The comfort of Máximo Perrone is all Vélez in Montevideo. Photo: EFE/ Raúl Martínez.
Vélez Sarsfield let go of his chest and found his first win in the Copa Libertadores at the right time.. In time and in an insane ending, he was defeated National of Uruguay in Montevideo for 3-2to maintain your choices are intact to accompany Estudiantes de La Plata, their next rival in group C, to round of 16.
Hope is the last thing you will lose. And there are those 2000 Velez fans who sold available tickets to Gran Parque Central enjoying the victory that gave him life to continue in international competitions, be it in the second round of Libertadores or South America, until the final date. El Fortín didn’t have a good semester in the Professional League Cup or at the continental level, but they got their first win on the fifth date of the group stage and now Pincha must be defeated next Tuesday and wait for the result of Bolso and Bragantino.
The only thing that served Vélez was to win. I have no choice. That’s why he became the center of the match from the first minute. And as happened against the Liniers against the Uruguayans or Bragantino in Brazil, he made a good chance to score, he was denied by the crossbar first, he eventually failed in definition and when Nacional came for the first time, nai he scored the goal. , with a shot from outside the penalty area Diego Zavalawho deviated from a defender and dismissed Hoyos.
Nacional delayed and hoped to determine it against, which they had and lost 2-0. But the group of Julius Vaccari He recovered after the goal and developed a lot of goal situations in the last 15 minutes. The award came with that right hand Lucas Janson to the end of the pole that became the rope. At the end of the stage, he misses it Luke prottowhich was not well in the three instances he had.
Nacional started the last half better but Vélez immediately equalized. Orellano Twice he got the goal through shots from outside the area, but the stick was first denied and then goalkeeper Martín Rodríguez sent it into the corner. The Argentine team insisted, until after a corner Matthias de los Santoswith a header, will score a second.
Vélez showed the superiority of soccer to the Uruguayan team. However, instead of playing like he does and looking for a third, he started to stall for hours. serious mistake. Three minutes from the end, a Osorio’s amazing hand after a corner, allowed the local tie from a penalty to Gigliotti. This is goodbye to everyone.
Vélez fans in Montevideo cried after a semester of disappointments. Photo: EFE/ Raúl Martínez.
Then he came back to play, to seek success, to go for glory, to give that generation of Vélez less than 40 fans who follow the team everywhere beyond campaigns and table positions, an enormous joy. And in the third added minute, the leader of Highest Perrone, that young man with a great future, who inherited the captain’s belt after Pratto’s departure, to achieve a well-deserved victory. And stay more alive than ever.
Velez remained 5 points (-3 goal difference) and will look to secure his ticket when he hosts next Tuesday at Students in Liners. Along with this, National (4 and -3) will host Bragantine (5 and -1) in Montevideo. Third in the area will go to the Copa Sudamericana.
A game of gritted teeth in Montevideo. Photo: EFE/ Raúl Martínez.
Source: Clarin