The Athletic leader of the Brazilian Championship entered the right field of a victory, but the team seems to have stayed in Barueri. In a very bad performance, Hurricane was defeated by Danubio by 2×1 on the night of Wednesday (15), at the Ligga ArenaFor group E of the South American Cup. The result leaves the classification open for the final octaves, despite ensuring at least the play-in before one of the third parties placed in the stage of Liberators groups. And Rubro-Negro also lost the best campaign in the competition for Lanús.
With the stoppage of the Brazilian Championship, Athletico will go two weeks without playing. The matches against Fortress and Crisis were suspended, and the match of the Copa do Brasil before the Ypiranga had already been postponed without due date. Thus, Hurricane only plays on the 30th, a Thursday, in Baixada, against Sportivo Ameliano, closing the first phase of South American. A tie guarantees the first place of group E. By Brasileirão, the lap will be on June 2nd, a Sunday, at 4pm, against the FlamengoAt home.
The Athletic game
With Pablo and Mastriani, Athletico wanted to impose his game quickly. But the Danubio, relying on some of Hurricane's disarrays, held on to the draw and expected a chance to counter. The entrance of the two centroavantes changed the red-black design, since Leo Godoy was more of a quarterback than a side to support Esquivel. Only a wrong exit gave the Uruguayans the opportunity to wait, and Pintos opened the score at 28 minutes of the first half. And at 41 Sebastián Fernández scored a goal to increase the advantage of visitors. The team that ran over the Palm trees was defeated by the 11th place of the Uruguayan championship.
With Alex Santana and Canobbio in Godoy and Zapelli's spots, Athletico tried to change the game's panorama. And if before the ball rolled it was all quiet, in the second half it became war. The Uruguayan catimba irritated the red-blacks – who already had Christian and Julimar in the field. Nervous, the Athleticians had difficulty winning the retraction of Danubio. Even Di Yorio came in to try the goal. And it was just him, at 48 minutes, who managed to cash in, just two before the final whistle..
Athletic cheers the Cuca team at Ligga Arena
Athletico's fans have been impatient with the team since the goals suffered for the Danubio still in the first half. Going to the locker rooms, the team was booed. In the second half, attacker Julimar, who entered Cuello's position, was the most charged.
Not even Di Yorio's goal has diminished fans' frustration. At the end of the match, more charges for the cast that did not perform well. The defeat, even, still does not confirm Athletico as leader of Group E of South American.
The Rubro-Negro will need at least a tie against Sportivo Ameliano in the last round to confirm the direct spot to the final eighties of the tournament. The sixth round game will be on May 30th, Thursday, at 7pm, again at the Ligga Arena.
