Racing eliminated Flamengo from Copa Libertadores on penalties with Gabriel Arias as a great figure



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Careers, with the Chileans Gabriel Arias and Eugenio Mena on court, eliminated Flamengo on penalties (with Mauricio Isla) of the round of 16 of the Libertadores Cup, encounter in which the national goalkeeper rose as the great figure when covering one of the pitches in the definition from the 12 steps.

After 1-1 in the first leg, the cast led by Sebastián Becaccecce proposed a fairly intelligent game at Maracanã, in which they started to wait for the onslaught of the premises to find the surprise with the fast counterattack. Through this file, the Avellaneda group opened the scoring at 65 minutes of game, with the goal of Leonardo Sigali.

In the absence of 20 minutes for the end of the match, Arias was already beginning to rise as one of the good values ​​of the field, with notable covers for Bruno Henrique and Vitinho. However, at 90 + 3 ‘it was Willian Arao the one who appeared after a corner kick to put parity in the account and thus force penalties.

In that instance, Arias once again demonstrated his transcendence, by cover up the execution of Arao himself, so that later Fabricio Dominguez give victory to the “Academy” with his execution.

Thanks to the victory, Racing becomes one of the first classified to the round of the eight best of the tournament, where it will wait for the winner of the series between Inter de Porto Alegre Y Boca Juniors.

Flamengo, meanwhile, says goodbye early in the knockout phase of the championship, so you will not be able to revalidate the title that he got last season.





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