Atlético-MG and América Mineiro faced each other this Wednesday, 13, in the first classic between the teams in an edition of Libertadores; find out how it went!
THE America Mineiro almost won the Atlético-MG at Liberators this Wednesday, the 13th, at the stadium mineirão, and came close to ending a six-year fast without beating rivals in the derby. In a game where Coelho’s defensive strategy worked very well, the Vagner Mancini knew how to nullify the Rooster’s attack and saw a jailson inspired to make great saves. Even so, the “Lei do Ex” worked and ademir secured 1-1.
The first goal of the match was scored by Felipe Azevedo at the beginning of the second half, but in general Atlético-MG had the best opportunities and launched more into the attack. Ademir, in the 39th minute, scored the saving goal and left everything even in the Mineirão stadium. América Mineiro was close to getting the victory, but Galo fought until the end and drew.
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Atlético-MG and América Mineiro played a very different strategy in the first half. While the Rooster felt obliged to leave for the game, the Coelho closed himself in the defense field and tried counterattacks in speed. However, the classic from Minas did not start from scratch in the initial stage, as Jailson performed some miracles.
The hosts had problems in the beginning of the game with the pressure that América Mineiro put on the ball out. Gradually, Atlético-MG found itself, managed to work the ball better and saw Coelho also decrease the intensity. Therefore, Galo tried to take advantage of this moment of the match to try to open the scoring.
Guilherme Arana, Hulk and Zaracho were the ones who created the most opportunities and risked submissions. Shirt 7 didn’t have a great chance to score and had difficulties against América Mineiro’s marking. On the other hand, Atlético-MG’s left side and midfielder tried to finish, but Jailson appeared to make good saves.
End of the first half: Atletico 0x0 America.#VamoRooster #Atletico Continent #CAMxAFC 🏴🏳️ pic.twitter.com/kjIcO6joMe
— Atletico (@Atletico) April 14, 2022
Atlético-MG returned for the second half at the same pace that ended the first and already made Jailson make a great save three minutes into the match. Guilherme Arana received on the left and risked a bomb from outside the area. Jailson was there to defend and keep the score 0-0 in the derby.
When it looked like América Mineiro would concede a goal, Vagner Mancini’s team surprised and rocked Galo’s nets. After a splashed ball, Felipe Azevedo beat Godín in the dispute for the ball in the middle of the field, started at speed, cut through Jair and cleared for the right leg at the entrance of the area. The attacker hit hard with and the ball goes straight into the angle. 1 to 0 and a goal scored by Coelho at Mineirão.
After América Mineiro took the lead, Atlético-MG launched itself even further into the attack and found it difficult to overcome the barrier set up by Vagner Mancini. Time passed and the crowd became more and more anxious for Galo’s equalizing goal. He took a while to leave, but came in the 39th minute with the famous “Lei do Ex”.
Mariano hit a beautiful shot from the midfielder, and found Ademir at the penalty spot. Smoke won over Maidana in the dispute for the ball, and I hit the goal from the right. The ball swelled the nets. and Mineirão came down with the equalizing goal of Atlético-MG. That after 1-0, it was all or nothing against América Mineiro
Source: sportbuzz
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