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River Plate advanced to the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores on Tuesday, after beating Atlético Paranaense 1-0 (2-1 on aggregate), with a penalty from Uruguayan Nicolás De La Cruz.
Colombian Jorge Carrascal, who entered from the substitute bench in the second half, was key for the ‘millionaire’ team to find the winning goal.
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Carrascal worried with his speed and imbalance and thus came De La Cruz’s goal, in the 84th minute.
Rafael Santos Borré started and played the 90 minutes with the “millionaire” team, which is already thinking about the next phase of the international tournament.
River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo surprised with a line of three central defenders (Robert Rojas, Paulo Díaz and Javier Pinola) and by overtaking the usual full-backs (Milton Casco and Gonzalo Montiel).
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The development of the game proved Gallardo right because his team did not suffer on defense and was justly deserving of victory.
The Paranaeense, who had several casualties due to coronavirus, played with a similar line-up, but with Walter as the only forward.
As soon as the game started, precisely at seven seconds, Walter was reprimanded for elbowing Paraguayan defender Robert Rojas in the face.
The first 20 minutes were even and there were no clear goal plays, except for a shot with little dynamite from the Colombian River forward Rafael Santos Borré that Bento controlled without difficulty.
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At 27 minutes, after a good team play that included several passes, Ignacio Fernández assisted Suárez, but his shot was deflected by Bento and hit the post.
On the next play, the Paranaense responded with a header from Walter that Franco Armani contained by throwing himself to his left.
At 43 minutes, Bento became the figure of the first half by saving a powerful shot from De la Cruz.
Whoever saw the first half without knowing the result of the first leg would have believed that it was the Brazilian team that had a guaranteed place in the quarterfinals with a goalless draw.
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In the 55th minute Bento had a wonderful double save that drowned out the local team’s goal cry.
Eleven minutes later Bento saved De la Cruz a very clear hand-to-hand.
River Plate dominated during the second half and the Paranaense goalkeeper had an almost perfect performance.
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In the 84th minute, De la Cruz finally beat Bento after missing a penalty and the ball deflected into the goalkeeper.
The rival of the Millionaire in the quarterfinals will be the Ecuadorian Independiente del Valle or the Uruguayan Nacional, who in the first leg tied without goals in Quito.
Data sheet:
Silver river: Franco Armani; Gonzalo Montiel, Robert Rojas, Paulo Díaz, Javier Pinola, Milton Casco; Enzo Pérez, Ignacio Fernández (m.68, Jorge Carrascal), Nicolás De la Cruz (m.88, Leonardo Ponzio); Matías Suárez (m.77, Julián Álvarez) and Rafael Borré.
Coach: Marcelo Gallardo.
Atlético Paranaense: Bento, Erick, Pedro Henrique, Heleno, Lucas Halter (d.86, Guilherme Bissoli), Leonardo Cittadini; Christian, Luis González (m.68, Ravanelli), Richard (m.76, Wellington), Carlos Ferreira (m.76, Fabinho); and Walter (d.68, Renato Kaycer).
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Coach: Paulo Autuori.
Goal: 1-0, m.84: Nicolás De la Cruz.
Referee: the Venezuelan Jesús Valenzuela. He admonished Casco, De la Cruz, Walter and Erik.
Incidents: The second leg of the last 16 of the Copa Libertadores played at the Libertadores de América stadium, in the province of Buenos Aires.
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