Estudiantes was surprised as soon as the match started with a cross from Jorge Henríquez that passed between several legs of forwards and defenders to enter the second post of the goal defended by Mariano Andújar.
That was the first surprise that the “pincharrata” team received, but not the only one, since in the rest the good play of the local team was involved, which with a neat handling from the aforementioned Henríquez, also generated danger for the Argentine forwards Germán Estigarribia, with a very good job, and Lautaro Palacios.
On the other hand, Audax Italiano was not the same when attacking as when it came back, but in that area there was the fault of those led by Ricardo Zielinski, who never found the ball in the midfield to progress in attack, except in some sparks of Gustavo Del Prete.
But that was enough for him at some point in the first half to even score a Leandro Díaz goal that was invalidated by the Uruguayan referee Christian Ferreyra, whose actions were going to be key to the subsequent development of the match with his mistakes in a match that, being the second phase of the contest does not count with the participation of the VAR.
The Var will only come into action in the group stage, something to which Estudiantes aspires, although to do so they must inevitably prevail in next week’s rematch at the UNO stadium in La Plata.
Because today, despite the fact that the locals finished with two men less due to the expulsions decreed by Ferreyra for Nicolás Fernández and Fabián Torres, he never found the paths that would lead him not to victory, but at least to a draw.
And to make matters worse, with time already served, the former Rosario Central, Alan Marinelli, who had entered five minutes earlier, was expelled when the “pincharrata” team needed him most.
In the other three matches of this second phase of the contest there was another local victory and it was that of Barcelona, from Ecuador, over Universitario, from Peru, by 2-0, with goals from Erik Castillo and Carlos Garcés in the second half.
While as a visitor Guaraní, from Paraguay, won an important 1-0 victory in stoppage time with a goal by Josué Colman, over the Brazilian América MG.
And in the last game this Wednesday, played at the height of La Paz, the local Bolívar, from Bolivia (goal by the Brazilian Francisco Da Costa) and the Catholic University, from Ecuador (Ismael Díaz), a team led by the Argentine Miguel Rondelli.
The rematches of all these matches will take place next week, with the venues being reversed and those who make it through the round will face the third and final preliminary stage that will deposit the winners in the coveted group stage.
Source: Ambito
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