Tigre could not round off a good match and was surprised by Brazil’s Sao Paulo by losing 2-0 in the debut of the Copa Sudamericana, tonight in Victoria, within the framework of the first date of Group D.
Erison, with a doublet, at 12 and 29 minutes of the second half, He gave the victory to the Brazilian team.
The controversial match from the previous one, since both teams saw each other after the embarrassing final of the 2012 edition, was under control by referee Esteban Ostojich who in just 20 minutes demonstrated his authority by admonishing four footballers.
In a first stage that there were no emotions, Tigre did all the merits to open the scoring with Facundo Colidio and Mateo Retegui at the helm, who generated 12 dangerous situations against just four of the rival who knew how to resist the onslaught of the local.
The clearest chance was with the scorer Retegui as the protagonist, since he took advantage of the shortcomings of the defense of the Brazilian team. However, the Italy striker could not face a firm Rafael in one-on-one.
Although the work of San Pablo was not a good one, their few actions were high voltage and it was there that the performance of goalkeeper Gonzalo Marinelli stood out, who also excelled to prevent the fall of his team before the shots of Wellington Rato and David .
In the complement, the story took another course, and it was the visiting team that took center stage and cornered Tigre who first suffered a shot on the post and then a goal before the quarter hour: Neto put in a fantastic qualification and Erison did not forgive when Marinelli left with a smooth and crossed shot to make it 1-0.
As if this were not enough, The “Matador” could not recover footballingly and when the clock marked half an hour he received the knockout blow: Abel Luciatti fumbled the ball at the end and then suffered the good individuality of Erison, who with a bitten shot and mouthpiece left the goalkeeper standing and sentenced the 2-0 scoreline to embitter Diego Martínez’s team’s cup debut.
