The Copa Libertadores entered its final stretch and one of the most exciting groups is C. Although Students stamped your ticket to round of 16 well in advance, the other three members of the zone continue in the race to advance from zone. In it Grand Central Park from Montevideo, there was a key duel between Nacional de Uruguay and Vélez Sarsfieldsince his victoria 3-2 fueled the hope of accessing the next phase.
The victory of Pincha ante Bragantino As a visitor, he left the standings red hot. Those of La Plata, with 13 units, the leadership of the area was guaranteed but there was still a place available. For this reason, the Fort appeared in the neighboring country with an aggressive attitude. Luca Orellano’s interventions generated constant concern in Martín Rodríguez, who had to make an effort on more than one occasion to avoid the premature Argentine goal. Even some offensive appearance of the figure from Velez crashed against the crossbar.
* Diego Zabala’s goal that opened the scoring in Montevideo
The striking thing was that the goal came at the least expected moment. And the team that had made the least merits. As if it were an axiom related to the dynamics of the unthinkable, National appealed to the Law of the Ex to celebrate the 1 a 0 and put the cast led by Julio Vaccari. It was Diego Zabala, through a low shot from medium distance that took out of the scene Lucas Hoyos, the author of the goal that opened the scoring. Despite the apology from the steering wheel, in Liniers everything was anger and pain.
But far from resigning, Velez continued betting on their collective potential and Lucas Janson turned on the light of illusion. The ex Tigre he improvised a magnificent individual work to celebrate the tie and provide an emotional injection for the complement. In it 1 a 1, the second stage was presented with a notable question mark, because neither of the two teams served him the distribution of points.
* The equality of Vélez came with this great goal by Lucas Janson
In the complement, the Bag came out with everything and sought to unbalance. His best credential was a stack of Camilo Candido who finished wide. While the Fortín answered a good deal of Lucas Pratto who played for Joel Sonora and his shot was deflected by the goalkeeper Martin Rodriguez.
Then Vélez continued making merits through Luca Orellano, who first hit a ball on the post and then demanded goalkeeper Rodríguez. After so much searching, the advantage came for the Argentine team and it was at 60 minutes through Matthias de los Santos with a header off a corner kick.
* The Uruguayan Matías de los Santos uneven for the Fortín
in the epilogue Abiel Osorio he touched the ball with his hand inside the area and the judge awarded a penalty. Emanuel Gigliotti took over the execution and converted the tie. Then the Argentine striker had another clear one, but he was prevented from doing so on the line Diego Gómez.
Nacional continued with its attack and wasted two more chances. While Vélez, when he responded, was lethal and Maximum Perrone with a header he scored the third for Fortin at 94 minutes.
For the last day of Group C, the Uruguayans will host Bragantino on Tuesday 24, starting at 7:15 p.m. Vélez, meanwhile, will be local against the already classified Estudiantes. With the win against Nacional, Fortín will seek to beat Pincha to try to finish second in the area and advance to the round of 16, although it will also depend on whether the Tricolor does not beat the Brazilians in the Gran Parque Central.
Formations:
Estadio: Great Central Park of Montevideo
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Television: Fox Sports
Positions table:
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