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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 The path to Gloria Eterna can make every single side worry
00:09 just slightly.
00:09 But there have been few for Atletico Mineiro
00:12 in the Comer Bowl Libertadores 2024.
00:17 So we get underway in Belo Horizonte
00:19 for the last time in the Comer Bowl Libertadores group stage
00:23 in 2024.
00:24 Atletico Mineiro guaranteed to be in the knockout stages
00:28 of this year's competition.
00:29 Just a point needed to secure top spot in group G tonight.
00:33 They can be pipped, though, to the summit of the group
00:35 if PeƱarol find a victory against Rosario Central
00:39 and Atletico Mineiro lose this evening against Caracas.
00:43 The Venezuelan visitors tonight looking.
00:47 He reacted far quicker than any of that very flat-footed
00:50 back line.
00:51 Gustavo Scarpa trying to keep the pressure on.
00:56 And he does, and it comes off the thigh of the teenager
01:00 instead.
01:00 And surely the lunge of the goalkeeper there is forced.
01:09 Can he go to ground, or has he thrown himself to ground
01:15 already and is just waiting for contact?
01:17 I wonder if that's what the official thinks about it.
01:20 And over to the screen we go.
01:25 [CROWD NOISE]
01:28 Big decision early here.
01:53 [CROWD NOISE]
01:56 He's going to the pocket here, and it
02:03 is a red card for the keeper.
02:06 Ferenyez sent off inside 10 minutes.
02:08 [CROWD NOISE]
02:12 And the toughest night in the group for Caracas
02:15 just got a whole lot tougher.
02:17 [CROWD NOISE]
02:20 Of course it'll be Hulk.
02:21 Of course he launches it.
02:23 Oh, it's off the post.
02:24 It's an incredible save from Benitez.
02:26 [CROWD NOISE]
02:29 It's about as good a free kick as I've seen him hit in this
02:33 year's Libertadores.
02:34 [CROWD NOISE]
02:37 Zarecho has to go back.
02:41 Gustavo Scarpa.
02:43 It's a cracking delivery, and it's the opener.
02:46 [CROWD NOISE]
02:48 Two wanted it.
02:49 Only one could have it.
02:50 [CROWD NOISE]
02:52 And Pedrinho takes it.
02:53 [CROWD NOISE]
02:56 They were practically queuing up at that back post.
02:59 And the service from Scarpa helps
03:02 to give Atletico Mineiro the breakthrough.
03:04 [CROWD NOISE]
03:07 A comfortable goal on a comfortable night
03:13 so far for the Brazilian hosts.
03:16 And a first ever goal in the Combo Libertadores
03:18 for the 26-year-old.
03:20 [CROWD NOISE]
03:24 If that's the way he departs this year's competition,
03:27 it'll be a fond memory for the home fans
03:29 to say, but if he is to depart this club
03:32 at the end of his loan spell.
03:33 [CROWD NOISE]
03:47 There's the extra man.
03:49 Italia lining it up from distance.
03:51 [CROWD NOISE]
03:53 He's actually renowned for his goal scoring prowess.
03:56 Alisson Santana might be more, though.
03:58 He forces a good save from Benitez.
04:00 [CROWD NOISE]
04:02 Pedrinho.
04:05 [CROWD NOISE]
04:08 Stavros Scarpa.
04:09 Can he provide once more?
04:11 He can.
04:11 [CROWD NOISE]
04:14 Wonderfully taken by Alisson Santana.
04:18 Cruise control engaged for Atletico Mineiro.
04:23 And a first goal in the Combo Libertadores
04:26 for the teenager is a--
04:28 [CROWD NOISE]
04:32 Great physicality to hold off his marker
04:35 as another teasing ball comes in from Gustavo Scarpa.
04:38 [CROWD NOISE]
04:42 If he's not scoring goals himself, he's helping others.
04:45 He's provided two tonight with two pinpoint passes
04:49 from that left flank.
04:50 [CROWD NOISE]
04:53 And a wonderful finish.
04:54 [CROWD NOISE]
04:57 [WHISTLE BLOWS]
04:58 [CROWD NOISE]
05:02 Drilled in low.
05:02 Bruno Fuchs just getting in the way.
05:04 There were two bites of the cherry at it
05:06 in the end for Roger Manrique.
05:08 Danger still not cleared just yet.
05:11 Chanique laying it off.
05:12 Oh, it's off the crossbar.
05:15 A good hit from the center back, Tamayo.
