Former Barcelona Vítor Roque roared, ‘Skinny’ López sentenced and Palmeiras He qualified this Wednesday (early in the Thursday Spanish time) for the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores in front of a River Plate He advanced in Sao Paulo, but ended up losing 3-1 in a Bronco back. Titor Roque He carries 8 goals and 4 assists in his last 10 meetings with the Palmeiras.
Maximiliano Salas He made his own believe in an epic comeback after scoring in the head in minute 8, but Titor Roque and ‘Skinny’ Lópezdouble, they turned off the rebellion of the Argentines in a second half in which they showed their forcefulness.
The set of Marcelo Gallardowhich came from losing 1-2 in the Monumental, disconnected after a very serious first half and ended one less after the expulsion of Acuña In 87 for double warning.
Palmeiras: Weverton; Khellven, Gustavo Gómez (M.60 Bruno Fuchs), Murilo, Joaquín Piquerez; Aníbal Moreno (M.78 Emiliano Martínez), Lucas Evangelista, Andreas Pereira (m.78 Facundo Torres), Felipe Anderson (m.93 Allan); Juan Manuel ‘Flaco’ López and Víctor Roque (m.93 Raphael Veiga)
River Plate: Franco Armani; Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Lautaro Rivero, Marcos Acuña; Juan Carlos Portillo (M.27 Enzo Pérez), Kevin Castaño, Nacho Fernández (M.60 Santiago Lencina), Giuliano Galoppo (M.70 Miguel Borja), Juan Fernando Quintero (M.60 Facundo Colidio); and Maximiliano Salas
Goals: 0-1, Salas (8 ‘); 1-1, Vítor Roque (51 ‘); 2-1, ‘Flaco’ López (91 ‘): 3-1,’ Flaco ‘López (94’)
Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay). He expelled Acuña (m.87) for double yellow and admonished Portillo, Weverton, Galoppo, Vítor Roque, Salas, Enzo Pérez and Castaño
Incidents: Tour of the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores 2025, played at the Allianz Parque stadium (Sao Paulo)
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Twelfth semifinal of Libertadores for the Palmeirasthe Brazilian team that has most sorry for that instance of the tournament. In semis wait for Sao Paulo or LDU of Quito.
Although the game was far from being a rose path for the Portuguese team Abel Ferreira. He suffered a lot. In Sao Paulo the litmus were invested. If in Buenos Aires it was the Palmeiras The one who advanced as soon as he started, this time it was River The one who hit first.
And that the locals came out like a whirlwind. But an incomprehensible lack of Gustavo Gómez about Salas almost at the corner of the corner altered the initial plans of Ferreira.
Vitor Roque celebrates with his partner López
Quintero He launched directly to the area and his own Salaswith its 1.74 meters high, it won in the jump at 1.90 of ‘Skinny’ López In the first stick. Igualada and Mazazo tie for a Palmeiras that was lost until the second half.
Andreas Pereira, the great protagonist of the first leg, disappeared in the maraña of midfielders of River Without being able to mask the plays, Vitor Roque and ‘Skinny’ López They looked for life with pyrrhic gallop. And if the rear hesitated, there it was Armani. The Argentine goalkeeper was decisive by stopping a good header from Murilo.
The only negative note for River In the first half was the injury of Portilloyour anchor. And while Palmeiras It rushed, River He triangulated well with Quintero and Nacho Fernández.
Until Salas He was able to write down the second before the break. The former player of Racing He was left alone Wevertonbut the Brazilian goalkeeper closed all the doors.
The second half was another story. This time the pupils of Gallant They did not know how to counteract the renewed Palmeiren Energies, which first channeled Vítor Roque.
The former player of Barcelona and Real Betis a good center of Piquerez. Armani He repelled it, but ‘Tigrinho’ He was removed and sent the rejection at the bottom of the network.
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With the tie and in favor of the Brazilians, the nerves emerged and the shoves, the hard entrances, the hurry on one side and the slowness of the other began.
Salas He followed his own and by little he does not beat again Weverton. Gallant added more effective with the entry of Miguel Borjathat also touched the goal. However, with the broken party, Palmeiras He hit authority.
Facundo Torres caused a penalty transformed by López and committed by Acuña, who left for the showers for double yellow, and the Argentine ram repeated in 94 to give the final tip to the ‘millionaires’.
