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Vélez Sarsfield, who had José Florentín on the substitute bench, defeated River Plate 1-0 at home, who had Héctor David Martínez as starter, in the first leg match between Argentine teams for the round of 16 of the Cup Libertadores 2022, played on Wednesday at the José Amalfitani stadium in Buenos Aires.

In the 15th minute, Lucas Janson scored the only goal of the match from a penalty kick, which Vélez Sarsfield could have won by a much larger margin had he not forgiven so much in front of the rival goal.

The revenge will be played next Wednesday at the Monumental stadium, and the winner of this series will meet in the quarterfinals with the winner of another Argentine duel by Talleres de Córdoba and Colón de Santa Fe, who tied 1-1 in the first chapter.

The defender of the Paraguayan National Team, Héctor David Martínez, played the 90 minutes and did not have a good night; he finished the match with a score of 6.4, in addition to having committed the penalty that tipped the scales. While the Guarani midfielder, José Florentín, was on the “Fortín” bench, but he had no minutes.

– An aggressive Velez –
Even when River Plate arrived in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Liniers with the favorite poster for the series, Vélez Sarsfield was far from settling for the role of “partner” and stood up to him from the beginning, with an aggressive approach, well balanced in the field. of game.

But the “Millionaire”, with his incisive attack, was the first to have the opportunities, with a shot by Enzo Fernández from outside the area that ended just above the goal, and a low left-footed shot by Álvarez that Hoyos contained with solvency.

Shortly after the opening came, through a penalty for an obvious foul by David Martínez on Janson, which the left winger himself scored with a shot placed to the left of Armani, who looked for the other side.

With Janson and Orellano as wide-open wingers, Vélez caused River problems in the background, which had a hard time generating game in attack, although he arrived on a couple of occasions, with a pass from Fernández to Braian Romero, but Hoyos anticipated it before of the shot, and an advance by Paradela that Julián Álvarez defined directly at the goalkeeper’s hands.

– An Uncomfortable Millionaire –
The beginning of the second half found a game with inaccuracies, between a River that had more of the ball, but it was difficult for them to reach it, and a Vélez that found more and more ground in front of them to play on the counterattack.

Without the expected clarity, Marcelo Gallardo, the DT of River, moved the bench of substitutes and ordered three changes, with the premieres of Rodrigo Aliendro and Lucas Beltrán, a midfielder and a striker recently arrived from Colón and with a couple of training sessions on top.

With an increasingly unsettled River, Vélez spared the Millionaire’s life, with several chances to widen the difference, among them a breakaway by Pratto, which he defined very wide when he only had Armani ahead, then the young Osorio did not reach push a cross center inches from the arc.

The locals were still going to have another incredible chance to settle the game in an assist from Pratto for Osorio, who was left alone with Armani, but the millionaire goalkeeper saved his goal with a providential slap, and already in the discount again the boy Osorio burst the crossbar with a powerful right hand.

Determined and ambitious, the Vélez of ‘Cacique’ Alexander Medina, with many enthusiastic youths, proposed an intense combat in each ball to a confused River, to which the Hoyos goal was further and further away, without being able to display the dizzying game , nor spaces to find the spaces between lines.

With a firm collective game, concentrated from start to finish, with Nicolás Garayalde as the owner of the midfield, Vélez became strong at home and won the first duel, but that is still not enough to dominate a River that will seek to improve in revenge, forced to win and make a difference to twist a series that was uphill.

TECHNICAL SHEET OF THE MATCH.

Estadio: Jose Amalfitani (Buenos Aires)

Referee: Raphael Claus (BRA)

Goals:

Velez Sarsfield: Janson (15 penalties)

Banns:

Velez Sarsfield: Perrone (21), Gomez (41), Pratto (70)

River Plate: Diaz (19)

Lineups:

Velez Sarsfield: Lucas Hoyos (cap) – Leonardo Jara, Matías De los Santos, Valentin Gomez, Francisco Ortega – Luca Orellano (Julián Fernández 65), Nicholas Garayalde (Santiago Caseres 84), Maximo Perrone (Agustin Nicolas Mulet 84), Lucas Janson – Walter Bou (Abiel Osorio 65), Lucas Pratto (cap) (Santiago Castro 90+1). DT: Alexander Medina.

