Independiente lost on penalties to Estudiantes for Copa Argentina

For the knockout stages of the Copa Argentina at the Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Estudiantes tied 1-1 in regular time and won on penalties 3-1 against Independiente de Carlos Tévez.Con an intense first half in Mendoza, both teams had opportunities for danger, but Independiente managed to get ahead in the 30th minute with a bomb at half height from Lucas Nahuel González. Little lasted the sale to the “Red”, who five minutes later suffered in stopped ball. After a corner from José Sosa to the center of the area, Federico Fernández headed with power to break Rodrigo Rey’s goal and tie the game. In the complement, those led by Tevez were determined to seek victory with the leadership of Matías Giménez, but they failed to break the tie. In the last play of the game, Independiente had the victory after a corner, however, first Andújar and then Santiago Núñez, covered the goal and denied the goal. In the penalties, Estudiantes managed to get ahead first after the failure of Giménez, who tried to chop it and found Andújar standing well to stop the shot. After converting the “Pincha” the three penalties, Joaquín Laso hit the stick and left the “Red” at a disadvantage by two. In his turn, Alexis Canelo tried to break the arc of Andújar but his violent shot hit first on the crossbar and went outside for the consecrating cry of the fans of Estudiantes.After the defeat this afternoon by Copa Argentina, those led by Tevez must turn the page to face next Thursday at the Libertadores de América Stadium to Huracán in a key duel to avoid the relegation of the Professional Football League.

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