05:18 Certainly something for Henry Melendez
05:20 to try and use to amp up his side.
05:23 But they trail by two goals to nil here in Brazil.
05:26 Strikes from Pedrino and Alisson Santana,
05:29 both created by Gustavo Scarpa, along with the early sending off
05:32 of shot stopper Wilco FariƱez for the Venezuelan visitors.
05:36 Been their downfall in the opening 45 minutes.
05:39 Atletico Mineiro are set to wrap up top spot in Group G.
05:44 It's going to be trouble defensively for Caracas
05:46 in this second half as the Venezuelans get us underway,
05:49 playing from right to left on your screen.
05:51 Atletico Mineiro holding top spot at the moment in Group G
05:54 and likely to stay that way with the man advantage and a two
05:57 goal advantage as well, the Brazilian heavyweights.
06:02 Round of 16 spot already confirmed
06:04 coming into this evening.
06:05 It was just whether it be first or second in the group.
06:08 Asking too much, wasn't it?
06:17 The delivery from Scarpa's set piece for PeƱarol
06:22 and Rosario Central to scrap it out for that second spot.
06:26 Hulk, lovely dip of the shoulder.
06:29 And he's missed the target again.
06:34 Nothing's coming easy for the 37-year-old forward
06:39 when it comes to his finishing.
06:40 Creates it so well.
06:46 Just swerves it away from goal.
06:47 [CROWD CHEERING]
06:50 Hulk almost falls to him kindly.
07:08 Pedrinho.
07:09 Oh, it's a sensational finish.
07:12 [CROWD CHEERING]
07:15 No goals in the Coma Bowl lifted
07:22 Aures until he finds two now tonight.
07:24 It's an absolute rocket from the edge of the area.
07:33 Sets himself with the first touch.
07:39 Fires it home with the second.
07:40 [CROWD CHEERING]
07:43 Could have that on slow motion all evening,
07:53 and you still wouldn't be disappointed
07:54 or bored of seeing it.
07:55 Well, beaten 5-0 by Olympia in Paraguay back in 1995.
08:03 They lost to another Paraguayan side that year,
08:05 6-0 on home soil in Cerro Poteno.
08:09 [CROWD CHEERING]
08:11 You get the feeling more goals are coming.
08:14 It's a good save by Benitez to deal with the initial effort
08:17 from the substitute, Igor Gomez.
08:18 And the flag is up anyway on this near side.
08:20 It's not the mere fleeting moment of frustration
08:26 because, once again, the Brazilian's straight back
08:31 on the front foot.
08:32 Hulk.
08:34 Difficult angle to go for goal.
08:36 Was unselfish.
08:38 Just couldn't quite set it up in the end.
08:43 Did wonder if he'd fancy an effort
08:45 from such an acute angle.
08:47 He didn't.
08:48 He found the substitute.
08:50 Just couldn't get his foot around it, though.
08:52 Alan Karnic.
08:52 Looks like it is going to be Igor Gomez, you know.
09:02 Maybe not.
09:02 Hulk instead goes to the top corner.
09:05 And a fine save by Benitez once more to deny it.
09:08 It's an excellent save as well.
09:10 And another good one by Benitez.
09:12 And that one's off the post.
09:14 They're just about clinging on to this 3-0 scoreline
09:20 as the Colombian forces another stop from Benitez.
09:23 Three good saves and a bit of good fortune
09:25 with the woodwork coming to his--
09:27 Pretty much nothing throughout tonight.
09:29 Hulk.
09:30 Three against three in the 18-yard box.
09:34 Hulk wants this all on his own.
09:36 However, icing on the cake.
09:39 Whether it'll be a booking for showing off
09:51 why they call him Hulk.
09:54 But it's a goal that's a reminder of just how powerful
09:57 he is in the attacking third.
10:00 And it's a marker to lay down for the remainder
10:03 of the Coma Bowl Limited Oranges in 2024
10:06 and the incoming knockout rounds.
10:10 And it's a knockout blow to Caracas, who have been
10:13 sumped for four tonight now.
10:15 The physicality, the ability to hold off the marker.
10:32 He just guides it in with the instep.
10:33 And that's the evening for AtlƩtico Mineiro,
10:38 done and dusted.
10:40 No jeopardy whatsoever on match day six of the Coma Bowl
10:44 Limited Oranges group stage.
10:46 An emphatic 4-0 win over Venezuela inside Caracas
10:49 means AtlƩtico Mineiro will be going through
10:52 as the group victors.
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11:02 (upbeat music)