With one less, Athletico-PR secures a draw in the Libertadores debut

O Athletico-PR tied with the Alliance Limathis Tuesday, the 4th, in the debut of the 2023 Libertadores group stage. With no goals scored on the scoreboard, the Hurricane team had a good first half, but slowed down in the second stage and saw Thiago Heleno being expelled at the end, leaving a good-sized equality in the first game.

After a good start to the match, Athletico-PR showed that they were ready for the start of the Libertadores, and created opportunities to open the scoring. The first happened with Vitor Roquewho won a fight inside the area and hit hard for the right, forcing the goalkeeper to make the first good save.

Shortly afterwards, Athletico’s new number 9 received and served cuello on the left, who had time to dominate and hit placed in the opposite corner, but ended up taking too much of the opposing archer, and kicking it out. With that, the result was better for the home team, which could have gone to halftime defeated.

Despite this, the second half turned out to be different from the first, which few could have imagined. After an intense first half, Hurricane slowed down and saw Alianza scare more and more, putting the ball on the crossbar Benedict in the middle of the final stage, and still saw the situation get worse.

A little closer to the end, Thiago Heleno fouled the opponent and ended up receiving the second yellow card, being expelled from the field. With that, the Brazilian team was one less until the end, and closed in on defense to be able to hold on to the point won in the debut of the continental competition.