Rossi was the hero of the charges with two defenses; In the first leg, in Maracanã, the victory was Flamenguista 2-1, in the return lost 1-0
O He lost an unbeaten records of eight games against Argentine opponents away from home in Copa Libertadores, losing to Estudiantes, on Thursday (26), in La Plata, 1-0 in normal time, but won in the 4-2. Rossi was the hero with two defenses. In the first leg in Maracanã, the victory was Flamenguista 2-1. The result in Argentina secured the red-black team in the semifinals of the main South American competition to face Racing in the weeks of October 22 and 29.
Flamengo joins Palmeiras as Brazilian representatives still in Libertadores. The two teams fight for the four -time championship, made unheard of among the national teams. Despite the pressure from the more than 30,000 fans of Estudiantes, Flamengo began the match imposing themselves on the attacking field. With marking on the ball, Filipe Luís team behaved as if they were in Maracanã.
Estudiantes found more space than he expected at the beginning of the match, but failed to take danger to Rossi’s goal in the first attacks. At 12 minutes, Palacios risked a volley, but missed the target. At 16 minutes, the first danger bid of the game. In a large play of the entire attack of Flamengo, Pedro finished in the small area, with goalkeeper Muslera beaten, but Rodríguez saved almost on the line. The bid seems to have warned the Argentine team, who started to stay longer with the ball, without precipitating releases for the attack. With this, the most arrested Flamengo in his field, but without being effectively threatened.
The game was tense. Arzamendia forced Rossi to practice good defense on 32 minutes. In the next minute Flamengo’s response came with a Saul finish in the right post of Muslera. At 43, the Spaniard risked once again and narrowly did not open the scoring for Flamengo. The teams took turns attack with the defensive sectors being sovereign to combat opposing creation. But there was still time to open the score. After raised ball in the area, left-back Benedetti hit a ‘bomb’ without a defense to Rossi.
The second half began as expected from the beginning. Pressure of Estudiantes, against Flamengo in search of counterattacks. At 13 minutes, Filipe Luís put Bruno Henrique and Luiz Araújo in search of higher speed. But the Estudiantes was more dangerous with ascacibar and palaces. Flamengo abused the balls, very well neutralized by muslera. On 28 minutes, Bendetti escaped free and scored the second goal of Estudiantes, but the bid was challenged by VAR because of the impediment of the Argentine left-back.
The game was open and the decisive goal could go to any team. Cetré, in a beautiful play, almost scored the second goal of Estudiantes, 38 minutes. At 40, Samuel Lino took a lot of danger to Muslera. The last minutes were pressure from Estudiantes, Mase without success. In the penalty shootout, Jorginho, Luiz Araújo, Carrascal, Leo Pereira made for Flamengo. Sosa and Cetré marked for Estudiantes. Rossi took Benedetti’s kicks and ascacibar.
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