River’s commitment to Palmeiras de Brasil, By the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores, it was announced as the anticipation of a final. The greatest risk was for the Núñez set, mainly because of the present of the Brazilians: they finished as the best in the group stage.
River coach, Marcelo Gallardo, Perhaps that level of the Paulists took into account, and decided to present a line of five defenders, distributed with three more backward plants, and the sides located a few meters later.
The funny thing is that the strategy was not beneficial. The spaces between both lines was notorious, and Palmeiras took the opportunity to start getting revenue. The visitors first took over the ball in the middle of the court, and played it towards the sides, behind Montiel and Acuña, to approach Armani.
The turning point came quickly, when five minutes had just passed. The Paraguayan Gustavo Gómez turned a goal hitting the ball with his head, connecting a corner kick from the right. The game, from there, was a succession of arrivals of the Brazilians, who did not increase the advantage by Armani and El Palo.
Palmeiras was the one who had control in the middle zone, and both Enzo Pérez as Fernández made great physical wear Always running behind the ball. The situation evidenced a huge problem for River, which had no combined actions to begin to reverse it.
The first archery of the local team was at 39 minutes, when the boy Rivero came from the bottom and tested medium distance. River’s disorder reappeared at the end of the first half, when a loss of the ball on the left caused the appearance of Vitor Roque, who escaped Paulo Díaz and defined with a cross touch before Armani’s exit.
Gallardo sought to accommodate the pieces in the second part, rearming the defense with Martínez Quarta by Díaz, and Quintero in the middle for Pérez. The panorama was a bit more favorable for River, which moved the game to the adversary field, although lacking depth.
The concrete situations to discount did not arrive, and the goalkeeper Weverton was not required seriously. The minutes passed and the despair of the people turned to the field of play, where the players were hurried to make decisions when they had the ball in their possession.
Quintero was the one who finished the arc in the complement, At 40 minutes, and Weverton was well located. The discount finally came to one of the end, when Martínez Quarta celebrated with a shot that deviated in Emiliano Martínez and dislodged the goalkeeper. River was in an awkward situation, and all its chances will be played next week in San Pablo.
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