The National Uruguayan again missed a penalty this Wednesday and equalized 0-0 with Students of La Plata on the second day of the Libertadores Cupjust three days after showing difficulty when shooting from 11 meters.
At 38 years old, goalkeeper Mariano Andújar drowned out Felipe Carballo’s goal cry and was a key player for the visitors to continue leading Group C with 4 points, which they complete, with one game to go, Bragantino and Vélez.
In the Gran Parque Central, the stadium where the first match in the history of the World Cups was played in 1930, the local team was more than its rival and showed it since the referee marked the start of the match.
With the Argentine Emmanuel Gigliotti as a figure, Nacional approached the goal defended by Andujar again and again. The 9 constantly complicated his markers and missed the goal in two clear opportunities.
About 30 minutes into the first half, in one of his many attempts, the striker was shot down inside the area by Paraguayan Jorge Morel and the ‘Tricolor’ had a penalty in favor, which immediately brought the fans to the heads the memory of what happened a few days ago.
In the 0-6 win against Boston River, Gigliotti missed from 12 steps, the same as the Colombian Alex Castro did moments later. When the referee repeated the penalty for the third time, Felipe Carballo scored and later did it again.
Because of this, the midfielder quickly took the ball, although this time the result was not the same. Andujar flew in and blocked the number 20 shot.
In this way, the first half ended with a 0-0 draw that Estudiantes tried to break in the first minutes of extra time with one of their specialties: set pieces.
However, this time the Argentines did not find an ally in the centers to the area and there were other ways by which they complicated the goalkeeper Sergio Rochet, who in the few times that he was called to act responded in a great way.
Nacional is third with one point, while Estudiantes leads the group with four, one more than the Brazilian Bragantino and four more than Vélez Sarsfield.
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