Gómez on Libertadores draw, Palmeiras effort: “We tried till the end” | OneFootball

Palmeiras made their Copa Libertadores debut on Wednesday night and drew 1-1 with Junior Barranquilla at the Estadio Olímpico Jaime Morón León in Cartagena, Colombia. Captain Gustavo Gómez assessed the result of the opening group-stage match and lamented the chances Verdão failed to convert.

“The truth is that we came here looking for a win, but they were awarded a penalty early in the match. We tried to equalize in the first half. Fortunately, we managed to do it in the second and fought until the end to try to take all three points. It was a difficult pitch, we were coming off a very intense match in Salvador, Bahia, and the team felt it a bit physically. I believe the result was fair,” he said.

“We knew it would be a complex match because of the whole context. The pitch, the weather... As I said, we were coming off several intense matches and very long trips: São Paulo to Salvador and from Salvador to Cartagena. We tried until the end, we had our chance, but we couldn’t convert it. Given the context of the match, the draw was fair,” the defender continued.

Junior opened the scoring in the ninth minute of the first half with a penalty goal from Téo Gutierrez. Palmeiras, in turn, found the equalizer in the second half through Ramón Sosa.

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