the gunner Thiago Galhardo (45+5′), the Argentine Juan Martin Lucero with a brace (83′ and 90+2′) and the attacker Guilherme (86′) sealed the local victory this Thursday at the Arena Castelao World Cup stadium.
The Brazilians, who drew 0-0 in their visit to Maldonado last week, will play their way to the group stage against Ciclón, who eliminated Curicó Unido from Chile with a 2-0 aggregate.
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So, Hill will have to visit next week (day and time yet to be defined) the team from northeastern Brazil in the first leg match, while the rematch will take place in Asunción, as the Paraguayan team is best located in the Conmebol ranking.
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Fortaleza was faithful to the idea that the Argentine coach John Paul Vojvoda he presented to them since May 2021, when he landed in the state of Ceará: purposeful and offensive game.
El León locked up the Uruguayans, who were making their debut in the Libertadores, in their territory. Their centrals were installed in the middle of the field and from there they contributed to the construction of risky plays.
defense of maldonadowhich in reality were practically its 11 players, resisted the constant attempts by the locals, who in the first half shot thirteen times towards Reyes’ gate, five of those shots directly on goal.
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The dominance and superiority of Fortaleza, which has evolved at a rapid pace in recent years, was rewarded at the feet of their Thiago Galhardo at the end of the first half.
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The midfielder Hercules sent an aerial ball, Galhardo won the duel against defender Robert Herrera and stretched out his right foot to hit the ball and finally overcome the green-and-red resistance.
Galhardo scored his seventh goal of the season and showed why Vojvoda opted for him in the headline against the other two center forwards, the Argentines Silvio Romero and Lucero, who replaced him at 75′.
Without testing Fernando Miguel until minute 53, when the Brazilian goalkeeper cleared a corner, Deportivo Maldonado showed the weight of the absence of its point guard and figure, the suspended Maximiliano Cantera.
?? Brake, turn and thrash! @FortalezaEC! Great goal by Juan Lucero to stamp his double and seal the 4⃣-0⃣ a @maldosad of the Tricolor in CONMEBOL #Liberators ?#Eternal glory pic.twitter.com/SkvY4PWccP
— CONMEBOL Libertadores (@Libertadores) March 3, 2023
Although in the second part he shook off his initial submission a bit, Fabián Coito’s eleventh player did not find the way to create danger: he did not take a single direct shot.
With the score in their favour, Fortaleza dedicated themselves to managing the result and trying to hurt in quick starts. Under that formula, in the final stretch of the game, they buried any chance of a tie.
Lucero scored a double with a diving shot that passed Reyes and then with a left foot that crossed the line in slow motion. Guilherme, in the midst of those goals, sank the Uruguayans with a right foot from outside the area.
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