The Argentines thrashed Tacuary 0-4 and qualify for the next round
Guaraní beat Danubio 0-2, also at home
students of the silver secured their passage to the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana two days in advance by thrashing at home by 0-4 to Tacuary at the close of the fourth day of group C. Estudiantes accumulated 10 points out of 12 possible, in the absence of knowing the fate of the match between Bragantino, who has seven points, and Oriente Petrolero, bottom without any. Tacuary was parked with 3 in third place. If Bragantino wins, he will also stamp his visa to the top sixteen phase. The Argentine team, which had thrashed the Paraguayan by the same score a month ago, today found the spaces to score the goals in the second half, led by the experienced striker Mauro Boselli, who scored a brace.
Tacuary resisted the first 45 minutes as best he could, thanks to the good performance of his goalkeeper Carlos Servin, who stopped at least three clear shots on goal. The lack of ideas forced Tacuary to lock themselves in their field for most of the game.
The match was stopped for a moment in the 20th minute after a strong clash between the Paraguayan center-back Nery Bareiro and Boselli, who received a cut on his head, for which he was forced to play since then with a bandage. Bareiro lost one of his teeth after the blow with the Argentine striker.
The second half showed those led by coach Ever Almeida without order in their defense, a situation that helped the winger Leonardo Godoy open the scoring. From then on it was all for Pincha, and in the 59th minute Boselli extended the lead after receiving a cross from Gaston Benedetti. And, unfortunately for the Guarani team, Bareiro scored on own goal near the end.
Boselli He sealed the win with a header after receiving a cross from full-back Eros Mancuso. In addition, he had the opportunity to score his hat trick of the night, but was saved by goalkeeper Servin from a penalty.
On the next day Tacuary will visit Oriente Petrolero and Estudiantes will receive Bragantino.
Guaraní imposes its law in Montevideo
the paraguayan club Guarani imposed its law in Montevideo this Thursday and surpassed by 0-2 to Danube, a result that allows them to assume the leadership of group B with seven points. Huracán and Emelec follow the Paraguayan team with five, and Danubio closes the standings with four. Federico Santander and Alexis Cantero were in charge of scoring the goals for the Paraguayan team, against which the variants introduced by the Uruguayan coach Esteban Conde could do nothing.
The first clear chance in the game was created by Danubio. A ball filtered inside the small area reached the experienced striker Sebastián Fernández, who finished off the leg of Paraguayan goalkeeper Rodrigo Muñoz to the left post. In a free kick outside the area, Guarní caused concern with the rebound, which ended up heading over Mauro Goicoechea’s frame. Paraguayan offensive dominance continued during the final minutes of the first half despite the fact that the local team tried to reach the Guaraní area with few options led by attackers Guillermo May and Fernández. Thus, both teams went to the locker room without hurting themselves in a first half marked by the lack of offensive variants of the Danube that the Guaraní was able to take advantage of despite not being able to cross the local nets.
For the second half, the local team increased the pressure. Danubio managed to unbalance on a couple of occasions that demanded the goalkeeper Muñoz. In the 75th minute, luck came for Guaraní with a penalty goal executed by Federico Santander after a controversial decision by referee Raphael Claus when sentencing a handball inside the area by Uruguayan defender Lucas Monzón.
Five minutes later, an imbalance in the Uruguayan defense in midfield was taken advantage of by Alexis Canterowho beat Goicoechea to score the second goal of the game and seal the match.