00:00Almost ready to go then and we are underway in Asuncion Nacional against Recoleta, a place in the Commonwealth Sudamericana
00:10group phase, the prize this evening.
00:16Took over midway through 2024, leading Recoleta to their promotion, back to the top flight after 22 years.
00:25Only the third year.
00:29This is the challenge inside the opening minute. It's fairly innocuous, but just twists that knee.
00:36And as he's tried to run it off, clearly still feeling something.
00:43Roque Santa Cruz can still be dangerous in the air.
00:46The pull in from Valdez, flicks off the head of Marotta, and it will go behind for a corner.
00:52And he'll have to defend this corner now from the near side.
00:55Whipped in at the near post and whipped straight into the side, netting.
00:59The corner coming to nothing.
01:01Marotta has kicked the ball out because Roque Santa Cruz has gone down and it looks as though it's going
01:05to be the end of his night already.
01:08Just running out of play as that change is now maimed.
01:13Roque Santa Cruz already receiving treatment on the bench.
01:21Cross in from the right.
01:23Half cleared away.
01:25Not the most convincing of touches.
01:27Round.
01:29The onus on Nacional to attack, and that's what they're trying to do now.
01:32Go on a Lugo.
01:33Nice pass inside.
01:34Could be a shooting opportunity here.
01:35Samudio across the face.
01:37And Bailoni was stretching.
01:38Couldn't get the final touch.
01:43Bailoni with the flick on.
01:45Valdez, who's been key to a number of the goals that they have managed to score.
01:49It's in a low cross.
01:50Keeper gets a toe to it first.
01:52He's gone for a throw.
01:54Valdez can't quite find a pass, but he's going to win it back very quickly.
01:59Valdez waiting for the overlapping run.
02:00It eventually comes.
02:01A low cross sent in.
02:03Cut out by Monson.
02:12Shot from distance.
02:14Well saved in the end by Ferreira.
02:20It's one thing being comfortable on the ball in your own half.
02:22Another making chances.
02:23They might do so here.
02:25Bailoni's flick on creates a chance.
02:28And they've lost a lot of that momentum.
02:30The pass slightly behind its target.
02:32Still alive with a cross from the left.
02:33Good ball in.
02:34Headed behind by Marotta.
02:37Ball has a great...
02:39Marotta sends the ball along.
02:42And that one will run through for Rojas.
02:46The intention fairly clear again.
02:48And this is a worry for now.
02:49One more substitution window left available to them.
02:52The outswinging cross sent in.
02:54Headed away to the edge of the area.
02:55Will go back.
02:56Out onto that far side with plenty of space.
02:59Put across the six-yard box.
03:01Still not clear.
03:01And headed into the hands of Ferreira.
03:06Drifting out onto this near side.
03:08The number 18.
03:08Valdez up against two.
03:10Find space for the cross.
03:13And it's...
03:15Espinola...
03:17Standing firm at the near post.
03:20Target Valdez.
03:21But quickly one back in the midfield again.
03:23Gauna Lugo crosses from the right.
03:25And it will be another corner for Nacional.
03:29Ten minutes to go before half-time.
03:31Out swinging corner.
03:33Towards the penalty spot.
03:34Just over the heads of Kanyetek.
03:42Gonzalez does well.
03:43Steal it from Jada.
03:44And there's a chance here.
03:45Should be a flag.
03:45But play will go on.
03:47Great chance for Recoleta.
03:48And a very poor finish in the end.
03:56Number one, two.
03:58Well worked down the right.
03:58Low cross was sent in towards Bailone.
04:01Cut out.
04:02Still with Gauna Lugo.
04:04And he's increasingly active.
04:06As the...
04:07And he's clearly dealt with the pressure.
04:09Marotta finds a pass as well.
04:11Great opportunity.
04:13Intercepted in the end by Ferreira.
04:18He'll burst down the right-hand side.
04:20A chance to cross.
04:22And the cross that sails out of play.
04:26Fuller goal kick.
04:27Apologies for Orlando Gauna Lugo.
04:31Who comes away with the ball for Recoleta
04:33on this right-hand side.
04:35They'll have an overlapping run
04:36which he will use.
04:39Alexander Franko,
04:40the player that was booked just a moment ago,
04:42will deliver the cross in.
04:44Shooting chance which is deflected.
04:46And finds the back of the net.
04:49Recoleta lead on the stroke of half-time.
04:56A fortuitous strike.
04:58Wrong-footing the goalkeeper
05:00of the deflection.
05:02Really against the run of play
05:04in a manner of speaking,
05:06in a sense that Recoleta
05:07have shown so little going forward.
05:10But it is the debutants
05:12in common ball competition
05:13who lead.
05:17And perhaps
05:18it's this kind of goal
05:20that this game needed.
05:21Two sides that have shown
05:23very little going forward.
05:25with a wicked deflection
05:26off Jara.
05:28Completely wrong-footing Rojas.
05:32And while...
