Students from La Plata defeated this Thursday 3-0 at Fortress and qualified for the quarterfinals of Libertadores Cup, for example where he will have another Brazilian rival: Athletico Paranaense. The Argentine formation’s classification is on track after a 1-1 draw in the first leg played in Recife.
Driven by his public, who filled the stands of Estadio Uno Jorge Luis Hirschi, ‘el Pincha’ prevailed with a brace from Manuel Castro and a goal from Franco Zapiola, against a rival who played with ten players from minute 22 due to expulsion from Iago Pikachu.
Estudiantes is the third Argentina team to play in the quarterfinals along with Vélez and Talleres de Córdoba, eliminating River Plate and Colón de Santa Fe, respectively.
The start of the game was pure emotion for the Estudiantes because in the 9th minute of the game Manuel Castro inserted a cross to leave goalkeeper Marcelo Boeck with no possible reaction and declared the opening score.
Just minutes later, more precisely in minute 22, Uruguayan referee Esteban Ostojich dismissed Yago Pikachu for a severe tackle on Mauro Boselli, after a call from the VAR. Also using a technological tool, the match judge disallowed a goal by Agustín Rogel with a header after a cross by Fernando Zuqui from an advanced position by Fabián Noguera, before the central defender was connected to the net.
However, ‘Pincha’ who dreams of adding another continental trophy to his showcases after last won in 2009, was not satisfied with the lowest advantage on the scoreboard and in minute 47 Manuel Castro with perfect popcorn connected again He headed a accurate center and again changed Boeck’s stretch to sterile.
Ricardo Zielinski’s team was not satisfied with this advantage and sought the third conquest they achieved in the 57th minute after a bad start by the goalkeeper who erred in passing and left the ball in front of Franco Zapiola defined in the cold and accuracy to put the final numbers on the great success of the Students.
The remaining time was marked by a local team holding the ball but not speeding to reach the fourth goal and a visiting team belonging to the round of the bench could not find fine tuning to get the discount.
In this way, Estudiantes advanced to the quarterfinals of its 2022 edition of the Copa Libertadores, where they will face Athletico Paranaense, who eliminated Libertad from Paraguay after drawing 1-1 with Asunción for a global score of 3-2 in favor. yours.
DATA SHEET
3 – Students: Mariano Andujar; Emmanuel More, Fabián Noguera, Agustín Rogel, Luciano Lollo, Leonardo Godoy; Fernando Zuqui (m.78, Benjamin Rollheiser), Jorge Rodríguez (m.84, Jorge Morel), Manuel Castro (m.78, Pablo Piatti); Leandro Díaz (m.84, Mateo Pellegrino) and Mauro Boselli (m.45, Franco Zapiola)
Instructor: Ricardo Zielinsky
0 – Velez Sarsfield: Marcelo Boeck; Brayan Ceballos, Marcelo Benevenuto, Titi; Yago Pikachu, José Welison (d. 80, Matheus Jussa), Hércules (d. 53, Ronald), Juninho Capixaba; Lucas Lima (m.53, Matheus Vargas), Moisés (m.62, Romarinho) and Silvio Romero (m.62, Igor Torres Da Silva)
Instructor: Juan Pablo Vojvoda
The objectives: 1-0, Manuel Castro (m. 9); 2-0, Manuel Castro (m. 47); 3-0, Franco Zapiola (m. 57)
Referee: Uruguayan Esteban Ostojich expelled Yago Pikachu (m.22) and advised Fernando Zuqui, Fabián Noguera, Juninho Capixaba, Moisés, José Welison and Romarinho
Incidents: played the second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores at the ‘Uno’ Jorge Luis Hirschi Stadium in La Plata
Source: La Verdad
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