Bruera appeared on the end with a frent. Photo: Néstor Soto-Media Nation.
There was a smell of a draw, but Facundo Bruera appeared at the last breath to score 2-1 and give Olimpia the victory over Libertad. Derlis González and Hugo Martínez withdrew injured and Alfio Oviedo saw the red card.
Olimpia and Libertad staged a entertaining launch today in Para Uno for the eighth date of the Apertura 2023 tournament.
The new technical director, the Uruguayan Diego Aguirre, formed without great news (Gastón Olveira; Víctor Salazar, Luis Zárate, Mateo Gamarra, Iván Torres; Fernando Cardozo, Marcos Gómez, Richard Ortíz, Hugo Fernández; Derlis González and Brian Montenegro) and a great absent: Alejandro Silva.
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On the other hand, the Libertad of Daniel GArnero arrived with almost the same team that had four victories and also an absence of weight: the historic Roque Santa Cruz.
The first 30′ were a real back and forth, blow by blow, with situations in both areas; some controversy and the injury to the 10 Olympian, Derlis González, which left a notable void in the offensive scheme.
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Things got complicated for Olimpia with a penalty for lack of Luis Zárate on Alfio Oviedo. Héctor Villalba did not miss out and the visit (24′) went up on the scoreboard.
⚽️ Héctor Villalba from the twelve steps, put the first one for the gumarelo.
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Guma also suffered an injury to Hugo Martínez, who withdrew with gestures of great pain in the knee.
The Dean reached the tie by air with a ball connected by the industrious Mateo Gamarra that Brian Montenegro endorsed after hunting the rebound (37′).
Brian Montenegro equalized for @theclubOlympia at 37′
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By your side, Alfio Oviedo lost his way and earned a straight red (58′) by kicking Richard Ortíz, leaving Libertad with 10 on the field and many problems.
Aguirre sought to profit from the numerical difference and immediately sent Guillermo Paiva, Facundo Bruera and Hugo Quintana.
Lawrence Melgarejo joined the injured squad (66′) and Garnero expressed all his impotence arguing with his technical assistantAndres San Martin. Freedom was pure nerves at that point.
But there was more, because Olimpia had the last one and there the tank Facundo Buera appeared (90’+5′) to turn the marker with a frent.
At the end of the game, Facundo Bruera scored the second of @theclubOlympia.
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Libertad no longer had the time or the strength to perhaps tie it and dropped its undefeated record.
With this result, Olimpia (2nd with 15) is parked 4 behind the lone leader, Libertad (19), but more alive than ever in the fight.
