Gabriel Barboza (11m. PT), from a penalty, and Everton Ribeiro (26m. PT and 15m. ST) scored for the locals, while Héctor Fértoli (46m. PT) put the discount for the albiazules.
At the other crossroads in the area, Universidad Católica de Chile beat Sporting Cristal de Perú at home, 2-1, with an agonizing goal from Argentine Fernando Zampedri (47m. ST., penalty), in a match in which Marcelino Núñez (47m. PT) opened the scoring for the Chileans, and Nilson Loyola (28m. ST) had scored the temporary tie for the Peruvians.
The positions are now headed by Flamengo, with six points, followed by Talleres and Universidad Católica (3) and Sporting Cristal closes without units.
The “T” stood equal to equal in the opening minutes, and even had a clear chance when Gastón Benavídez, who failed to connect before Santos left, after a good pass to the center of the area by Matías Esquivel.
But Flamengo quickly showed its hierarchy. In an isolated play, the team from Rio entered the visiting area and Benavides closed late. There was an infraction against the Uruguayan Giorgian De Arrascaeta from behind and the Venezuelan referee Jesús Valenzuela sanctioned the penalty, which Gabriel Barbosa converted into a goal with a soft touch to the right post by Guido Herrera.
With the result in favor of the cariocas, the visit had to go ahead in the field leaving spaces in their last line, and it was in that period that the local put together a good collective move between De Arrascaeta and Gabigol, so that the ball remained in the edge of the area to Ribeiro, who finished off Herrera’s goal hard, who could not avoid the second fall of his fence.
The first half was leaving and the Cordovans did not find the ways to discount, until Juan Méndez was associated with Federico Girotti, the former River gained ground on the right and from behind he enabled Fértoli with the heel, who -from the penalty spot- He took out a powerful forehand that became the goal of hope before going to rest.
There was a good cross shot by Girotti at the start of the complement, but he found a correct response from goalkeeper Santos, who covered with a great stretch on his far post.
The income of Digo Valoyes, Michael Santos and Ángelo Martino, shortly after the start of the second half, made clear the idea of DT Caixinha to bet on a tie with all his resources, and thus Talleres was rearmed to provide company to Girotti, who appeared only in the initial part.
But Flamengo took advantage of every opportunity he had and after 15 minutes, Ribeiro scored again on the scoreboard, with a low shot to the near post, before Herrera’s weak response
Talleres had it again, but in a combination between admitted, Martino defined with a powerful header a cross from Uruguayan Santos. Although there was a good save by the local goalkeeper.
The last minutes were back and forth, very intense and with the Cordobans trying on all fronts to create dangerous plays in the rival area, but they suffered a lot from each attack by Flamengo, who ran into good responses from Herrera and missed some shots, that prevented him from expanding the marker.
More than 2,000 Albiazul fans accompanied the Cordovan team in the legendary Maracana stadium and cheered until the last minute, acknowledging the efforts of the players on the field.
The action of group H will continue on Tuesday 26 when in Córdoba Talleres they receive Sporting Cristal, while Flamengo will visit Universidad Católica.
Source: Ambito
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