Palmeiras managed to involve Independiente Petrolero once again and stamped their spot in the round of 16 of Libertadores in advance
THE palm trees visited the Independent Oil on Tuesday night, 3, in a match valid for the fourth round of the Libertadores and won by 5 to 0. The Alviverde team arrived for the confrontation quite confident and leaving a flea behind the ears of the home team, since it is the current leader of the Group A, with 100% success achieved so far in the competition.
Tonight’s victory was even extremely important to leave the palm trees with the spot sealed for the round of 16 of the continental competition with two rounds to spare. The biggest rout in the history of the club in Libertadores, the 8 to 1, against Independiente Petrolero himself contributed a lot for the team to get here well strengthened.
Channel – Athletistic
The game
First time
At seven minutes, Gustavo Gomez headed and ayala made a good save to avoid Palmeiras’ first goal. However, the ball was left on the rebound for Murilo, who tried to take advantage, but ended up making the foul. Everything changed at 15 minutes, when Ron received the ball in the area and tried to dribble. Silva ended up deflecting it with his arm, and the referee awarded the penalty.
In charge, Raphael Veiga arrived to strike with style, in the middle of the goal, and opened the scoring in Bolivia. At 21 minutes, another one from Palmeiras and one more from Veiga! Gabriel Veron dribbled in and crossed. Dudu receives the ball being very free in the small area and left it to Raphael Veiga to complete it straight to the goal and leave the team in front.
After the goal, the ball went from Dudu to Veiga, who returned it to Dudu. Verdão’s number 7 kicked cross, and Rony dodged a cart. Ayala made a good save and avoided the third goal from Palmeiras. The home team’s response came soon after, with Cristaldo getting a good header and forcing Weverton to make a good save. On the rebound, the attacker finished once more, but was stopped by the defense.
End of the first half: Independiente Petrolero-BOL 0x2 Palmeiras.#INDxPAL | 0x2#AvantiPalestra#SoulEheart
— SE Palmeiras (@Palmeiras) May 4, 2022
End of the first half!
Second time
At the return of the break, with 14 minutes plus a goal from Palmeiras, a true goal by Veiga in the match. The top scorer in the history of the club Alviverde in Libertadores so far, the midfielder hit a beautiful kick from outside the area to mark his third and Verdão’s in the game, it was really a kick from the middle of the street and quite accurate.
Two minutes later, another one from Alviverde! Rafael Navarro received the ball from Piquerez in the area and had time to dominate, play from the left foot to the right and complete for the goal, declaring another rout of Palmeiras in Libertadores and against the same opponent of the previous elastic triumph in the continental competition.
At 21, Palmeiras almost scored the fifth goal, but it wasn’t worth it! Wesley arrived with a cart to score another goal for Alviverde after Zé Rafael’s submission, but when the ball went inside, the assistant already had the flag raised signaling the offside and consequently had to cancel the bid.
Seven minutes later, the fifth goal came! Gustavo Scarpa took the corner for Palmeiras, and Murilo went up alone to head and score the fifth goal from Palmeiras. The player took advantage of the slumber of Independiente Petrolero’s defense to reach the ball alone and send it straight to the back of the net and expand the advantage even more.
With 41, Wesley received the ball from Gustavo Scarpa, deflected it from Ayala, and Rafael Navarro completed for the empty goal, until then scoring the sixth goal of Palmeiras in the match. However, the assistant had already marked the offside position for Verdão’s attack, and immediately stopped the play.
End of the game!
Source: sportbuzz
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