1-1. Penalties tie Cobresal and Barcelona at the start of group B of La Libertadores – 2024-04-08 15:59:34

Cobresal and Barcelona tied 1-1 this Tuesday with penalties converted by both sides in the duel played in the city of Calama during the premiere of Group B of the Copa Libertadores.

A penalty goal in the 91st minute converted by Leonardo Valencia, who entered for Argentine striker Gastón Lezcano, allowed the miners to score their first point playing at home, after striker Francisco Fydriszewski committed the infraction with a hand inside the area.

The Barcelona attacker was a hero and a villain for his team, as he had converted the goal in the 52nd minute that had the Ecuadorian team in front on the scoreboard from the beginning of the second half with a penalty that the VAR declared, also for a handball of the Argentine central defender Franco Bechtholdt.

Cobresal got his reward after waking up in his game as a result of the goal received and had other opportunities to score before with a shot by Franco García that he wasted by sending it over the crossbar due to a defensive inattention by the Ecuadorian team.

Cuban midfielder César Munder created danger by giving Uruguayan Diego Coelho an option and then center back Francisco Alarcón had a header after a corner kick. Those led by Gustavo Huerta recovered the ball in the second half but could not find the goal.

Striker Gabriel Cortez, who came on to replace Djorkaeff Reasco, who had little impact in the match, also had the option of scoring the second with a punctured shot that went over the crossbar, an action that was canceled due to offside.

The first half had ended without goals with a Barcelona protagonist and that generated several goal situations, but showed anxiety and lack of skill to define with precision against a Cobresal that gave away possession of the ball and seemed insecure, playing guarded in its half from the field from which he had a hard time leaving in the first 20 minutes of the game.

The Ecuadorian team began its attacks by betting on the right wing with the Uruguayan winger Mathías Suárez, but as time went by it generated danger on both sides with the midfielders Leonai Souza and Jesús Trindade directing the game.

The visitor had two clear chances to open the scoring with a free kick taken by Joao Rojas that goalkeeper Leandro Requena took in flight towards the right corner of his goal, and a left-footed shot by striker Fydriszewski that skimmed the left post after evading to the rival goalkeeper.

The Argentine attacker was the one who tried to pierce the net the most along with midfielder Rojas. Barcelona shot up to nine balls out in the first half, including shots on the edge of the area in the center.

Despite the visitors’ dominance, the mining team had its most dangerous player in the Uruguayan attacker Diego Coelho, who was close to closing the first half with a goal from a cue ball inside the area, but the ball went very close to the left post guarded by Javier Burrai. .

Cobresal and Barcelona remain with one point each in group B, which will close its first day on Thursday with the duel between the Argentine Talleres de Córdoba and the Brazilian Sao Paulo.

– Datasheet:

Cobresal: Leandro Requena; Rodrigo Sandoval, Francisco Alarcón, Franco Bechtholdt; Guillermo Pacheco, Leandro Navarro, Cristhoffer Mesías (Franco Lobos, m.77), Franco García (Felipe Barrientos, m.80), César Munder; Diego Coelho (Julio Castro, m.76), Gastón Lezcano (Leonardo Valencia, m.62).

Coach: Gustavo Huerta.

Barcelona: Javier Burrai; Mathias Suarez, Nicholas Ramirez, Lucas Sosa, William Vargas; Jesus Trindade, Leonai Souza, Janner Corozo (Brian Oyola, 67), Joao Rojas (Precious Adonis, 73); Francisco Fydriszewski and Djorkaeff Reasco (Gabriel Cortez, m.67).

Coach: Diego López.

Goals: 0-1, m.52: Francisco Fydriszewski, penalty. 1-1, m.91: Leonardo Valencia, penalty.

Referee: Peruvian Roberto Pérez admonished Cortez, Suárez and Fydriszewski for the visit.

Incidents: First day of group B of the Copa Libertadores played at the Zorros del Desierto stadium in Calama at 2,400 meters of altitude. EFE