The home team took the lead with a goal from Emanuel Britez25 minutes into the second half, but the visit turned it around with goals from Juan Ramirez and Jose Luis Rodriguezat 33 and 38 minutes, respectively.
In the quarterfinals, the Uruguayan team – which had won 2-0 in the first leg – will face the winner of the series between Olimpia from Paraguay and Goianense from Brazil.
National He opted to take care of the advantage he had obtained in the first match, and spoiled the game before the passivity of Unión, who was forced to press but did not, although he did not deserve to leave with a defeat.
The locals practically wasted the initial half hour, played passively, without ease, and favored their rival’s approach, which did not generate any risk on the goal. santiago mele in that part of the match.
Just halfway through the first half, the team from Santa Fe warned with a shot from Federico Vera from outside, which contained Serge Rochetand in the last minutes he generated other chances, the clearest at the feet of Jonathan Alvez, who finished inside the area but Camilo Candido he crossed in time to save his bow.
In the complementary part, Union tried to attack a little more, they tried it with the income of Imanol Machuca and Mariano Peralta Bauerbut National he was firm in defense but with no offensive ambitions.
After insisting so much, Unión finally achieved the goal it needed so much thanks to a header from Emanuel Britez, one of the best on his team, but it was still not enough for him, one more was needed to stretch the definition to penalties.
And when he was on that quest, he suffered a defining blow: in a quick counterattack, the newly born Juan Ramírez scored the equalizer, but something else was missing, and in another isolated attack, Jose Luis Rodriguez he scored the second goal for the Uruguayan team, which almost unintentionally took the victory.
Formations
Union: Santiago Mele; Emanuel Brítez, Franco Calderón, Diego Polenta, Claudio Corvalán; Federico Vera, Enzo Roldán, Juan Portillo; Mauro Luna Diale; Kevin Zenon and Jonathan Alvez. DT: Gustavo Munua.
National: Sergio Rochet; Leandro Lozano, Leo Coelho, Nicolás Marichal, Camilo Cándido; Diego Zabala, Felipe Carballo, Yonathan Rodríguez, Alex Castro; Emanuel Gigliotti and Franco Fagundez. DT: Pablo Repetto.
Goals in the second half: 25m Brítez (U); 33m Ramirez (N); 38m JLRodriguez (N).
Substitutions in the second half: 12m Imanol Machuca for Vera (U) and Mariano Peralta Bauer for Alvez (U); 20m José Luis Rodríguez for Castro (N), Leandro Otormín for Gigliotti (N) and Juan Ramírez for Fagúndez (N); 28m Brayan Castrillón for Zenón (U); 39m Santiago Ramírez for Cándido (N); 40m Juan Nardoni for Roldán (U) and Matías Gallegos for Brítez (U).
Incident in the second half: 45m expelled Brítez (U).
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile).
Stadium: April 15.
Source: Ambito
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