This meeting with seventies roots, when between the two they defined Copa Libertadores hand in hand, was transported back in time half a century and this Wednesday it was reissued, with other interpreters perhaps quite far from those who made history at that time, to this second date of the Group C of the Copa Libertadores 2022.
And to this game the two came with dissimilar gifts, since while Estudiantes leads Group 2 of the Professional League Cup in Argentina and also their zone in this Libertadores, Nacional is seventh in the Uruguayan Apertura Tournament in eight dates and penultimate to At the end of these two cup matches, since in the first game they fell 2-0 in Brazil against Bragantino, who will visit Vélez Sarsfield in Liniers tomorrow at 9 pm.
And it is precisely Vélez who is the bottom of the group, since on the opening day he was beaten 4-1 by “Pincha” in La Plata.
From that game to this one, coach Ricardo Zielinski also enjoyed another rout, even more extensive by the local tournament, from 5 to 0 over Central Córdoba, from Santiago del Estero, which largely covered up a shortcoming that could have cost him dearly against a rival of more hierarchy as Nacional, and passed through its central defense.
It is that the “Russian” had achieved the ideal line of three with the ex-Nacional, Agustín Rogel, Fabián Noguera and Ezequiel Muñoz, but the latter suffered another serious injury in the classic with Gymnastics and Fencing (he was previously a year and a half in Independiente without being able to debut) by tearing the cruciate ligaments in his left knee, and then the coach, in order to maintain that game system, decided to include Paraguayan Jorge Morel in his place.
But Morel is by nature a central midfielder, and Zielinski’s desire to maintain with that line of three more advanced sides Leonardo Godoy and Emmanuel Mas today could have cost him dearly, since the Paraguayan ex-Lanús, due to inexperience in the position, About the time of the first half, he committed an unnecessary criminal foul on Emmanuel Gigliotti by charging him from behind when the former Boca Juniors and Independiente was not in a position to turn.
But luckily for Morel, again Mariano Andújar is having a great moment in Estudiantes and diving down to his right, he deflected Felipe Carballo’s consequent penalty kick.
From then until the end of the first stage, Nacional continued to be slightly superior, something that would be reversed in the second half, when Estudiantes gradually took over the development of the game.
And in that superior walk, the people of La Plata climbed towards victory, which if they could not achieve at the end, with some good offensive actions inside the rival area, led by Leandro Díaz and Franco Zapiola, it was purely and exclusively because Nacional It also has a great goalkeeper like Sergio Rochet, who took the position from Fernando Muslera after the arrival of Diego Alonso’s Uruguayan national team as coach.
But that did not prevent the large group of student fans who crossed the Río de La Plata from ending up celebrating in Montevideo, dreaming of a successful future in favor of their cup lineage, the one that led them to win four Libertadores. And they go for more. It seems they have what.
Source: Ambito
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