“Maximiliano Olivera opens the scoring for Peñarol after a frantic goalmouth scramble. Jesus Emiliano Trindade Flores had a shot blocked at 16 minutes, Emanuel Gularte's follow-up was also blocked, before Olivera latched onto a pass from Flores to finish and give the hosts the lead.”
Pivotal“Zakaria Labyad equalises for Corinthians just three minutes after coming on as a substitute, pulling the Brazilian side level at 1-1 and completely altering the complexion of the match in the Copa Libertadores tie.”
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Peñarol
Corinthians
Outstanding performance
Corinthians•DefenderPeñarol took the lead through Maximiliano Olivera in the 19th minute, capitalising on a sustained spell of pressure that saw multiple shots blocked before the Uruguayan side finally found the net. Despite being outpossessed for almost the entire match — Corinthians controlled 65% of the ball and generated five big chances to Peñarol's zero — the home side defended resolutely and threatened effectively on the counter, recording 59 dangerous attacks to Corinthians' 38. The Brazilian outfit's failure to convert those big chances proved costly early on, but substitute Zakaria Labyad finally provided the breakthrough at 63 minutes, silencing the Estadio Campeón del Siglo crowd and restoring parity. The draw is arguably a fair result given Corinthians' statistical dominance, though Diego Ribas' side will rue squandering four big chances that could have turned this into a comfortable away win, while Peñarol's goalkeeper produced six saves to keep his side in contention for longer than the stats suggested they deserved.
How entertaining was this match?
Yuri Alberto takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Yuri Alberto's right-footed shot is saved.
Leandro Umpierrez takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Yuri Alberto takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Mauricio Lemos takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Mauricio Lemos takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Brian Barboza takes a right-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Leandro Umpierrez takes a right-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Dieguinho comes on for Kaio.
Rodrigo Garro's left-footed shot is saved.
Rodrigo Garro takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Jesus Emiliano Trindade Flores takes a shot with his head, but it is saved.
Leandro Umpierrez takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Jesse Lingard comes on for Zakaria Labyad.
Rodrigo Garro replaces Matheus Pereira da Silva.
Yuri Alberto comes on for Pedro Raul Garay da Silva.
Facundo Agustin Batista Ochoa takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Abel Hernandez comes on for Diego Sebastian Laxalt Suarez.
Facundo Agustin Batista Ochoa comes on for Douglas Matias Arezo Martinez.
Brian Barboza is on, and Facundo Álvez is off.
Pedro Milans Carambula takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Kaio's left-footed shot is blocked.
Zakaria LabyadZakaria Labyad scores with a right-footed shot.
Zakaria Labyad takes a shot with his right foot and scores.
Luis Miguel Angulo Sevillano is substituted for Washington Eduardo Darias Lafuente.
Facundo Álvez is substituted for Emanuel Gularte.
Pedro Raul Garay da Silva attempts a header but misses the shot.
Gabriel Armando de Abreu takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Kaio's left-footed shot is blocked.
Zakaria Labyad takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Zakaria Labyad takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Gabriel Armando de Abreu's header is saved.
The first half ends with a score of 1-0.
Allan Rodrigues de Souza takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Andre Luiz Santos Dias takes a left-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Kaio's header is saved.
Pedro Milans Carambula takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Shot from Washington! Eduardo Darias Lafuente takes a right-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Kaio takes a shot with his head but misses.
Fabricio Angileri's left-footed shot is blocked.
Maximiliano Martin Olivera de Andrea scores with a header.
assist: Jesús Trindade
Goal! Maximiliano Martin Olivera scores to make it 1-0, assisted by Jesus Emiliano Trindade Flores.
Washington's Eduardo Darias Lafuente takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Emanuel Gularte's right-footed shot is blocked.
Jesus Emiliano Trindade Flores takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Diego Sebastian Laxalt Suarez takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Matheus Pereira da Silva takes a left-footed shot, but it's blocked.
