Palmeiras and Cerro Porteño drew this Wednesday (12) in the first leg of the Libertadores round of 16.
Flaco López opened the scoring late in the match, when Verdão had one player fewer on the field.
But the Paraguayan side leveled the score in stoppage time of the second half. The officials ruled it an own goal by Carlos Miguel.
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Andreas Pereira was sent off with a straight red card after a clash with Klimowicz, leaving the Brazilian team with 10 men for a little over 20 minutes.
See the match goals below:
Palmeiras dominated possession and were the more active side in attack.
But right at the start of the match, Cerro Porteño showed they could threaten.
Morel went one-on-one with Carlos Miguel after a mistake by Murilo, tried to dribble past the goalkeeper, and went down in the box after stepping on the keeper’s leg.
The Paraguayan side appealed for a penalty, but the referee waved play on.
Palmeiras were struggling to break into the opposition box. Even so, they still had chances to open the scoring.
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From a rebound after a corner kick, Vitor Roque again came close to scoring, but was denied by goalkeeper Roffo.
In the second half, Jhon Arias stepped up. First with a shot from outside the box that hit the post. Then with a glaring chance wasted after receiving a cross from Allan.
Cerro even managed to find the net through BenÃtez, but VAR stepped in and disallowed the play for offside.
Right after that, Andreas Pereira was shown a straight red card and left Palmeiras a man down.
It could have been a “death sentence” for Abel Ferreira’s team. However, it was with 10 men on the field that Flaco López opened the scoring.
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Marlon Freitas provided a headed assist into the penalty area and found the Argentine free to finish into the net.
Cerro pushed in the final minutes and found the equalizer after another mistake by Carlos Miguel.
Torres crossed from the right, Vegetti stretched to get a touch on the ball, but it ended up going past both the striker and the Palmeiras goalkeeper.
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