05:34All into the corner for Recoleta.
05:37And with that,
05:38the half-time whistle
05:39does indeed blow.
05:41Perfect half, really,
05:43as far as Recoleta are concerned.
05:45Didn't show a lot to go forward.
05:47Held firm defensively
05:48and somehow...
05:49But that will count
05:50for very little
05:51if they were to exit
05:52the Sudamericana
05:52at this stage.
05:54We are back underway
05:55at the Defensores del Chaco.
05:58Nacional nil, Recoleta one.
06:06Have to just try and keep
06:07Bailani in the middle
06:08where they can get
06:09some service to him.
06:14Switch over to Gaona Lugo.
06:17Overlapping round of Filiot
06:18from right back.
06:20Lovely dummy.
06:21Can he find the pass?
06:22In at the back post.
06:23Stabbed away by Ece Gourin.
06:25Chance to shoot from distance.
06:26Well hit,
06:27but wide at the target.
06:29Better from Nacional.
06:35Roberto Ramirez
06:36as it was in the end
06:37going for goal
06:37as well he might
06:38in that kind of space.
06:39The ball's sitting up.
06:44Always heading wide.
06:49Assume that role
06:50in the first half
06:50but need someone else
06:51to do that.
06:52Colman wins it back again
06:53here.
06:53Plays it into the feet.
06:54Bailani, Bailani
06:55goes for goal
06:56from a long way out
06:56on his left foot.
06:57Now there's a long way
06:58off target
06:59before it's played forward
07:00to Bailani.
07:01Bailani.
07:02Colman.
07:03Colman coming inside
07:04onto his right foot
07:05on the edge of the area.
07:06Wanted the space
07:06for the shot.
07:07Instead it will fall
07:09briefly for Prieto.
07:11Qualify for this stage
07:12of the Sudamericana.
07:15Bailani chases this one
07:17down the right.
07:19Back heels it.
07:20There's no one there
07:20but Bailani picks it up
07:21instead.
07:22Bailani pulls it back.
07:23That's an excellent save.
07:26First real save
07:28that Nelson Ferreira
07:28has had to make.
07:33Bailani
07:34in the end
07:35does very well.
07:36I think he was intending
07:36this for a teammate.
07:37There's no one backing him up.
07:40Somewhat bizarre defending
07:41as Monson just stops.
07:43And while the cutback
07:44was a fraction behind
07:45Gauna Lugo
07:47which meant the shot
07:48lacked power
07:49still required the save
07:51of Nelson Ferreira
07:51at the near post.
08:02Hornet kick swung in
08:04into a crowded six yard box
08:05but taken cleanly
08:06by Ferreira.
08:09Triple change they made
08:10by Raqueleta
08:11with them in front
08:12making the attack
08:13down the right-hand side
08:14now there's one
08:14inside the box
08:15for the cross.
08:16The cross that
08:17eludes everyone
08:18inside the middle
08:19is picked up
08:19on this near side.
08:20Still kept alive
08:22by one of those
08:22three changes.
08:29Deep delivery.
08:30Too deep in fact
08:32for anyone waiting
08:32inside the box.
08:45ball forward for Colman.
08:47All forward for Colman.
08:47We'll get there first.
08:48Colman hangs the ball
08:49up into the box.
08:50A looping header.
08:51Great save from Ferreira.
08:54That was dropping in.
08:56Bailone sending it goalwards.
08:59And it just for a moment
09:00looked as though it was
09:01going to drop over the head
09:02of Nelson Ferreira.
09:03Claws it away.
09:05No offside
09:06as the ball's played
09:07over the top
09:07for Rossoy Colman.
09:10No pace on the cross
09:12but Bailone does
09:13what he can
09:13in terms of sending
09:15it goalwards.
09:16And the arc on the ball
09:17is very nearly enough
09:19to deceive the keeper.
09:22Ferreira
09:23adjusting his feet
09:24backpedalling
09:25and swatting it away
09:28in the nick of time.
09:29are still goalless
09:30heading for penalties there.
09:35Warner in.
09:37Punched away by the keeper.
09:38Just back on his feet
09:39after treatment
09:40on that shoulder.
09:41Seems to be moving okay.
09:42Chance to throw one long
09:43by Cagnetti.
09:44Launched forward
09:45towards Bailone.
09:46Tries to win the flick on it.
09:47Falls on the edge
09:47of the area momentarily
09:48ricocheting around
09:49before being cleared away
09:51up to the one
09:53player in attack.
09:55Brian Ferreira
09:55for Recoleta.
09:58no one
09:59targets for the set piece.
10:05Taken by Coleman.
10:07Very deep delivery.
10:08A lot of air on the ball.
10:09Benitez is underneath it.
10:10Heads it straight up
10:11into the air.
10:12Keeper comes.
10:13Doesn't get a punch.
10:14Hook goal was a chance.
10:15It's forced in.
10:16Nacional equalise
10:18with just minutes remaining.
