Fortaleza played a good game in front of their passionate fans at the Castelão stadium, but it did not go beyond a 1-1 draw with Estudiantes (Argentina), this Thursday, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores.
?️ Game over. All the same in Castelão!
??⚽?? @FortalezaEC and @EdelpOficial were 1-1 in the first game of the round of 16 of CONMEBOL #Liberators. pic.twitter.com/zBWZbWuoSz
— CONMEBOL Libertadores (@LibertadoresBR) July 1, 2022
With that, everything remains open for the return game, which will be played at the Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium, in La Plata.
Even playing at home, the Brazilian team did not have any facilities in the first few minutes. The team led by Juan Vojvoda suffered to hold the Argentines in the initial stage, and only began to arrive with danger after 30 minutes. And the clearest opportunity appeared in the 45th minute, when striker Moisés received on the left, turned over a marker, went straight through another and dribbled the goalkeeper to hit the goal, where defender Zuqui saved over the line.
In the final stage, Tricolor do Pici started excited, and finally reached the goal. In the 10th minute, defender Marcelo Benevenuto shot on the left to Juninho Capixaba, who advanced at speed before crossing to Silvio Romero, who dominated, already clearing the marking and hit for the ball to deflect in Noguera and deceive the goalkeeper Andújar.
But Fortaleza’s joy was short-lived, as in the 17th minute Más crossed low to the middle of the area, where Leandro Díaz, who had just entered, kicked freely to equalize.
Fortaleza still looked for the winning goal a lot, but the score remained unchanged until the final whistle.
