El Pincha completely dominated Timao and leveled the series at one minute, but the post denied him four times in the 90 minutes and two more on penalties.
Football is a sport that does not understand justice and Estudiantes will have to accept it, after an elimination that hurts, both because of the illusion and because they did absolutely everything in their power to win the series in which Corinthians, thanks to the penalties, In the end, he took La Plata to advance to the semi-finals of the Copa Sudamericana.
Because Pincha, who had lost minimally in San Pablo, had scored the goal that equalized history after 55 seconds, with a whole game to go. And in the 89 minutes that followed everything was red and white, with four shots on the post, two on time. Even the first half ended with 17 shots on the local goal, only one of which deviated from the visit, several saves from Cassio and shots from millimeters away.
In the second half, Timao managed to settle down and get some counter-attacks, but failed to reach Andújar, as the sticks once again denied Rollheiser the party. In the end, the Brazilian team embraced their luck and the penalties, where they were almost foolproof. Only Giuliano missed for the paulistas, while Cassio blocked Rollheiser’s shot and both Lollo and Ascacíbar broke the crossbar.
Although football does not know about merits and only about victories and defeats, Estudiantes had nothing left to do in search of victory, which went to Corinthians from the 12 steps, who will face the winner of Fortaleza in the semifinals and America MG. .
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CORINTH – STUDENTS, MINUTE BY MINUTE
- From minute to minute between León and Timao.
- The decisive penalty: Ascacíbar burst on the crossbar and Estudiantes say goodbye to the cup
- Benja Rollheiser was the figure on the field, but failed from 12 steps
- There are no three without four! Again the 10 shoots from afar and crashes into Cassio’s right upright
- Again the stick says no to Rollheiser’s left foot
- Double stick! In a devastating first half, de Leeuw broke the same stick twice, first Benedetti and then Rollheiser
- STUDENT GOAL! Before the minute, Pincha tied the series with Méndez’s shot, which was deflected on the way to beat Cassio.
- Good evening and welcome to another GOAL broadcast. Estudiantes will receive Corinthians in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana 2023 at the UNO stadium.
STATISTICS
FORMATIONS
STUDENTS
Mariano Andujar; Eros Mancuso, Santiago Núñez, Luciano Lollo, Gaston Benedetti; Jose Sosa, Jorge Rodriguez, Santiago Ascacibar; Benjamin Rollheiser; Guido Carrillo, Mauro Mendez. D.T.: Eduardo Dominguez.
CORINTH
Cassio; Bruno Mendez, Gil, Lucas Verissimo, Fabio Santos; Gabriel Moscardo, Maycon; Ruan Oliveira, Renato Augusto, Matias Rojas, Renato Augusto; Angel Romero. DT: Vanderlei Luxembourg.
Source: Goal