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Those who expected a formal classification of Palmeiras to the final of the Libertadores were scared. And what a scare! River Plate dominated the game from the start, made it 2-0 in the first half, reached third in the final stage, canceled after the VAR “investigated” an impediment at the start of the play, and had a penalty scored and voided as well. with the intervention of video arbitration. With ten men for a long time, the Argentines continued to press and the Brazilian team struggled to maintain the score that gave them the classification for having won a week before by 3 to 0.
In the first half it was clear that it was not a game in which the effectiveness of Abel Ferreira’s team prevailed in counterattack plays, speed, something that worked so well against River Plate on a pathetic route last week. The Argentine team had the ball, control of the game and created opportunities.
SofaScore recorded 66% of possession time in the first 45 minutes for the Libertadores runners-up, mostly present in submissions (13 to 6) and right spikes (7 to 0). Palmeiras just missed Franco Armani’s goal in the opening stage and goalkeeper Millonario did well at the best chance, disarming Ron.
If River Plate finished seven times inside the Palmeirense area, the São Paulo champion did not exceed one. It was a broad Argentine dominance and the Brazilian team felt that it was not characteristic to play with high ball possession, with that, it was dominated by the rival, who did not give up the generous spaces of a week before.
Borré’s disallowed goal at the start of the second half after the VAR “looked” closely for an impediment at the start of the play did not affect the behavior of Marcelo Gallardo’s men at all. River continued to dominate, attacking in front of a listless Palmeiras, with only offensive pitches for Ron.
Little by little, the game became less hectic and the Brazilian team was taking a bit of peace, after an hour of football under absolute control. At 28 minutes, Rojas, who scored the first goal and the weakest defender of the Argentine team, was sent off. Later, Matías Suárez fell in the area, a penalty was scored, but the VAR came into action and the referee went back.
Even with 10 men, River Plate continued with the ball and attacked, while Abel Ferreira took care to strengthen the defense to sustain the 3-2. The Portuguese did not present anything very different from what a Brazilian coach would do, let’s say, conservative. It was enough, on the razor’s edge, in a performance that opened, at least until now, the limited repertoire that the Portuguese presents in Land of brazil.
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