Corinthians seek draw at Estudiantes in the Libertadores 🎥 | OneFootball

Corinthians drew with Estudiantes in the first leg of the Libertadores quarterfinals.

Wednesday’s match (9) in La Plata got off to a bad start for Timão.

Castro opened the scoring just three minutes into the game for the Argentine side.

But Kaio César grabbed the equalizer early in the second half after a brilliant assist from Garro.

The team that advances to the semifinals will be decided next Wednesday at Neo Química Arena.

Watch the match highlights below:

The match

Corinthians practically started the game already trailing on the scoreboard.

Estudiantes scored first from a corner kick just three minutes into the match.

Hugo Souza spilled the ball after saving a header, and Castro was in the right place to tap it into the net.

After it became 1-0, not much happened in the first half.

But Corinthians managed to respond right at the start of the second half.

Rodrigo Garro played a brilliant pass to Kaio César, putting the forward one-on-one with Muslera, and he leveled the score.

In a game with few real scoring chances, Estudiantes did try to press late on, but created very little.

Hugo Souza’s only really difficult save in the match came in second-half stoppage time, when he kept out a header from Correa.

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