El Albo was left with a valuable win in Luque. (photo: APF)
Concluding the 19th date of the Apertura, Nacional salvaged a big win from its visit to Sportivo Luqueño, which it beat on Monday 1-0 despite playing almost the entire second half with 10 men.
The Feliciano Caceres stadium hosted the final match of the 19th round of the tournament, in which two teams face each other in search of victory once again.
The first stage lived with great parity in attacking striking intentions, although the positions weren’t much and neither was very important. Likewise, possession of the ball was completely divided in that period.
in supplementary, Sebastian Vargas He has starred in a number of very close-knit procedurals in the time leading up to his debut Expulsion for a double reprimand (55′ and 56′). Thus, the Academy was left with one less man on the field with a large number of minutes.
Instead of capitalizing on a numerical advantage on the field of play, Auriazul seemed stuck in their approach to the tricolor area, and despite controlling the ball’s spin in that second quarter, they completely lacked ideas when it came to definition. , or even approaching goalkeeper Hector Espinola, who did not need more than an occasional intervention without major complications.
While the led ones Gustavo Florentine It did not harm the pupils Peter Sarabia They hit a surefire hit.
at 86 minutes, Matias Martinez He sent the ball inside with a not very powerful but well crossed shot, which beat a stretch by Gonzalo Falcon and headed home.
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So, National He took three valuable points to reach 27 and jump to fifth place in the championship, while Lukino He again struggled with the brakes, and with 23 units, slumped in the eighth step of the Apertura tournament, as well as burning his margin above the sensitive area of the averages.
