The flamingo defeated again the Velez Sarsfield this Wednesday, this time with a comeback (2-1), and certified his pass to his second consecutive final of the Libertadores Cupin which he will face the Athletico Paranaense.
Today’s victory confirmed the superiority of the Brazilian team in the semi-finals, after last week’s crushing 0-4 thrashing in their visit to Velez in Buenos Aires.
Pedro and Marino scored both goals flamingo, that served to overcome the initial goal of Lucas Prattwho led the Velez.
With tonight’s goal, Pedro he established himself at the top of the competition’s scorers table, with twelve goals, four of them in the semi-finals.
The Argentine team gave a better image than in the first leg and caused difficulties for the flamingo at various stages of the game, but he did not seem to have a real chance of achieving the historic comeback he needed.
The wide advantage reaped a week ago in Argentina took him to flamingo reserving strength, even allowing himself the luxury of letting Gabriel Barbosa in the stands, so as not to run the risk of a yellow card separating his star striker from the final, since he is carrying a warning.
This absence was noticeable in the offensive capacity of the Brazilian team, which had difficulty creating chances for most of the first half.
Meanwhile, a Velez Anxious to seek a comeback, he put the intensity in the middle zone, left the Rio team breathless and created danger on the counterattack.
As a result of that pressure in the spinal cord, the Velez launched a quick counterattack that culminated in the first goal of the Argentine team, with the signing of Lucas Prattat minute 20.
The flamingo It still took some time to react after the goal, which gave way to the best minutes of the Velezand only managed his first clear chances shortly before the break.
A long center Everton Ribeiro found Pedro in the area, who connected with a header to send the ball to the crossbar and immediately, to the net.
The draw was a jug of cold water for Vélez, who relaxed their pressure a bit, and gave air to the flamingo, increasingly loose and comfortable in the opponent’s field.
Marinhoon the first ball he touched after entering the field, scored the second goal of the night with a prodigious shot from the edge of the area, which was the final goal.
The Flamengor will play its second Copa Libertadores final in a row, after losing last year against Palm trees.
His opponent in the final Guayaquil, Ecuador) it will also be brazilian Athletico Paranaensedirected by Luiz Felipe Scolari, who this Tuesday managed to eliminate Palmeiras against all odds.
Data sheet:
2. Flamingo: Saints; Rodinei, Fabrício Bruno, Pablo, Filípe Luís (m.62, Ayrton Lucas); Everton Ribeiro (m.83, Diego), Arturo Vidal (m.62, Erick Pulgar), Gomes, Giorgian de Arrascaeta (m.83, Guillermo Varela); Everton (m.62, Marinho) and Pedro.
Coach: Dorval Junior.
1. Velez Sarsfield: Leonardo Burian; Leonardo Jara, Matías de los Santos, Miguel Brizuela, Francisco Ortega; Santiago Cáseres (m.69, Mateo Seoane), Nicolás Garayalde, Lucas Orellano (m.59, Abiel Osorio), José Florentín (m.59, Julian Fernández), Lucas Janson (m.79, Santiago Castro); and Lucas Pratto (d.59, Walter Bou).
Coach: Alexander Medina.
Goals: 0-1, m.20: Lucas Pratto. 1-1, m.41: Peter. 2-1, m.67: Marino.
Referee: The Chilean Piero Maza, assisted by his compatriots Alejandro Molina and Claudio Urrutia. He admonished Filipe Luis, Vidal Garayalde and Seoane.
Incidents: second leg of the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores played at the Maracaná stadium in Rio de Janeiro, before some 66,000 spectators, including the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who received a loud boo.
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