Video: Estudiantes 1 Flamengo 2, Plata’s controversial red card | OneFootball

El Pincha lost 2-1 to Mengão at the Maracanã in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the top international tournament in South America. Carrillo scored at the end, giving life to the Argentine team.

Estudiantes suffered greatly but left the Maracanã stadium with a result that allows them to dream of turning the tie around. Flamengo had a blistering start, with goals from Pedro and Guillermo Varela putting them 2-0 up before the first 10 minutes of the game, flirting with a rout. However, the overconfident attitude of Filippe Luis's team, along with a controversial expulsion of Gonzalo Plata, gave life to El Pincha, who managed a 2-1 with Guido Carrillo's last-minute goal, a more than valuable score given the course of the match in the first leg of the 2025 Copa Libertadores quarterfinals.

The rematch will take place next Thursday at the UNO stadium in La Plata, where Estudiantes, with their fans, hopes to achieve a comeback and reach the tournament's top four.

There was a major controversy: the expulsion of Gonzalo Plata before Guido Carrillo's last-minute goal that gave life to the team from La Plata in the series. The Ecuadorian winger saw red for a second yellow at 37’ST. The Mengao player went to contest the ball in the air and anticipated Facundo Rodríguez, who hit him with his left foot. Watch the video!

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