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Silver river got a 1-1 draw on Tuesday in his visit to the Athletico Paranaense Brazilian in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores round of 16 thanks to a goal from the Chilean Paulo daz at minute 90.
The city of Curitiba, who played defense with most of their players during most of the game, opened the scoring in the 57th minute with a nice play by Bissoli, who had just entered the field, and dedicated himself to manage your partial advantage.
But Daz was the same in the final regulation minute with a header after taking a corner kick.
With the suffered draw in the city of Curitiba, the Buenos Aires team will now be able to play for a goalless draw in the second leg, scheduled for December 1 at the Libertadores de Amrica stadium, in Avellaneda, to guarantee their place in the quarterfinals.
In case of advancing, the River, finalist last year, champion of 2018 and one of the favorites for the title in this 2020, will be measured in the quarterfinals with the winner of the key between the Uruguayan Nacional and the Ecuadorian Independiente del Valle.
More difficult than expected
The Argentine team had the advantage of facing a Paranaense who had four victories in a row, but that the day before lost eight players to Covid, including goalkeeper Santos, winger Abner and attacker Nikao, who were going to start today.
The team commanded by Marcelo Gallardo, meanwhile, arrived in Curitiba intact, without any casualties due to covid and was able to line up even the Uruguayan Nicols De La Cruz, who came to train separately for fear that he had contracted the disease.
The game started with an intense rhythm and the two opponents taking turns attacking, but the Brazilian team had the first opportunity in minute 3 when Richard, inside the area and alone against Armani, wasted the possibility of opening the account.
The River began to show its favoritism from the first minutes and continuously tried both on the left and on the right with a Matas Surez that made it clear that he could easily get rid of his marker, Pedro Henrique.
With the Paranaense scoring with two lines of four and the players very close to each other, River was free to seize the flanks and constantly supply Surez and Nacho Fernndez in the first half, who failed in the completions.
River went to the shower with 5 of the 6 finishes of the first half and the only 3 shots on goal.
For the second half, coach Paulo Autuori decided to replace two of his three forwards, who went unnoticed in the first half, and try the fast Bissoli and Walter.
The changes of the Brazilian team took effect and the Curitiba team, driven mainly by Walter, began to arrive more frequently at the Armani goalkeeper.
In one of those attacks, Erick landed a perfect shot for the newcomer Bissoli, who, in the 57th minute, parked it with his chest facing away from goal, managed to turn around and kick low and hard to open the scoring.
River decided to go on the attack now taking defensive risks after suffering the goal and became a steamroller in front of Bento’s goalkeeper, a 21-year-old youth who shone, but collided with a very crowded defense of the Brazilian team, which practically concentrated behind and forgot to attack.
The pressure left Paranaense with ten players in the 66th minute due to the expulsion of forward Reinaldo for a double yellow.
And the Argentine club practically went on to attack with four forwards with the entry of Lucas Pratto in the place of left-back Milton Casco.
But dominance on the court and the multiplication of scoring opportunities did not seem to be working for River, who could not overcome the crowded defense of the Paranaense.
The pressure only paid off in the 90th minute with Daz’s header to tie the game.
