Atlético Nacional crashed last night in Asunción, in the first leg of the second phase of the Copa Libertadores, against Olimpia, who beat it 3-1 at the Defensores del Chaco stadium. The return game, next Thursday at the Atanasio Girardot.
Nacional did everything to win, they put football, the options, they attacked head on, but they ran the risk against a strong team, especially at home. In fact, Olimpia hit first, when there were only 7 minutes of play and Silva invented a great goal, although with the complicity of his rivals, who did not stop him, neither Mantilla nor Candelo, and Silva passed by, settled down and shot, 1 -0.
National reacted immediately. He charged forward with his powerful offensive arsenal. With Jarlan, Pabón, Mantilla and Duque causing fear, with Candelo throwing centers. And throughout the rest of the first half he made a lot of merits to equalize, as in a Paóon shoe that collided with the post. Then Duque tried with a tremendous header, to the center of Candelo, and the ball went very close. Candelo insisted and made another great pass to Jarlan, who dropped the ball with great class, but kicked badly, awkwardly, softly, and to the body of the local goalkeeper.
And there was more, much more, like on another occasion Pabón, who receives, turns and left-footed the ball again on the same post, after it touched Duque. Nacional missed the first half and could not break Olimpia’s goal, which in the meantime had a couple of chances to show that it was not satisfied, that it could do more damage.
Starting the second half, Nacional found its prize, very quickly, when Nacional arrived in a pack, Mantilla did not define, Duque was in front and chose to give the ball to Jarlan, who arrived alone and scored the 1-1. Until then, it seemed that Nacional passed by, that they came back, but they did not have the efficiency of that tough Paraguayan rival.
The game entered a period of care, when neither wanted to give the slightest advantage. But Olimpia found a space and took advantage of it with a powerful shot from Cardozo that hit a rival and went inside, when 81 minutes went by.
The purslane defeat was not so serious, since the second leg remains in Medellin, but everything got complicated when in stoppage time, Olimpia found the third goal, in a spectacular performance, including a wall, heel and Cardozo’s shot, for the 3- 1 that is dangerous for the Colombian team.
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