(EFE).- Boca Juniors se impuso 2-0 a Palmeiras en el encuentro de ida de las semifinales de la Copa Libertadores, gracias a un doblete de Darío Benedetto.
The two goals from the passenger who came off the bench gave the Argentine a valuable advantage ahead of next week’s return match in São Paulo.
In a tactical part, intense but with some game options, the organization led by Guillermo Barros Schelotto fulfilled all the premises before the public: winning, scoring more than one game and keeping a clean sheet.
Benedetto, who suffered a torn cruciate ligament on November 19 of last year, has gone through those few months of recovery, but today he may simply not get back on track.
The coach did it in 3 minutes and the 28-year-old forward converted a double to celebrate Xeneize’s victory against a Palmeiras team that, that night, had lost a single game in the Luiz Felipe ScolariArray era.
Verdao accumulates only one setback in 21 games – against Cerro Porteño through the Libertadores round of 16 – and a streak of 15 games wasting that the permit is the absolute ruler of Brazil.
Boca, one of the most inconsistent players in the Argentine Super League, encountered an important trio and repeated the same victory they achieved in 8 final games against Libertad and 4 final games against Cruzeiro.
In the first moment, a header from Carlos Izquierdoz after a false start from Weverton and the media distance of Olaza and Pavón were the factions of the local team.
Por el lado del Palemeiras, Dudu y William se mostraron como opciones de contragolpe pero la pelota no lograba llegar a la posición del colombiano Miguel Borja, que se mostró muy aislado.
La solidez de la dupla central compuesta por Luan y el paraguayo Gustavo Gómez, la fortaleza de Felipe Melo y los arranques de Dudu fueron lo mejor del conjunto brasileño.
At that time, Boca had a great offensive preponderance with Pablo Pérez and Nahitán Nández who appear in the middle alone with the ball but also to generate offensive options.
And on the bench, Barros Schelotto found himself with the objective of winning the silver: first with the contribution of Colombian Sebastián Villa and then with the scorer Darío Benedetto.
A loose shot executed masterfully by Lucas Olaza generated a magnificent reaction from Weverton to shoot and the team shot with a very confusing ball.
From that same line, Villa managed to locate the best ball for Benedetto’s header, who nailed the ground and beat the effort of the visiting goalkeeper.
Tears and emotion for a player who digs himself up with the goal at the right time.
But it was not because two minutes from the end he won a shot from Pablo Pérez on the edge of the area, the pistol and lost a furious shot that was already without features in Verdao’s guard.
The victory will be very festive for both the players and the Boca fans who will spend next week with the sale in São Paulo, while Palmeiras will have to try to watch the series to be able to triumph in the final of some continents.