Athlético Paranaense became the first finalist of the 2022 Copa Libertadores after drawing 2-2 away from the current two-time champion Palmeiras, after winning the first leg 1-0 in Curitiba, and now they will wait for the closing of the other key between his compatriot Flamengo and Vélez to meet his rival in the definition of Saturday, October 29 in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil.
In this way and After two editions, the Copa Libertadores will have a new champion, after the two consecutive titles achieved by Palmeiras.
And the final that will take place in the Guayaquil Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo stadium, with capacity for 60,000 spectators, seems to be painted in the colors red and black, because Flamengo arrives at the return match tomorrow at 9:30 p.m. in the Maracana, in Rio de Janeiro, with a 4-0 win in the first leg in Liniers, which, due to the qualities of both teams, seems insurmountable for Vélez Sarsfield.
But in tonight’s game at the Allianz Parque in São Paulo, everything seemed green until five minutes before the end of the match, when a shot by Uruguayan striker David Terans grazed the captain of Palmeiras, the Paraguayan ex-Lanús, Gustavo Gómez, and dislodged goalkeeper Weverton to seal the final 2-2.
Of course, none of this was to be imagined when the reappeared Gustavo Scarpa (he was suspended in the first leg) put Palmeiras ahead just after three minutes, and much less when at 10 minutes into the complement the aforementioned Gómez extended it to 2-0.
But in the middle of both goals there was a transcendent event, when in the second minute of added time the Uruguayan referee Esteban Ostojich expelled the local defender Murilo Cerqueira for an apparent elbow.
For this reason and despite the increase in the score by Palmeiras, lLed by Luiz Felipe Scolari, they were encouraged to go for the discount, something they achieved before 20 minutes of the complement through Pablo entered. Later, the visitor went for more and the goal of the aforementioned tie occurred.
In Palmeiras, directed by the Portuguese Abel Ferreira, another Uruguayan was already on the field, the former Defense and Justice striker, Miguel Merentiel, while the former Lanús, José Manuel López remained among the substitutes (he was a starter in the first leg by Scarpa), the same as the attacker from Tucuman, Tomás Cuello, in those of Curitiba.
Synthesis
Palm trees: Weverton; Marcos Rocha, Gustavo Gómez, Murilo Cerqueira and Joaquín Piquerez; Gabriel Menino, Zé Rafael, Dudú and Bruno Tabata; Gustavo Scarpa and Rony. DT: Abel Ferrera.
A. Paranaense: bento; Khelven, Pedro Henrique, Thiago Heleno and Abner Vinicius; Fernandinho, Erick, Alex Santana and Agustín Canobbio; Vitor Roque and Vitor Naum. DT: Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Goal in the first half: 3m. Scarpa (P).
Goals in the second half: 10m. Gomez (P), 19m. Pablo and 40m. Terans .
Changes in the second half: Starting Luan by Tabata (Palm); Pedrinho by Vinicius ; Rômulo for Canobbio (A) and David Terans for Santana; 33m. Wesley Ribeiro for Rony (Palm) and Mayke for Rocha (Palm); 41m. Miguel Merentiel for Piquerez (Palm) and Eduard Atuesta for Menino (Palm) and 44m. Matheus Fernandez for Roque .
booked: Menino and Weverton (Palm). Santana, Canobbio, Pedrinho and Heleno (A).
Incidence: 45+2m. Sent off in the first half Murilo Cerqueira (Palm).
Basketball court: Allianz Park (Sao Paulo).
Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay).
