The The Strongest Bolivian took air in the Copa Libertadores with a 5-0 win over Athletico Paranaense which was led by the Argentines Enrique Triverio, Martín Prost and Juan Bautista Cascini, along with the assistance of an inspired Fernando Saucedo.
A brace by Triverio in the 32nd and 51st minutes, plus Prost’s goals in the 70th and Cascini in 91 and an own goal by Erick in 94 gave the victory to Tigre La Paz in the match for the fourth day of group B of the Libertadores played at the Hernando Siles stadium, at more than 3,600 meters of altitude.
The result allowed the The Strongest add the same five units as the Venezuelan Caracas, although the Bolivians appear second in group B on goal difference.
For its part, Paranaense was left with four points and dropped to last place in the area, still led by Paraguayan Libertad despite the 1-0 defeat suffered in Venezuela.
In the meeting in La Paz, Saucedo He had the first opportunity to open the scoring in the 12th minute with a shot that went wide, after an assist from Diego Wayar.
The visitors tried their luck with quick counterattacks that could be lethal, like the one in minute 18 in which Vitinho He tried to surprise goalkeeper ‘tabby’ Guillermo Viscarra with a long shot that went wide.
Three minutes later, Vitinho himself tried a shot again, but Viscarra beat him.
After several twists and turns, the Tiger La Paz finally scored his first goal in the 32nd minute with a cross from Saucedo to Triverio who ended up hitting the ball with a header into Bento’s goal.
The Argentine forward was reprimanded by the Peruvian referee Augusto Menendez in minute 38, accumulating his third yellow card, which will cost him to miss the match of the fifth day.
The second ‘tabby’ goal was very similar to the first, as Saucedo again connected with Triverio who beat Bento with a header in the 51st minute.
At minute 63, bento he stopped a shot by Jusino that surprised the visiting defense.
The formula Saucedo-Triverio It worked again in the 70th minute for the third local conquest, although this time Prost joined in to score the goal.
With the security of the advantage, those led by the Argentine Christian Diaz They established themselves on the field and left few spaces for Fábio Carille’s squad.
When it seemed that the result was closed, it appeared Cascini to score the fourth goal after receiving an assist from his compatriot Luciano Ursino in the 91st minute.
The fifth conquest surprised in the 95th minute, with a cross from Saucedo that grazed Eric and entered the Brazilian goal.
On the fifth date The Strongest will visit Caracas on May 17 and a day later Paranaense will host Libertad.
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