3-0: National win but must settle for South American

Ang National qualified this Tuesday for the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana as third in Group C of Libertadores Cupa position he guarantees by scoring Montevideo 3-0 against the Brazilians of Bragantino.

Despite achieving a comfortable win that would have served to reach second place in the area in the round of 16, the classification was disappointed with the beating that Vélez Sarsfield simultaneously made 4-0 to Estudiantes de La Plata.

After the sixth and final day of Group C of the Libertadores, those classified for the phase of the sixteen best were the two Argentine teams: Estudiantes with 13 points and Vélez with 8. The Uruguayans from Nacional were finished third with 7 and Bragantino he finished in the red lantern with 5.

In their stadium and like the best boxers, the locals blew up quickly and immediately did it again so as not to give their rival a chance to rise. In this way, Pablo Repetto’s staff showed that they learned from the mistakes made last week against Vélez Sarsfield.

Nacional took the lead after ten minutes through Alfonso Trezza. Flipped on the left wing, the number 22 quickly found a spot on the field and there it became a nightmare for the Brazilian defense.

Emmanuel Gigliotti got it and goalkeeper Cleiton drowned out the area’s second celebration. Again Zabala went to the left, combining a very good step with Felipe Carballo and assisting Camilo Cándido.

Bragantino sought to discount, but did not create risk for goalkeeper Sergio Rochet. Since then, the local team has only hoped that the good news would come from the other side of the Río de la Plata, something that never happened.

In the second half, Nacional extended their dominance and in the 84th minute they sealed the third goal through a penalty taken by Franco Fagúndez who crossed the line after hitting both posts and the back of goalkeeper Cleiton. .