The Argentine Globo eliminated Boston River to continue in the race in the highest Conmebol tournament. (AFP)
Huracán from Argentina qualified for phase 3 of the Copa Libertadores by beating Boston River from Uruguay 1-0 in the second phase matchup played this Wednesday in Buenos Aires.
The Uruguayan striker matias coccaro (45+7′) scored from penal the goal for the victory of the Globe, which he took over with that only goal of a close series, since they had equalized 0-0 in the first leg in Montevideo.
In the third round, which will begin to be played next week, Hurricane will face him Sporting Cristalwhich eliminated Paraguayan Nationaland from that series the winner will enter the group stage of the Libertadores, while the loser will go to the Copa Sudamericana.
The tie on Uruguayan soil left the series open for retaliation, and it was Huracán who in the first minutes tried to overwhelm the visit, with more possession of the ball, but little precision in the start.
In any case, he was about to score the Globe in an error by goalkeeper Santiago Silva, who let the ball escape, and Nicolás Cordero took it in front and raised the shot, and almost immediately, after a cross from the left , Cordero connected with a header and sent the ball into the back of the net, but the goal was annulled for offside at the behest of the VAR.
On the other side, Boston River got ready to play a counterattack and try to exploit the speed of Jonathan Urretaviscaya on the left, and that’s where the first opportunity came, with a header from Emiliano Gómez that went high.
Huracán worried again after an error at the start of Boston River, which led to a cross by Acevedo that Cordero connected and passed Silva, but Guzmán Rodríguez miraculously took it over the line, and the Uruguayan team responded with a corner kick that Mathías Acuña was served, but he was slow to define and goalkeeper Chaves blocked him.
In the discount of the first half the opening came, in an action in which Emiliano Sosa tried to clear, but he did nothing more than kick Cordero, for which the referee Wilton Sampaio sanctioned the penalty that cóccaro He sent to the net with a powerful right hand to the middle.
Cordero, by a wide margin, was the figure of Huracán, with the mobility to move around the entire attack front, and the power to be the nightmare of the Uruguayan bottom, and precisely because of a foul that was committed against him, the penalty that defined everything came.
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The development changed slightly in the second part, because Huracán no longer attacked with the same intensity, and Boston River sought to progress to try to reach a tie that, in fact, was far away.
Cristian Olivera tried to make some advances down the right lane, but he had no depth, and thus the Uruguayan team stumbled in their scant offensive weight, to the point that their only risky action was a shot from Urretaviscaya that deflected off a defender and almost missed. He gets into the right corner, 20 minutes from the end.
On the contrary, the Globo had several chances to increase, including a left-footed shot from Gauto that Santiago Silva covered in pure reflex, and in a patterned action, Gauto overflowed from the right and assisted Castro, who finished off with everything, but could not a saving slap from the goalkeeper.
Although the 1-0 seemed concise in the global development, Huracán was left with a well-deserved ticket to the next stage, where he will face an attractive duel against Sporting Cristal, seeking to get into the cup groups, and revive the illusion of shining in America .
