To it Racing To pure suffering, pure epic, in the rain, tracing in the end and hitting the key cry in the 94th minute. Yes, it was a night of Copa Libertadores As crazy and magical. And the academy enjoyed it.
Opposite was the historic and hard Peñarol, who had won 1-0 in the first leg in Montevideo. And that he also faced the revenge in Avellaneda with immense personality.
With the debut as head of Red Marcos, Racing He started winning early, with an advance full of opportunism of Maravilla Martínez. However, he tied it quickly Peñarol with a header of Nahuel Herrera.
It went to attack Racingwith a lot of energy but without clarity. He always opted to star, but it was difficult to generate situations. Peñarol controlled the situation quite well, he was better in the first half and, with the course of the game, he felt comfortable with the counterattack.
I didn’t find the return Racing Until in the 83rd minute, the Colombian referee Wilmar Roldán invented a penalty (there was no push to punish Adrián Martínez) that the same wonder executed as crack, with power and an angle, to become the top scorer in international matches in academic history with 16 goals. What would have happened without that arbitration wink, which had the complicity of the VAR, which did not call the judge to review the action?
The point is that Racing was imposed by 2-1 and, with the 0-1 of the first leg, the series was traveling to the penalties. Such is that both coaches began making changes thinking about that definition. Gustavo Costas took his goalkeeper and captain Gabriel Arias, that it had been key with a pair of decisive shortcuts but is pointed out for its inefficiency in the penalties, to put Facundo Cambesses, a specialist in penalties!
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With so many modifications both disorderly. Peñarol He had two clear chances, but did not take advantage of them. And in the 94th minute, in a play with a stopped ball, the Uruguayan defense left without a brand to Franco Pardo, who entered through the second stick and headed the 3-1 that meant the classification.
The cylinder exploded. And it was a party. The thing is Racing, After winning the South American, it was considered catching the Libertadores. Now he will cross in the quarterfinals with the complicated Vélez by Guillermo Barros Schelotto, who eliminated Fortaleza. After drawing 0-0 in Brazil, the forttinos won last night 2-0 in Liniers with goals from Maher Carrizo and Tomás Galván. A captivating series is coming.
