to get into the game with a goal that Lucas Lima, Moisés or Juninho Capixaba almost made a reality. None got it right.
Yes, Renato Kayzer did it in the 70th minute, after a pass from Pikachu, to instil hope in the Castelao fans.
Fortaleza went for the tie in the final stretch, but Colo Colo withstood all the attacks, even during the seven minutes of injury time, which he played in inferiority after the expulsion of Amor. Triumph of morale for the cacique.
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