River Plate thrashed Palmeiras in last Argentina clash, relive it | OneFootball

Palmeiras takes the field this Wednesday and begins to decide the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores, against River Plate. The first match takes place at the Monumental de Nuñez Stadium, in Argentina, starting at 9:30 pm (Brasília time). The teams meet again after four years.

In Buenos Aires, Palmeiras and River Plate last faced each other in a match valid for the Libertadores semifinal in 2020. On that occasion, the Brazilian team trampled the opponent by a score of 3 to 0, at the Libertadores de América Stadium, with goals from Rony, Luiz Adriano and Matias Viña.

Still with the stands empty due to the covid-19 restriction, Verdão opened the scoring at 26 minutes of the initial stage. Gabriel Menino received a beautiful pass from Patrick de Paula on the right and crossed low. Armani made a mistake and, on the rebound, Rony had time to adjust before shooting. The ball deflected off De La Cruz and ended up in the net.

Palmeiras returned attentive for the second half and increased its advantage in the first minute. In a counter-attack move, Luiz Adriano received from Danilo, spun on Rojas and sprinted to touch between the legs of goalkeeper Armani.

At 14 minutes, Carrascal was sent off for a hard entry on Gabriel Menino, who irritated the opponents with a fancy control. On the free-kick, Gustavo Scarpa crossed and Matias Viña headed to score the third goal for the Brazilian team.

In the grand final, Abel Ferreira's Palmeiras overcame Santos, with a goal from Breno Lopes in overtime, to win the much-coveted Libertadores bi-championship.

Palmeiras is undefeated in the Libertadores and wants to ward off the knockout ghost

Palmeiras arrives undefeated in the Libertadores quarterfinals, with seven wins and one draw. Recently, Verdão was eliminated in the Copa do Brasil after losing both matches to Corinthians. Now, Abel Ferreira's team wants to bounce back to continue fighting for the continental.

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