Lanus tonight they achieved a valuable 1-1 draw as a visitor against Cruzeiro of Brazil and was very well positioned for the revenge for one of the semifinals of the South American Cup 2024.
In the match played at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, forward Kaio Jorge opened the scoring for the Brazilians, 5 minutes into the second half, while Ramiro Carrera tied it at 28 minutes into the same period.
With this result, Ricardo Zielinski’s men brought a great result from Belo Horizonte to define their place in the final before their people at the Néstor Díaz Pérez stadium in a week.
On Sunday from 9:15 p.m., they will visit the Monumental José Fierro stadium to face Atlético Tucumán for the nineteenth date of the Professional Football League.
For its part, Fernando Diniz’s team was disapproved by its fans and could not take advantage to travel to Buenos Aires.
For the 31st date of the Brasileirao, they will visit Atlhletico Paranaense on Saturday at the Arena da Baixada.
In the first quarter of play, the Minas Gerais team was the one who imposed conditions against “Granate” who decided to wait for Cruzeiro, recover in their field and counterattack towards Cássio’s goal.
The team from the South of Greater Buenos Aires was advancing meters and settling into the game, reaching the goal around halfway through the first half through Walter Bou.
At the request of the VAR, the Uruguayan referee Andrés Matonte annulled the goal for an alleged offside when the striker finished from the crescent of the area.
In the complement, in just four minutes of play, Cruzeiro opened the scoring with the goal of its figure Kaio Jorge.
After a cross into the area by Matheus Pereira, Felipe Peña Biafore cleared a header towards the right corner where Mateus Vital hit it first, causing goalkeeper Nahuel Losada to rebound and give it to the former Santos who scored, making it 1-0.
However, Lanús did not sit idly after Cruzeiro’s goal and reached the tie, in the 28th minute, with Carrera’s goal.
After a great corner kick from the right by Marcelino Moreno, the ball fell to the left of the area where the former Atlético Tucumán rose high and hit a cross header that goalkeeper Cássio failed to clear.
There went the match, in which Cruzeiro had the initiative but no longer knew how or could not subdue “Granate”, which brought a valuable draw.
Summary Cruzeiro vs Lanús for the South American Cup
Source: Ambito
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