Corinthians drew with Estudiantes in the first leg of the Libertadores quarterfinals.
Wednesday’s match (9) in La Plata got off to a bad start for Timão.
Castro opened the scoring just three minutes into the game for the Argentine side.
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But Kaio César grabbed the equalizer early in the second half after a brilliant assist from Garro.
The team that advances to the semifinals will be decided next Wednesday at Neo QuÃmica Arena.
Watch the match highlights below:
The match
Corinthians practically started the game already trailing on the scoreboard.
Estudiantes scored first from a corner kick just three minutes into the match.
Hugo Souza spilled the ball after saving a header, and Castro was in the right place to tap it into the net.
After it became 1-0, not much happened in the first half.
But Corinthians managed to respond right at the start of the second half.
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Rodrigo Garro played a brilliant pass to Kaio César, putting the forward one-on-one with Muslera, and he leveled the score.
In a game with few real scoring chances, Estudiantes did try to press late on, but created very little.
Hugo Souza’s only really difficult save in the match came in second-half stoppage time, when he kept out a header from Correa.
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