Lanus beat Montevideo Wanderers 1-0 tonight at the Centenario stadium, with the mark of eternal scorer José Sand in the second half, which allowed them to remain undefeated and leader of group A on the third date of the Copa Sudamericana.
The Argentine team now has 7 units, one more than its escort Barcelona, from Ecuador, which it will face in Guayaquil, next Wednesday, May 4 at 9:30 p.m.
The group led by the Argentine Jorge Célico, with his compatriot Javier Burrai as goalkeeper and with Nixon Molina scoring, also triumphed by the slightest difference over Metropolitanos, in Caracas.
Precisely the team from Venezuela, third with 2 points, for the fourth date will receive Wanderers, last with only one unit.
As for the game, the first stage was discreet due to the decisive shortcomings that both teams presented, especially the local team, which predominated in the actions but did not find definitions in their various arrivals of danger.
While the visitor, uncomfortable for not being able to gain possession of the ball, and permanently besieged on his way out due to the high pressure and quick transitions from the rival, he was rarely able to get close to the fence guarded by Mauro Silveira.
Precisely the Uruguayan goalkeeper disrupted the only clear arrival that Lanús put together with a combination between Brian Aguirre and Lautaro Acosta, whom Silveira stole the ball upon entering the Wanderers area, anticipating in the heads-up at 14 minutes.
For its part, the Montevideo team, through its creative midfielder Nicolás Quagliata in particular, demanded it from Fernando Monetti, who knew how to solve some of his defense’s flaws, which showed weaknesses in aerial shipments, both due to associated plays and in the stopped ball.
At the beginning of the second chapter, with the entry of striker Ángel González through midfielder Maximiliano González, the ‘garnets’ found a greater overflow on the right and thus quickly managed to create a pressing situation for Silveira, who together with Emiliano García complemented each other to save the fall of the local fence at 2 minutes.
That greater impetus that Lanús presented was later diluted when Argentine striker Hernán Rivero -former All Boys- entered along with midfielder Diego Hernández, for the inactive Nicolás Ferreira and Emiliano Tellechea, former San Lorenzo and Defensa y Justicia, which allowed him the Uruguayan team to regain the leading role in the match.
Despite not having a game-generating midfielder, those led by Jorge Almirón knew how to get out of the Uruguayan oppression after 25 minutes, in search of the unevenness on the sides with the projections of Alexandro Bernabei on the left and the winger ex Estudiantes de La Silver for the opposite sector.
In this way, Lanús managed to mark the opening with the overflow Ángel González after a clever personal maneuver to serve the center that Sand knew how to connect to beat Silveira with a shot to his left, at 33 minutes.
With this new mark, the 41-year-old from Corrientes, the Buenos Aires club’s historic scorer, increased his record to 161 conversions with the maroon shirt.
