Students beat Nacional, from Uruguay, 1-0 in La Plata, with a goal by Manuel Castro in the first stage, reached 10 points and is the leader of Group C after achieving an ideal score at home.
The match was rough, fought and with a great controversy at the end for a hand to Noguera that Nacional claimed from the Colombian referee.
Nacional used the same strategy as the first leg, with Yonatan Rodríguez and Carballo pressuring Zuqui so that Estudiantes does not have space for the team’s brain.
Those of Repetto, with more possession of the ball but without depth and we are in a Trezza center that deviated in More demanded that Andújar pick up the ball at the far post.
Students without clarity was more sharp and Diaz input with a left foot complicated Sergio Rochet. Then at 16 minutes a free kick from Zuqui found Rogel’s head and Rochet took it down against the post.
At 26 minutes the protagonists were repeated and Rochet responded again to a shot by Díaz.
In the 40th minute, Godoy accelerated, reached the bottom, center back, Diaz touched it, and a left-footed Castro changed the direction of the ball, which deviated along the way to achieve the partial victory.l.
In the National complement he came out with everything in search of a tie, he complicated on the right with the projections of José Rodriguez and on the left with Lozano who had a good chance after 7 minutes but finished off wide.
Estudiantes was able to increase on a pass from Castro to Boselli but he had no precision and the right hand went wide.
The Uruguayan team had a good approach with a cross to the far post that Trezza failed to push. Zielinski’s men had another chance in a corner from Zuqui that Noguera headed from above and then Más finished wide.
In the discount came the great controversy of the night. A center from Nacional, Noguera jumped alone, it bounced on his thigh and then on his hand that Wilmar Roldán did not interpret as intentional despite the visiting team’s claim. And so another La Plata success was consummated.
