El Pincha enjoys his perfect gift, both in the Professional League Cup and in the Libertadores. Photo: Juan Mabromata / AFP.
Estudiantes de La Plata’s exemplary gift took another step this Thursday. Because Bragantino’s struggling draw against Vélez allows him to mathematically secure his classification for round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores. This is the first Argentine team to achieve this.
El Pincha became the first club to advance to the quarterfinals of the Professional League Cup and also earned a “1”, which would allow it to define the first two times of the Playoffs -if it advanced- at its UNO stadium.
The team led by Ricardo Zielinski showed solid progress in group C of the continental’s top tournament, which they reached after passing two qualifying stages in which they successively eliminated Chileans Audax Italiano and Everton. .
Destiny put him in a areas of varying complexity, because facing an Argentine team always has extra seasoning, but he beat Vélez in his debut 4-1. He later tied with Montevideo (Mariano Andújar saved a penalty) and combined the victories. Bragantine (2-0) at National (1-0), in La Plata.
Ang 10 points and the goal difference (+6) accumulated so far makes Pincha very close to securing a “1” for the round of 16 fights. You’ll get it in a draw in Brazil against Bragantino, but you can also think of more opportunities in the future, where you’ll need the most units in your last two appearances.
Source: Clarin