River Plate: Franco Armani – Paulo Diaz, Emanuel Mammana (Marcelo Herrera 62), Hector Martinez, Milton Casco – Enzo Fernández, Enzo Pérez (cap), José Antonio Paradela (Rodrigo German Aliendro 61, Palavecino 89) – Ezequiel Barco (Juan Quintero 46) – Braian Romero (Lucas Beltran 62), Julian Alvarez. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.

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— CONMEBOL Libertadores (@Libertadores) June 30, 2022

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Olimpia’s coach, Julio César Cáceres spoke and analyzed what could happen in his team’s match this Thursday against Atlético Goianiense at the Defensores del Chaco stadium.

The news that set off the alarms in the senior camp came just the day before the match, as several starting players presented symptoms of respiratory conditions and underwent a COVID test.

The “Emperor” assured that until now he has “everyone available”, but that he is awaiting the results of the swabs. “I have the team in mind, it will not change much, I hope there is nothing that interferes with that,” the coach said at a press conference.

While regarding the game and the rival, he stated: “Like any Brazilian team, they manage themselves well, they have fast wingers on the right side, they have a ’10’ that moves and generates situations. Brazilian football is very competitive, but We also have to play our game and overcome those difficulties that may arise on the field of play and that they have to worry about us”.

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Olimpia, who has been playing at a high level and scoring goals of all colors in the local tournament after the FIFA date, receives Atlético Goianiense from Brazil this Thursday, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the 2022 South American Cup, tournament that the Paraguayan King of Cups aspires to win to add to his crowded showcase.

The match will be played at 8:30 p.m. at the Defensores del Chaco stadium, in Asunción.

Holder of 8 international titles, including the 1979 Intercontinental Cup and the Copa Libertadores de América in 1979, 1990 and 2002, the “Dean” of Paraguayan football seeks to continue his international presence in the South American after being eliminated last month from the Libertadores in the group stage.

The team led by Julio César Cáceres had passed the three preliminary phases of the Copa Libertadores, but could not get past the group phase, where they were third in their series behind Colón de Santa Fe and their arch-rival, Cerro Porteño.

That third place, however, allowed him to advance to the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana.

In Gioaniense stores, coach Jorginho, world champion with Brazil in the United States in 1994, admitted that Olimpia is a traditional cast of South American soccer that he had to face when he played for Vasco da Gama.

The “Dragon” strategist identified striker Derlis González as the most dangerous man in the lined-up eleven, known in Brazil because he played for Santos, in addition to his experience with the Paraguayan National Team.

“We know that it will be a very difficult game but we hope for the support of la torcida to make our dream come true”Jorginho stressed at a press conference.

In the Guaraní camp, the technical director Julio César Cáceres (Libertares champion as a player with Olimpia in 2002) will have his entire squad at his disposal, since he has no injured or suspended players.

Walter González, already recovered from a strong blow he received on his right leg in the last game of the local championship, will be a relief option in the attack.

Goianiense won Group B of the South American Cup, with 13 points in six games, in which they achieved four wins, one draw and one loss, and left behind two tough rivals such as the Quito League and Defense and Justice and Sports Antofagasta from Chile.

The likely lineups are as follows:

Olympiad: Gaston Olveira – Sergio Otalvaro, Luis Zarate, Saul Salcedo, Ivan Torres – Alejandro Silva, Hugo Quintana, Richard Marcos Gomez, Fernando Cardozo – Derlis Gonzalez and Jorge Recalde. DT: Julius Caesar.

Atletico Goianiense: Hayner – Wanderson, Ramon Menezes, Jefferson, Marlon Freitas – Edson Felipe, Jorginho, Léo Pereira, Wellington Rato – Diego Churín y Airton. DT: Jorge.

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