Fortaleza and Estudiantes will play it all in La Plata

Fortalezacurrent bottom of the Brazilian Championshipy Students of silver tied 1-1 this Thursday in the Arena Castelao and will play the pass to the quarterfinals of the Libertadores Cup within a week in Argentina.

The team led by the Argentine John Paul Vojvoda forgot his bad campaign in the brazilian leaguewhere he only has 2 victories in 14 days, and stood up to one of the most traditional clubs in South American football, which only reacted when it was down on the scoreboard.

The also Argentine Silvio Romero unbalanced the match in the 55th minute in an attack led by Juninho Capixaba and that included the deflection Fabian Noguera to overtake Fortaleza.

Nevertheless, Leandro Diazwho had just come off the bench, cooled the spirits of the local fans in the 63rd minute, thanks to the measured service of Emmanuel Más, when the homeowners were playing the best.

Even so, the Argentine team started better in a hostile scenario like the Arena Castelao. the box of Ricardo Zielinski imposed a high pressure that at times drowned the Brazilians at the start.

The Steel Tricolor took refuge in Romero to get out of trouble. The Argentine attacker managed to score in the first half, although offside.

That action was the shock that the Brazilian team needed to go for the victory. He bet on the centers to the area. almost scored Pikachu y moisésbut precision was lacking in the final meters, which ended up paying off in the end.

Manuel Castro and Godoy warned the visitors, who, on the other hand, didn’t seem to be in too much of a hurry to score either. 0-0 seemed to be enough for them.

In the second half, Fortaleza he stepped on the accelerator again in search of surprise and found it in the boots of the omnipresent Romero, who scored to the delight of Castelao.

Quickly, the technician Ricardo Zielinski he moved the bench and brought in Leandro Díaz and Benjamín Rollheiser.

The changes fit perfectly and after a few minutes the advantage of Fortaleza was neutralized. Díaz was in charge of beating Marcelo Boeck, after receiving a low pass from Más inside the area.

It was the equalizing goal and a jug of cold water for Fortalezawho, with more heart than head, looked for the second and, desperate, asked for a penalty in the last moments of the match that neither the referee nor the VAR appreciated.

Students He didn’t push too hard to take the victory either, except for a few races by Díaz, and now everything will be decided in La Plata, where Zielinski’s men don’t know what it’s like to lose in this edition of Libertadores.

– Datasheet:

1. Fortress: Marcelo Boeck; Landázuri (d.68, Romarinho); Marcelo Benevenuto, Titi, Yago Pikachu; José Welison, Ronald (d.79, Felipe), Lucas Lima, Juninho Capixaba (d.79, Lucas Crispim), Moisés (d.90, Matheus Vargas); and Silvio Romero (d.90, Igor Torres).

Coach: Juan Vojvoda.

1. Students from La Plata: Mariano Andújar; Leonardo Godoy, Agustín Rogel, Luciano Lollo, Fabián Noguera, Emmanuel Más; Jorge Rodríguez, Fernando Zuqui (m.90, Jorge Morel), Manuel Castro (m.61, Leandro Díaz), Franco Zapiola (m.61, Benjamín Rollheiser); and Mauro Boselli (m.71, Leonardo Heredia).

Trainer: Ricardo Zielinski.

Goals: 1-0, m.55: Silvio Romero. 1-1, m.63: Leandro Diaz.

Referee: Uruguayan Andres Matonte warned Capixaba, Noguera and Benevenuto.

Incidents: first leg of the Copa Libertadores round of 16, played at the Arena Castelao in the city of Fortaleza, in northeastern Brazil.

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