Independiente del Valle fell 2-3 to Palmeiras on Matchday 3 of the Copa Libertadores, this Wednesday, April 24, at the Banco Guayaquil stadium, in Sangolquí.
What felt like a party ended in tragedy. Valley Independent It seemed like they had an important victory at home, but Palm trees He showed his hierarchy and came back in Chillo Jijón.
Those led by Javier Gandolfi had an explosive start and, in just 12 minutes of play, they took the lead on the scoreboard, after a great individual play and a spectacular shot from Kendy Páez from outside the area.
IDV continued to dominate ball possession and cornered Palmeiras against their area. The locals got the second goal in the 38th minute, after an assist from Kendry Páez, who was the figure of the match, and a header from Michael Hoyos.
It seemed that the ‘Rayados’ would go into the locker room with a difference of two goals, but, just in the last minute of the first half, Endrick He took advantage of a bad start by Moisés Ramírez and scored for the Brazilians.
In the second half, Palmeiras became more encouraged. Those led by Abel Ferreira took to the field, convinced of tying and even winning the match.
There were several minutes of tension at the Banco Guayaquil stadium, because the Brazilians did not stop attacking. The lack of concentration among the IDV players was noticeable and the local bar, shocked, sang less and less.
And it was the breaking latest news of a death foretold. With goals from Lazarus y Luis GuilhermePalmeiras came back and took a very important victory as a visitor.
With this result, Independiente del Valle is second in Group F, with four points. In their next match for Libertadores, IDV will visit San Lorenzo, on Thursday, May 9 at 5:00 p.m. (Ecuador time) in Argentina.
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