Flamengo loses in the quota, but guarantees a place in the quarterfinals of the Libertadores. Let Peñarol come. With Tite and all the rest
A match in an environment of almost four thousand meters is always difficult. It’s like a team from Rio playing in the Finnish winter. Or someone from Finland playing in the Rio summer. If anyone noticed, even the referee, Argentine, immediately showed fatigue. Flamengo was 0-0 until the 54th minute. When Bolivar scored 1-0 From that moment on, everything became possible, because if Rubro-Negro is tired, the opponent, for better or for worse, needs another goal. The ball hits and comes back. But it didn’t go in. One to zero for them. They won, but they didn’t take it. The vacant place belongs to Flamengo. Dryers from Brazil: unite. The person who wrote to you made a wrong prediction: do you want to know? – on purpose, to suffer less and increase the responsibility of the class. Rossi, the best on the field. On the wax and as a goalkeeper.
Contrary to what one might have imagined, Bolivar’s pressure in the first half was greater than expected, and the two teams found themselves with rare clear goal-scoring opportunities, even though the hosts, also out of obligation, managed to conclude at least three times, especially from outside the area, to take advantage of the ball’s run. Flamengo wasted a good opportunity, with Gérson, in the 17th minute, and made a few mistakes with the final pass, even though it is difficult to expect perfection in a match played at high altitude, the qualification match. Two predictions for the second phase. The pessimist: the absurd pressure that was not there before the break. The optimist: the guest hits a ball into the net in the first 10 minutes.
Flamengo concedes but maintains lead
The game was back the same. And the opposite happened. At six, Ayrton Lucas, unmarked, missed an incredible opportunity. And Sávio, whose JPA had hit the post, opened the scoring at nine, receiving a pass from another Brazilian, Fábio Gomes, who headed the ball to the opposite side of Rossi: 1-0 Considering the wear and tear, it was time to change teams, since the men of the Vanguard – in theory – could no longer even hold the ball, kill time or make passes.
Motivated, Bolivar begins to have more possession of the ball and articulates the possibility of scoring the second, while Flamengo bets on maintaining the score that is still favorable to them, because time requires time – and how – to pass.
La Cruz and Carlinhos come out and David Luiz and Bruno Henrique come in. A minimum of organization and precision is missing to try to equalize. The problem is that the team from Rio has deployed a hundred defenders and has started to score the ball. At 36, Rossi resists a shot from Henry Vaca. The ball hits and comes back. At 43, Anderson de Jesus held Bruno Henrique – who was penetrating freely – and was sent off. Five minutes of injury time. A lifetime.
But it’s over. When the referee asked for the ball, joy invaded the hearts. Let Peñarol come. With Tite and all the rest.
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