00:00Left to right across your screen in this first half.
00:02Academia Puerto Cabello in the blue and orange horizontal stripes.
00:06And we are rolling in Montevideo on match week three in Group B of the Copa Sudamericana group stage.
00:12Juventud, Puerto Cabello, massive points at stake.
00:16Juventud desperately needed a victory with just one point from their opening two matches.
00:21Puerto Cabello, that monumental upset of Atlético Mineiro, but then brought back to earth.
00:27Brought back to earth at high elevation against Cienciano last week.
00:31And an early turnover by Juventud, giving an early chance for Puerto Cabello.
00:36And a shot goes wide, 30 seconds in.
00:39They're claiming a deflection in a corner.
00:42But they come back the other way for their first attack of the match, Juventud.
00:46Lago, across the face of the 18-yard box.
00:49Now recycled to the edge of the 18 and hit with a left and a good save by Gratterall.
00:54Called into action less than a minute toward that near post.
00:57And hit it well.
00:58And it needed good reflexes by Gratterall to push it around that post and create an early corner for Juventud.
01:06Brilliant out wide.
01:07His finishing is often inconsistent.
01:10Came up through the Peñaral Academy.
01:16This will be served in with the left foot.
01:18Towards the striker and they score!
01:21Fernando Mimbakas and Juventud's strong start is rewarded!
01:27Six minutes in, it is blue and white delight in Montevideo!
01:33Wonderful cross in, and Mimbakas, I told you he's 6'5", he just showed it.
01:40That height pays off.
01:42Great technique as well.
01:43Glancing it across.
01:44Kissing it off that far post.
01:46Perfect finish.
01:48Perfect center forward header.
01:49Un-save-able for Gratterall.
01:54And terrific for Juventud.
01:57Who could not have started any better.
02:03Out swinging delivery with the right.
02:05The attempted volley rolls all the way back out to the original taker.
02:09Back in it comes, and it's 1-1, and Puerto Cabello, Los Porteños, land a big counterpunch.
02:20But they are right back level.
02:23The second ball recycled back in and finished off by Joao Barrios, who buried the volley.
02:31And it is one each at the Centenario.
02:35Great run.
02:37Leaves every Juventud defender for dead.
02:40Angling across all of them.
02:45Here's the decision.
02:46No goal.
02:48Offside.
02:48Juventud keep their lead.
02:55So in just a few more years, they could call it the Bicentenario if they wanted to.
03:00Swung in with the left foot on top of goal and headed clear.
03:05And then thundered from distance.
03:07That's not too far away.
03:09And it had the goalkeeper, Gratterall, scrambling.
03:11Juventud play with.
03:13And they're not afraid to have a crack from 40 yards out either.
03:21Sliced by.
03:25Bounced right into the area for Mimbacas.
03:28Mimbacas.
03:29And it's 2-0.
03:31Mimbacas turned it in front.
03:32And it was turned home by Lionel Roldan.
03:36And straight from that rehydration restart, Juventud double up on Puerto Cabello.
03:47And the visitors caught cold.
03:50Mimbacas does so well again.
03:51Gets a kind deflection.
03:52But still, he holds off the defender.
03:55His cutback spins off.
03:58Jeronimo Bortagaray.
04:00And straight into the path of Roldan.
04:03Who did not miss.
04:09And so Juventud, who landed the early punch just six minutes after kickoff, land another right after that rehydration break.
04:19And Flores, low cross in.
04:21He had a man arriving, but defender was in the way.
04:24In it comes once more.
04:25Looks miles offside.
04:27And it was.
04:32Not going according to plan for Eduardo Sarrago's side.
04:35Yeah, only offside by about 10 yards or so.
04:39Big challenge for Manero.
04:41Who've already been beaten in Venezuela in this tournament.
04:44Here come Puerto Cabello now.
04:46Action from Eduardo Sarrago.
04:53There was the nutmeg.
04:55Found the back of the net.
04:57Just one on frame for Puerto Cabello.
05:01Here come Juventud again.
05:02And they're in again.
05:03And they lead 3-0.
05:05No.
05:06Flag up for offside.
05:10It's not count for now.
05:11Let's see.
05:12Yes, he is off.
05:14And that goal will not count.
05:21Juventud advancing with Lago again.
05:23Lago bends it in from Mimbakas.
05:26Strong save from Craterol to keep his side in it.
05:29Mimbakas showing his lip.
