Atlético-MG beats Rosário in Argentina and guarantees first place in the Libertadores

On Tuesday night (7), Atlético went to Argentina and beat Rosário Central 1 x 0 and secured the classification as leader of Group G, with two rounds to spare. The team led by Gabriel Milito continues with 100% success and is now looking to have the best campaign in the competition, to have the advantage of deciding the clashes up to the semi-finals at home.

The miners have 12 points in four games, and can be caught by Bolivar who is still playing in this round.

_{Paulinho is decisive again and guarantees victory for Atlético Mg in Argentina. (Photo: reproduction/instagram@libertadores)}

First time

The match was played behind closed doors due to a punishment that the Argentines received in the first round against Peñarol. Galo took advantage of the absence of fans and controlled the first 45 minutes. In the 4th minute, Gustavo Scarpa received a cross from Guilherme Arana, and knocked it out very dangerously. Then, Paulinho finished from inside the area and forced Broun to make a good save. Atlético continued to put pressure on the Argentines and narrowly missed opening the scoring in the 15th minute, Scarpa found Paulinho free inside the area, the number 10 hit first time and Broun saved again. And when number 1 didn't defend, he counted on the help of the post. At 25 minutes Hulk takes a free kick with a lot of venom, the ball capriciously hits the latch and doesn't go in. The Argentine team even tried to bother Atlético, but with the defense playing high, the black and white team didn't let the opponent get out of the pressure.

Second stage

In the second stage, Rosário Central managed to balance the match more, but did not threaten Éverson's goal. The match became more truncated without many chances for both sides. Atlético regained control of the game after Alisson replaced Zaracho, in the 19th minute, the attacker bothered the left side of the Argentines too much, and it was from this sector that Galo scored the winning goal, after scoring with Paulinho. , Alisson crossed low to Vargas, who came on for Hulk, supporting the number 10, who was facing the goal and opening the scoring in the 42nd minute. And giving final numbers to the match. With this goal, the striker reaches his 4th goal of the season.

Featured photo: Galo wins, guarantees first position in the group and maintains 100% success rate (Reproduction/Instagram@rosariocentral)