Argentinos Juniors, with many youth players on the team, said goodbye to the Copa Sudamericana with a 2-1 home victory against Nacional of Paraguayat the closing of Group F.
Leonardo Herediaat 7 minutes, and Damián Batallini from a penalty -, at 18, both in the first half, they scored the goals for the La Paternal team, which finished third in their zone, while Rodrigo Arévalo, at 39 of the same period, scored for the Guaraní team.
“El Bicho” started the game very well, with high pressure and good associated play.
This push in the middle allowed him to leave the defense of National, and after a robbery of Batallini and the subsequent pass back, Heredia managed to score the 1 to 0.
A few minutes later, the goalkeeper Anthony Silva committed a penalty that allowed him Argentinos Juniors increase the lead on the scoreboard, and it was his own Batallini who took care of this with a soft shot down that the former Paraguayan Huracán could not guess.
But near the end of the first stage, National surprised on the dead ball with a long cross from Sebastián Vargas that Arévalo connected with the head for the discount.
In the second half, despite some lukewarm intentions, neither team was able to score and the match ended with a victory for the host.
Statistics Argentinos Juniors vs Nacional (P) in Copa Sudamericana
Source: Ambito
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