Argentinos Juniors drew 2-2 as a visitor, with Liverpool from Montevideo and continues to be the leader of Group E of the Copa Libertadores with seven points.
In a visit that seemed favourable, those led by Gabriel Milito suffered Liverpool striker Rubén Betancourt who scored both goals, had other opportunities and was a real headache for the visitor’s defense.
The goals for the Paternal team were scored by Francisco González Metilli and Miguel Torrén, from a penalty kick; but Milito must have regretted the expulsion of Lucas Villalba in the second half that forced him to retreat.
In a large section of the first half, Argentinos took control of the game, but they lacked fluidity to put players in front of the local goalkeeper Sebastián Frutos. For their part, the locals were very cautious, to the point that they put nine men, including their goalkeeper, behind the line of the ball.
After fighting it, Argentinos reached the prize when Miguel Torrén hit a precise ball for Cabrera that overflowed, reached the bottom and shot the center behind for Gabriel Avalos to shoot Britos, who covered remarkably, but the Paraguayan fought the rebound that derived in González Metilli, who had come like a whirlwind from behind and was able to define and send the ball into the back of the net.
In the second half, Liverpool put their full-backs forward so that they became full-backs and began to play with a line of three. One of the admitted players, Alan Medina, received three quarters from the right of his attack and hit a precise cross so that Rubén Betancourt rose and headed in a formidable way to give the Uruguayans the tie.
Betancourt, 30, who is nicknamed by many the “brother of Edinson Cavani”, did not make his debut in Uruguay, since he went through the Italians Atalanta and Bologna and the Mexican Atlante, and was even in 2016 in Defense and Justice, but he did not play a game.
At 10 minutes Argentinos had a corner in favor, a defender headed to clear, but the ball hit a teammate’s hand. After many protests, the Bolivian referee Ivo Méndez checked the VAR and charged a penalty that Miguel Torrén changed for a goal, giving the second goal to La Paternal.
Those led by Milito took the goal very well, regained their spirit and control of the game, while the locals deflated, and fell back on the field. Argentinos controlled the game, but could not get close to Britos’ goal.
Until in the 31st minute, the Uruguayans hit the left side of the area with a ball, Federico Redondo wanted to clear, but ended up lifting it from Torren who was coming out and Betancourt took it, faced Lanzilotta and defined very well from below, to give the tie to his team.
The tall center forward of “La Cuchilla”, such the nickname of Liverpool in Montevideo, continued to cause problems, with a header that saved Kevin MacAllister on the line. A few minutes later Gabriel Avalos answered with a well-cleared shot by Britos.
A very sensitive foul by Villalba left Argentinos with 10 players and Milito was forced to take out Avalos to place a central defender like Leonel González and wait behind to get the tie and a valuable visitor point. And that was what happened.
2023-05-03 01:13:16
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