The <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/basketball-also-set-off-the-alarms-for-the-classic-that-nacional-and-penarol-must-play/" title="Basketball also set off the alarms for the classic that Nacional and Peñarol must play”>Centenario Stadium located in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay, was the sports venue where the match starring Peñarol and Botafogoduel corresponding to the second leg of one of the second semifinal of the Copa Libertadotres 2024.
The first leg ended 5-0 in favor of Botafogo and Peñarol was looking to achieve a historic comeback as a local, something that would start in a good way when they scored a goal in the 30th minute of the match, a mid-range shot by Jaime Báez.
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Peñarol won the match, but it was not enough
The Uruguayan team would continue with optimism dedicated to attack looking to score more goals, being a team much superior to Botafogo in the first part of the match, they even had a shot from the vertical in the 35th minute.
Peñarol looked better than its rival in the first half and it was believed that the second half would get more goals, however, the expulsion of goalkeeper Washington Aguerre It would be a hard blow for the Uruguayan team.
Just after the first half of the match was over, the players of the Uruguayan team went to reproach the Botafogo goalkeeper for his delay and waste of time, there, the goalkeeper Aguerre hits his rival, something that the referee saw and sanctioned with a red card.
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In the second half, Peñarol would not surrender and he would keep his desire intact to continue scoring goals, something he would achieve again thanks to a mid-range shot by Jaime Báez in the 66th minute of the game.
Botafogo would suffer a new blow, This time an expulsion in the 69th minute, the expulsion of Mateo Ponte for a double yellow card, leaving both teams with 10 men on the field.
The final of the 2024 Copa Libertadores defined
Peñarol, in their eagerness to go on the attack, would leave spaces in defense that Botafogo would take advantage of to score the discount through the work of Thiago Almada, however, just a minute later, the Uruguayan team would score the 3-1 which would then leave an overall score of 6-3 for the Brazilian club, which will face Atlético Mineiro in the final of the 2024 Copa Libertadores on November 30.
