River Plate was imposed on Freedom of Paraguay with goals from Pablo Solari y Franco Mastantuonoremained undefeated and paved the race for their classification to the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadoresafter a match for the third date of Group H in which the Paraguayans were third in the group.
In this way, River achieved three wins, a perfect score to lead the key, and left the Guaraní team with less hope and in third position with three points.
At the start of the match at the Defensores del Chaco in Asunción, Libertad, who stood on their own ground to stop any initiative from the Argentines, lost the ball at times and had a hard time defining against a River that was incisive in attack.
The team led by Argentine Martín Demichelis, with power on the offensive, made Rodrigo Morínigo nervous on several occasions, such as when Claudio Echeverri received the service of Marcelo Herrera, and hit a bomb directly at the goal.
The Millonario team almost celebrated its first victory with the goal scored by Miguel Borja, which Brazilian referee Raphael Claus annulled for being in an advanced position.
But River reaped its first joy of the match, when Rodrigo Oliari elevated an exact pass to Pablo Solari in the 34th minute, who swept the ball until he put it with exact force into the Paraguayan goal.
The game began to even out, Gumarelo did not let itself be intimidated and looked for space on the counterattack.
A corner kick taken by Lucas Sanabria landed in the rival danger zone and, without any obstacle from the defense, Matías Espinoza made an impeccable jump and with a header gave the home team the tying goal in the 40th minute.
The second half, Libertad came out to show authority, began to dominate the attack, while River showed its slowdown.
Although the game was dynamic, River slowed down and could not put together an effective play that would allow them to extend their advantage.
The entry of Franco Mastantuono to replace Claudio Echeverri changed the fortunes of the Argentines, who in the 80th minute launched the ball from the right directly into the opponent’s goal after outwitting the entire defense.
Those led by Ariel Galeano were surprised, they were disorganized by the adverse score and although they tried hard, it was not enough for them to overcome the group leaders.
With this result, the Uruguayan Nacional de Montevideo, which earlier beat the Venezuelan Deportivo Táchira 2-1, rose to second position, with six points accumulated.
For its part, Carrusel Aurinegro sank to the bottom of the classification, without points or victories.
On the fourth day, River Plate will face Nacional from Uruguay on May 7, and on the same day Libertad will face Deportivo Táchira from Venezuela.
– Datasheet:
1. Freedom: Rodrigo Mourinho, Ivan Ramirez, Nestor Gimenez, Diego Viera, Oscar Cardozo (57, August Aguilar), Bautista Merlini, Lorenzo Melgarejo (21, Matthias Espinoza), Luis Carlos Cardozo, Ivan Franco (71, Elvio Vera). ), Lucas Sanabria (m.71, Hugo Martinez), Hernesto Caballero (m.57. Alvaro Campuzano).
Coach: Ariel Galeano
2. River Plate: Franco Armani, Miguel Angel Borja, Enzo Diaz, Leandro Gonzalez, Marcelo Andres Herrera, Paulo Diaz, Claudio Echeverri (45, Franco Mastantuono), Ezequiel Barco (61, Manuel Lanzini), Rodrigo Villagra (57, Nicolas). Fonseca, Rodrigo Aliendro (m.61, Ignacio Fernandez), Pablo Solari (m.76, Facundo Colidio).
Coach: Martín Demichelis.
Goals: 1-0, m.34: Pablo Solari. 1-1, m.40: Matías Espinoza. 2-1, m.80 Franco Mastantuono.
Referee: Brazilian Raphael Claus warned Rodrigo Aliendro, Nicolas Fonseca, Bautista Merlini, Ivan Ramirez, Facundo Colidio, Luis Cardozo.
Incidents: match of the third day of Group H of the Copa Libertadores played at the Defensores del Chaco de Asunción stadium, in the city of Asunción. EFE
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