10:28They look to the sky
10:30very much as anything
10:31indebted
10:32to some hesitant
10:33goalkeeping
10:34by Nelson Ferreira.
10:36Comes,
10:36gets nothing on this punch.
10:38As it's kept alive,
10:41Ivan Valdez
10:43pops up
10:44at the back post
10:46to head in
10:47the simple equaliser.
10:51and Valdez
10:53who looks
10:53the most likely
10:54to make something
10:55happen for them
10:55in the first half
10:56has been awfully
10:57quiet in the second.
10:58They kept him
10:59on the pitch
10:59for a reason
11:00and the 19,
11:02the 18 even
11:03rewards
11:04Felipe Jimenez
11:05going through to
11:07penalty shootout.
11:10Got themselves
11:11a set piece
11:11to maybe go back
11:12in front.
11:13They can't make anything
11:13of it.
11:14There's a big appeal
11:14for a handball,
11:15however.
11:16That will be looked at.
11:18Comes in.
11:20It does look
11:21as though Toledo
11:22will be making
11:23its way in
11:24before the 95th minute.
11:28Unless, of course,
11:29one of these two sides
11:30can find a goal.
11:31Passer now
11:32with Hugo Benitez
11:32will deliver this one
11:34back into the box.
11:35Flipped forward.
11:36Could fall at the
11:36back post here.
11:38No, no, Lugo.
11:39That change
11:40is now going to be made
11:41with just
11:43two minutes
11:43remaining.
11:44Nelson Ferreira
11:46off.
11:46On his place.
11:48Number 13,
11:48Oscar Toledo.
11:51We should see
11:52in just a couple
11:53of minutes
11:53whether this
11:55substitution
11:57was worth it.
11:58Three.
12:00And they will not
12:02have time
12:02for the throw-in.
12:03It will be
12:04full-time.
12:05It ends
12:061-1
12:07and we will have
12:09a penalty shootout
12:10to decide
12:11this one.
12:13Can he get
12:14Nacional
12:14off on the right
12:16foot in the shootout?
12:18Bailone against
12:19the substitute keeper
12:20Toledo
12:20and Bailone beats it.
12:22Tucks it away.
12:24Confident.
12:24Karai looking for
12:26the equaliser.
12:28And Karai
12:29sends the keeper
12:30the wrong way.
12:32Tucks it away.
12:37Prieto
12:37to take the
12:39second.
12:40Beats Toledo.
12:43His first ever
12:44appearance
12:45in common ball
12:46competition
12:46this evening.
12:49Beats the keeper
12:50and makes it
12:512-2
12:51on this occasion
12:53to bring us
12:54to this point.
12:55How can Valdez
12:56put Nacional
12:57back in front
12:58in the shootout?
13:00Valdez
13:00saved
13:01by Toledo.
13:03Taken.
13:12His pinnola
13:13for Recoleta
13:14through the middle.
13:17Keeper out
13:18the more important
13:19for Nacional.
13:21Hugo Benitez
13:22really feel
13:23as though he
13:23almost has to
13:24score here.
13:25Benitez
13:25does just that.
13:27Toledo
13:27do just that.
13:29Ferreira
13:31into the corner
13:34perfectly.
13:36Santiago Rojas
13:37can't watch.
13:39Coleman
13:39for Nacional
13:41he does
13:41manage to
13:42find a way
13:43past
13:43Nares
13:44to send
13:46Recoleta
13:47into the
13:47group face.
13:48Alexander
13:49Franco
13:50can write
13:50his name
13:51into the
13:51history books
13:52for the
13:53club
13:53with this
13:54strike
13:55saved
13:56by the
13:57keeper.
13:59Stepped up
14:00slowly
14:00struck it
14:02hesitantly
14:03and it's
14:05easily kept
14:06out by
14:06Santiago
14:07Rojas
14:08the
14:09standing
14:09captain
14:10going
14:10to Lugo
14:11saved
14:11straight
14:13down the
14:14middle
14:14or stops
14:15it again.
14:21Thoroughly
14:22unconvincing
14:22strike
14:27and easily
14:28kept out by
14:29Toledo
14:30nowhere near the
14:32corner
14:32a good height
14:33and the 36-year-old
14:35do what he
14:35couldn't
14:36and seal victory.
14:38Ivan Pires
14:39does just that
14:41Recoleta
14:42are through.
14:45The
14:45Comma Ball
14:46debutants
14:47continue to dream
14:49they're heading
14:49through to the group
14:50phase
14:51and it's the
14:52former international
14:53Ivan Pires
14:54who seals it.
15:01tears in the
15:02stands
15:03coming
15:04to Paraguay
15:06to take on
15:07Recoleta
15:08thanks to the
15:09penalty
15:09stuck away
15:11by Ivan Pires
15:121-1
15:13it finished
15:14Kevin
15:14Pasterjuk's
15:15deflected goal
15:16at the end
15:17of the first
15:18half
15:18very near.
15:19.
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