Grêmio beat Palestino 2-0 on Wednesday night (20). Playing at Arena do Grêmio, Braithwaite and Pavón scored the winning goals for Tricolor Gaúcho, which gave Imortal hope to depend only on victory against Montevideo City Torque in the next round to be leader of Group F and qualify straight to the round of 16.
How it looks
With victory, it’s up to you to escape the . Imortal is in second place with 10 points, two behind City Torque, their opponent next Tuesday (26), at Arena do Grêmio.
The game
Grêmio opened the scoring in their first attack. In the 3rd minute, Pavón took a risk from outside the area, goalkeeper Sebastián Pérez made the save into the middle, the marker hesitated and the ball was presented to Braithwaite, who headed the ball into the goal.
Imortal was better throughout the first half, but the best to expand came in the last play, already in stoppage time. In a wrong departure from Palestino, Gabriel Mec stole and advanced alone. He is the goalkeeper, better for Pérez, who made a great save.
In the second stage, Palestino scared Grêmio. At 12, Tricolor made a mistake with the ball, Carrasco stole it, took it to the right and passed it to Munder, free inside the area. The attacker finished and made a great save.
The second goal, which gave the victory to Imortal, Amuzu took it deep, crossed into the area, the defense cleared it and from outside the area, Pavón hit an undefendable shot and scored again after a 15-month drought.
⚽🇪🇪 Pavón makes the Pulsar Arena!
— CONMEBOL Sudamericana (@SudamericanaBR)
Upcoming games
Before the last round of the South American Championship, Grêmio will face Santos next Saturday (23), at 7pm, at home. Palestino, which faces Deportivo Riestra-ARG in the decisive round, will also have a clash for the Chilean championship at the weekend, against Unión La Calera, also on Saturday (23).
