Quito League He was imposed again this Thursday (early Spanish time) Sao Paulothis time in Brazil, 0-1, and advanced with less suffering from the expected to the semifinals of the Copa Libertadoreswhere it will be cited with the also Brazilian Palmeiraswho comes from leaving out River Plate.
The Ecuadorian complex transformed the hell of Morumbí into a massage with sauna. He played with the tranquility that gave him the 2-0 achieved in the first leg and sentenced in a deadly backlash that ended the Colombian striker JEison Medina In minute 41.
The goalkeeper Gonzalo Valle It was also fundamental to ensure victory in the Paulist capital. The picture of Hernán Cresponervous from beginning to end, he got tired of accumulating occasions and long possessions that only served to expose his Achilles heel: the acute goal of goal.
Lucas Moura (Sao Paulo), in struggle with Bryan Ramírez
In eighths, against National Atléticoonly one marked and passed in penalties. In these rooms, worse: three goals against and none in favor.
Both teams jumped to the grass with the same drawing of three centrals. Sao Paulo Everything did well on paper. He controlled possession with care, which at times touched 80 %, and had several clear occasions to go with rest to rest. He lacked the most important: effectiveness, the same one that had LDU To finalize the tie.
The Paulist tricolor almost puts himself ahead at the start. Emiliano Rigoni He crashed to the crossbar a Franco auction on the border of the small area and Luciano He sent another above the crossbar a few meters from the goal line, in an incomprehensible failure.
And when the strikers did not err, it appeared Valley, Like when he diverted a good shot of Bobadilla or a meek header of Luciano.
The squad of Tiago Nunes, Without haste, he dedicated himself to reducing the meters of play, with very close lines, he lost time whenever possible and bet everything at a counterattack with Alzugaray and Medina.
And won the fat prize. In one of his few opportunities, Sao Paulo lost the ball at the exit of a corner, LDU gave a ball, Bobadilla He measured badly and Medina He planted alone before Rafael To define with peace of mind.
Enzo Díaz He wasted another clear occasion before the break. Morumbí’s fans lost patience and fired his with shy boos.
Curly He captured the message and put two changes in the interval. Argentine striker entered Juan Dinenno and the Maílton side. Goodbye to the scheme of three centrals.
However, the problem persisted: the goal. Luciano finally drilled the network of Valley, but offside. Pablo Maia He also celebrated a goal, canceled by a previous clash between Luciano and Valle.
League I saw time spent back and scratching seconds to the stopwatch. Valley He continued with the wall raised in his goal. The Ecuadorian goalkeeper also avoided an Olympic goal of Maílton and covered another auction of Luciano.
The fans of Sao Paulodesolate, then shout against the directive of an entire tricampeón of the Liberators that has been going through the desert too many years. Quito League It remains firm on its way to achieve the second crown in its history.
