The club Olympia was consecrated this Saturday champion of the Closing Tournament of Paraguay after a hard-fought 1-1 draw with National in the historic stadium Defenders of the Chaco.
a goal of Brian Montenegroat minute 65, gave parity to the Dean, who managed to turn around a commitment that until then had been dominated by Nacional.
With this result, Olympiawho reached 49 units in the table, won his 46th title in local football and secured his direct pass to the Libertadores Cup 2023.
The stretch to achieve victory was not made easy by National, who opened the scoring, at minute 18, through David Fleitas, after an indirect collection of a still ball on the Franjeado area.
The black and white tide that filled the Asuncion stadium suddenly fell silent, although it did not stop giving encouragement to each attempt of those led by Julio Cesar Caceres.
The score against undermined the spirit of Olympiawho was overwhelmed in the first half by the rival’s pressure and only managed to disturb the opposing goal on a few occasions.
The most dangerous action Olympia during the first stage he rehearsed it at minute 29 Matthew Gamarrawith a header that the goalkeeper Santiago Rojas managed to divert
From then on, the interruptions due to the successive fouls and plays to be verified were the protagonists.
Supported by the VARthe referee Eber Aquinas canceled Nacional’s second goal, scored by Michael Jaquet at minute 44, and settled a couple of actions in the field.
Before, at minute 40, Fleites he had tried to increase the advantage for El Tricolor, but he was out of place.
With the tie the party broke out in the Defenders of the Chacowhich ended illuminated by fireworks and the tireless chants of its fans.
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