Argentinos Juniors started their journey through the Copa Sudamericana with a victory. They defeated Nacional de Asunción 3-2 at the Defensores del Chaco stadium, with two goals from Maxi Romero and one from Alan Lescano in the first half (Rivas and Arévalo scored in the second for the Paraguayans).
In the last quarter of an hour of the first half, Argentinos resolved the result. With overwhelming force, he exploited the defensive disorder and the bad setbacks of his rival who never managed to contain the rise of Román Vega on the left or the elegant internal play of Lescano, Gondou and Maxi Romero.
At 29 minutes and after a bad rejection by the Argentine Blasi, Romero opened the account with a left-footed cross. At 41, and after a very good combination between Gondou and Oroz, Lescano defined on the departure of goalkeeper Silva and made it 2 to 0. And in the second minute of stoppage time, Gondou went to the left, crossed the center behind and Romero, with another high shot, made it 3-0 and almost finished the process.
In the second half, coach Guede began to move the bench to give the team a rest for their next games. Argentinos moved the ball wide and long and let Nacional grow but without any defensive surprises. And although it no longer had the intensity of that beginning, the game never escaped its control. Beyond the injury time goal that winger Rivas scored with a left footed shot in the 32nd minute that shook him out of his drowsiness. And from 3 to 2 that Rodrigo Arévalo headed in the 44th minute after a cross from Gaona Lugo from the right.
If he had put his mind to it, Argentinos would have scored a few more goals. But he let himself be with a lot of anticipation, Guede’s changes dismembered the team and that’s how they achieved victory. With a much tighter difference than the one they had added at the end of the first half. The La Paternal team started winning in Asunción. But she overstepped his confidence. Later, you may end up paying dearly for it.
2024-04-03 03:01:00
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