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A double by 17-year-old striker Matías Arezo and a goal on the edge of regulation time by Sebastián Píriz guaranteed the Uruguayan River Plate qualification for the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana with a 3-1 victory over Atlético Nacional, which was fired from the tournament in crisis.
River Plate will be measured in the round of 16 with the winner of the series that faces the University of Chile with the Paraguayan Sol de América.
With the performance of River Plate, which in the first leg drew a 1-1 draw from Medellín, Jorge Fossati’s team is heading towards its best presentation in the tournament, when it was among the four best teams in the 2009 edition.
In addition, coach Fossati gave a new lesson in a competition that that same year he won at the head of the Ecuadorian Quito League.
The two goals of ‘el Búfalo’ Arezo Arezo came out in the first half, in separate plays of opportunism, while the lace put by Píriz, 30, dispelled any desperate attempt to tie the Colombian team, which would have put them in the phase of the sixteen best.
Atlético Nacional fired coach Juan Carlos Osorio within hours of facing River Plate, and today provisionally appointed assistant Pompilio Páez to lead the team.
In the first half and when the first five minutes of the game were running, River Plate surprised the visiting rear with its high pressure and reached the goal thanks to Arezo, who took advantage of a series of defensive errors by the Colombians to make it 1-0 .
With an advantage on the scoreboard, the Uruguayans continued attacking and at 27 they found the second goal again thanks to their number ‘9’.
A pass behind Brayan Rovira that fell short was captured by Arezo, who within the area eliminated his mark and defined against the post, leaving the reaction of goalkeeper Aldair Quintana without effect.
At the end, Nacional reacted and discounted through a great individual action by striker Jefferson Duque after a good individual play by Jarlan Barrera.
At the beginning of the second half, Atlético Nacional turned to attack from the beginning and had Baldomero Perlaza one of its main figures.
However, as the minutes passed, the local team matched the actions and, although they did not attack with depth, they controlled the eleven visitors without major problems.
In the last moments and after another defensive error by the visitors, Fossati’s men finished the series thanks to a goal from Sebastián Píriz after a corner kick taken by Matías Alonso.
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