By: EFE
By: EFE
Boca Juniors and Santos agreed this Wednesday a goalless draw in the first leg of the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores and suspended which of the two will play the final of the tournament, on 30 in January at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.
In an intense but lackluster match, both teams failed to break zero and left the definition for him next Wednesday at the Vila Belmiro stadium in São Paulo .
Boca started at a better pace than its rival and In the 8th minute Carlos Tevez enabled Sebastián Villa, who took a shot that hit the crossbar , although the The move was disabled due to the advanced position of the Colombian attacker.
However, as time went by Santos began to have more presence in the rival field and take possession of the ball, and had Marinho and Lucas Braga as his game axes.
In the minute 15 Salvio managed an overflow, but his center did not hit the center forward Soldano, and 9 minutes later f was Villa who arrived at the bottom of the field with a shipment that neither found Soldano nor Tevez for the last shot.
Santos managed the times and the field, but without reaching the goal defended by Esteban Andrada with so much danger thanks to the effective work of its central defenders Lisandro López and Carlos Izquierdoz.
In the minute 73 Lisandro López lost to Braga who was thrown towards the goal ‘xeneize’, but his decision was to take a shot from outside the area that was deflected.
On the next play, Carlos Izquierdoz crossed with the body to Marinho in the area and, after the VAR review, referee Tobar determined that there was no infr action and the potential penalty was diluted.
Ramón ‘Wanchope’ Ábila in the minute 81 failed to define a deep pass from Colombian Edwin Cardona for a ball that was never clear for a shot.
In the final minute a center behind Villa was left to Jara on the edge of the area and took a shot over the crossbar that was the last possibility to modify the zero of the score.
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