05:31Saying, look at the blood.
05:32There should be a penalty.
05:37What's the decision here?
05:39Has a penalty been given?
05:44Wonderful cross in.
05:46Mimbakas.
05:46Yeah, he's claiming a high boot.
05:51And it is, isn't it?
05:53It's a great save from Craterol.
05:58The effects are clear.
05:59Yellow card is coming out for Ramos.
06:03Mimbakas is going to need some patching up to stop that blood.
06:08And I believe Juventud have been awarded a penalty.
06:17Left-footed, Fernando Mimbakas scores and completes a phenomenal first half for himself and for his side.
06:30It is 3-0 to Juventud.
06:37Well, he placed it down precisely and then he placed it precisely into the roof of the net.
06:45Raterol went the right way but wasn't going to get to that.
06:50Could not have put it in there any better.
06:52And Mimbakas, a commanding center forward display in these opening 45 minutes.
07:00Bloody lip and all did not matter.
07:07This could get worse still for Prado Cabello before halftime.
07:10Mimbakas onto it again.
07:12Lays it centrally.
07:13And then laid across.
07:14What a chance.
07:15It's four.
07:16It's phenomenal for Juventud.
07:25A club founded by schoolboys 90 years ago.
07:29Cabello.
07:33And they are out of sight before halftime.
07:37The cutback didn't even need to be precise.
07:40Pablo Lago did the rest anyway.
07:47Mimbakas involved again.
07:49He won't get the primary assist that time.
07:51They don't mind.
07:53They don't care.
07:56They have already, surely, secured all three points in this one.
08:03There is halftime.
08:06What a commanding half from Juventud.
08:10Head coach Sergio Blanco, only in charge a couple weeks,
08:13said he wants his side to always play like they're the big team.
08:16Well, they played like big boys in that first half.
08:19A hat trick of involvements from Mimbakas.
08:22Scoring twice, assisting Lionel Roldan.
08:24And then Lago rounding out a nearly flawless first half with that fourth goal.
08:30Puerto Cabello thought they had an equalizer early on that was chalked off for offside.
08:34Otherwise, they created very little.
08:37Arranque, dale, dale!
08:40So two changes for either side coming out of half.
08:44The scoreline firmly in Juventud's favor at the start of the second half,
08:49which is back underway in Montevideo.
08:53Montevideo.
08:54Juventud would go above Puerto Cabello.
08:57They would have four points to Puerto Cabello's three as things stand.
09:01And it would take a monumental second half comeback for Puerto Cabello to change that.
09:08They do have firepower in the attack.
09:11It's been the defending that's been a major problem for them so far tonight.
09:19It's been a major problem for them so far tonight.
09:29And we'll be the first player into the book for Juventud tonight.
09:46Ooh, big shout there.
09:51And this will be the second booking of the night for Puerto Cabello.
09:54And this one's shown to Pablo Lima.
10:11As we've played an hour in Montevideo.
10:17Another big shout and another coming together in midfield.
10:21Card is out once again.
10:23And this time it's going to Roberto Rosales.
10:30That's a heavy bump with Pablo Lago.
10:47Oh, that's a fine dribble.
10:49They're in down this right side,
10:51but then it's sent over the bar with multiple teammates screaming for the ball along the deck.
10:55Watch this nutmeg right here.
10:58Then he's got to pick out a teammate.
10:59He has somebody right on the doorstep there.
11:06And instead he sends it way over the bar.
11:18Now, unfortunately, it looks like Pablo Lago is going to have to be stretchered off.
11:25Puerto Cabello completing over a hundred more passes.
11:31But Juventud have scored all the goals.
11:34Four of them in the first half.
11:36Now have another free kick.
11:39Another card.
12:04Still time perhaps for Juventud to grab a fifth tonight.
12:07And from well outside the area, it's a clean strike, but straight at Joel Gratteron.
12:17It's over.
12:18It's a monumental night for Juventud.
12:22One of the great glory nights in their club history.
12:2591 years old.
12:27Their first time ever in continental group stage play and their first ever group stage win.
12:32And it was all secured in the opening 45 minutes thanks to two goals from Fernando Mimbacas, Pablo Lago, and
12:39Lionel Roldan also joining him on the score sheet.
12:42Juventud blowing Puerto Cabello away inside the opening half and then cruising home in the second 45.
12:50They go to four points.
12:53At the moment, they go to the top of the group after they enter the night at the bottom of
12:57it.
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