Amid chants, fireworks and confetti, Once Caldas jumped onto the field, where they expected 26,907 fans who fill the stadium again and made Palogrande remember those games of 2004 when Caldas were champions of the Libertadores Cup by beating great teams of South America as Sao Paulo of Brazil and Boca Juniors of Argentina.
already on the court and to the impressive reception, the Colombian players did not want out of tune and went looking for the result.
However, those who enjoy the feast were the Brazilians, with very little football, but very effectively, went ahead on the scoreboard: 43 minutes, Neymar, on the first play of risk caused , enabled Alan Patrick, who defined the departure of goalkeeper Martinez and scored the 0-1 in favor of Santos in Brazil, although he did not merit won the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Libertadores and took a big step towards the semifinals.
In the second half, Santos came close to extending the scoring through Elano, who smashed a ball in the horizontal. However, with the passing of the minutes, Once Caldas reacted and tried to find the equalizer, but was a sin: lack of clarity in the last quarter court, since there is no operator to enable a man to the front, who the poor shooting and goalkeeper Rafael denied the goal.
At the end of the match, the Brazilians set out to handle the ball and give the party process, while the Colombians, with a man down for the expulsion of defender Elkin Street, they found the road to equality and now must plan a commitment to return next Wednesday, in Brazil
Santos coach Muricy Ramalho left satisfied with the performance of his team: "I thought we played well, we beat a great team, but we know that Once Caldas away from home is a dangerous team, so it is nothing definite."
Once Caldas midfielder Matias Mirabaje said the result is unfair. "As in previous games and we put the choices they make goals, we to win the game, Santos was not superior to us in the first half they only had one option, but that is football, goals do not see them do, "he said.
The DT's Eleven Caldas, Juan Carlos Osorio acknowledged that find it hard to win local status "Honestly local cost us much, by the psychological burden, because the physical can be handled by session, but the mental part is hard to handle."
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