The quarterfinals of the Libertadores Cups Y South American They reached their halfway point this Thursday with the last first leg matches in which there were no great advantages for the return matches that will be played between August 9 and 11.
and although flamingo is the team that made a good difference by beating Corinthians by 0-2 in Sao Paulothose of Timao don’t give up to turn the game on Rio de Janeiro.
This classic between Brazilians opened the quarterfinals of the Liberators last Tuesday and Mengao surprised Corinthians at home and paid much of the ground to advance to the semifinal.
The Uruguayan Giorgian De Arrascaeta and the scorer Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’ sentenced the victory of flamingo.
The second leg will be played on Tuesday of next week at the Maracana stadium, Flamengo’s stronghold, which remains undefeated in the current edition of the Libertadores.
PALMEIRAS AND VÉLEZ WITH THE FAIR
In Belo Horizonte, in another quarter-final match between Brazilians, Palmeiras tied 2-2 away with Atlético Mineiro and maintained their unbeaten record in the Copa Libertadores, which they have won in the last two editions and will define the place at home at semifinals.
The Mineiro, Brazilian champion, scored through Hulk, from a penalty, and took advantage with an own goal by Murilo and he himself along with Danilo left everything the same for the visit.
The second leg will be played on Wednesday at the Allianz Parque stadium in Sao Paulo, home of Palmeiras.
For his part, in the first leg of the key between Argentines, Vélez Sarsfield achieved this Wednesday a 3-2 victory against Talleres de Córdoba at the end of the match.
A double by Lucas Janson put the local team ahead, while the Uruguayan Michael Santos and Rodrigo Garro equalized in five minutes so that Julián Fernández scored at the end and sealed the victory for Fortín.
The second leg will be played at the Mario Kempes stadium next Wednesday.
Athletico Paranaense, led by experienced coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, gave up a 0-0 draw at home this Thursday against a seasoned Estudiantes de La Plata who benefited twice from VAR.
In the 27th minute, with the support of the VAR, the Venezuelan referee Jesús Valenzuela annulled a penalty that he had scored for an alleged handball in the area by Leonardo Godoy after a shot by the Argentine Tomás Cuello.
In the 81st minute, due to the forward position of right back Khellven, one of Paranaense’s most incisive players, the referee annulled a goal by defender Thiago Heleno.
The second leg will be played on Thursday in La Plata.
TWO BRAZILIANS AND ONE ECUADORIAN WITH SHORT ADVANTAGE IN SOUTH AMERICA
Goianiense, Sao Paulo and Ecuador’s Independiente del Valle have a pyrrhic advantage after beating their rivals 1-0 in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals.
In Montevideo, a goal from Luiz Fernando sealed Atlético Goianiense’s 0-1 away victory against Nacional and ruined Luis Suárez’s return to the Uruguayan team.
Nacional is now obliged to win in Brazil on Tuesday, August 9, at the Serra Dourada stadium in Goiânia, if it wants to advance to the semifinals.
Also as a visitor, the Ecuadorian Independiente del Valle won 0-1, with a goal by Marco Angulo, against the Venezuelan Deportivo Táchira at the Pueblo Nuevo Sports Center in San Cristóbal.
Just in minute 3, Independiente put the fairy tale of the aurinegros totter and laid the foundations for their victory with a goal scored by Marco Angulo from very close to the goal.
Both teams will meet again, this time in Quito, on August 9, when they will define who will advance to the semifinals.
Who did know how to assert their locality was Sao Paulo, who managed to break the wall that Ceará built to achieve the 1-0 victory in Morumbí, with a goal from Nikao who had just come off the bench.
The striker unbalanced in the 71st minute this highly disputed clash between two Brazilian teams and which was complicated for the São Paulo team, a three-time champion of the Libertadores that seeks to break a drought of great titles that has dragged on since 2012.
Ceará is bound to come back in a week at the Arena Castelao.
The match that closed the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana on Thursday was the 0-0 between Melgar and Internacional, where despite the 2,300-meter altitude of the Peruvian city of Arequipa, the duel was fast and tense from start to finish and with repeated opportunities for both casts.
Inter or Melgar will go to Porto Alegre in search of victory on August 11 at the Beira-Rio Stadium.
– Copa Libertadores: Quarter-final pairings (second leg)
09.08 Flamengo (BRA) – Corinthians (BRA) First Leg: 0-2
10.08 Workshops (ARG) – Vélez Sarsfield (ARG) First Leg: 3-2
10.08 Palmeiras (BRA) – Atlético Mineiro (BRA) First Leg: 2-2
11.08 Students (ARG) – Atl Paranaense (BRA) First Leg: 0-0
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– Copa Sudamericana: Quarter-final pairings (second leg)
09.08 Atlético Goianiense (BRA) – Nacional (URU) First Leg: 0-1
09.08 Independiente del Valle (ECU) – D. Táchira (VEN) First Leg: 0-1
10.08 Ceará (BRA) – Sao Paulo (BRA) First Leg: 1-0
11.08 International (BRA) – Melgar (PER) First Leg: 0-0.
– Classification of Copa Libertadores scorers:
With 7: Lucas Janson (Vélez), Rony (Palmeiras), Rafael Navarro (Palmeiras) and Pedro (Flamengo).
With 6: Raphael Veiga (Palmeiras), Julián Álvarez (River Plate),
Sebastian Rodriguez (URU-Emelec).
With 5: Junior Sornoza (Independent of the Valley).
– Ranking of Copa Sudamericana scorers:
With 8: Bernardo Cuesta (ARG-Melgar).
With 5: Miguel Borja (Junior), Stiven Mendoza (COL-Ceará) and Mario
Otazú (Sportivo Guaireña).
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