The Athletico Paranaenseof the technician Luiz Felipe Scolariscored this Thursday in Curitiba 5-1 against the Venezuelan Caracas and as second in Group B advanced to the round of 16 of the Libertadores Cup.
The current champion of the South American Cup scored through the attacker Pablo and the midfielder Christianwho scored twice each, and the reserve Peter Rockwhile Charles Rivero discounted for Caracas.
In the other group match, in which all four teams had a chance of advancing, the Paraguayan Freedom defeated in Assumption 4-1 against the Bolivian The Strongest and finished classified as first with the same 10 points of the Paranaensebut with a better balance of goals.
The set of Peacemeanwhile, finished third in the group and will play the round of 16 of the South American CupMeanwhile he Caracasalso with 6 units but with a goal difference lower than that of the Bolivians, closed the group and was eliminated from both tournaments.
for the match against Caracas, Scolari had several casualties, all due to injury, including experienced defender Thiago Heleno, midfielder Leo Cittadini and attackers Vitinho and Marcelo Cirino.
The ‘Furacao’ (hurricane) opened the scoring after 18 minutes, in an individual play by Pablo that left the goalkeeper without defense possibilities Alain Baroja.
The same striker, who had recently been criticized by the press and the fans, responded to the confidence of coach ‘Felipao’ and three minutes later, at 21, took advantage of a shot by his Uruguayan teammate David Terens and put the partial 2-0.
Before going to rest, at 45 minutes, in a projection of the side Ábner Vinicius, champion with Brazil in the Olympic Games of Tokyo, Christian scored the third.
However, in the second half, the Caracasof the technician Francesco Stefanowent out to discount to dispute, at least, the classification for the Copa Sudamericana and in a free kick executed by Jean TorresRivero converted with a header.
In the 70th minute and when the local could not find the leadership of the game, again Christianin a brilliant individual play, scored the fourth goal for the Curitiba team.
The fifth goal came after 74 minutes, when reserve Pedro Rocha took advantage of an assist from Pablothat after the two goals in the first half his light had gone out for much of the game.
With arbitration from the Argentine Nicholas Lamolina, the match between Paranaense and Caracas was played at the Arena da Baixada stadium, in Curitiba.
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